Age rating

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APPROX RUNNING MINUTES - 2

RELEASE DATE - 21/03/2014

BBFC INSIGHT into Hired -GENRE - Thriller, Drama, Crime

15 for bloody violence, gory sciences, glamorization of illegal activities and one gory image and strong violence. 

The Guidelines at 12A/12 say There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by context. we didn't think this would be an appropriate rating as our film is scheduled to include shots of people people being killed in various ways, It contains an emphasis on injury and blood that would be inappropriate below 15. The reason the film is not rated an 18 is that it only has few violent / distressing scenes not a series of them.Neither is there a series of explicit material or images throught the film such as drug use or sex. Hired it was rated 15 for bloody violence, gory sciences, glamorization of illegal activities and one gory image and strong violence. 

Comparing Hired to Memento

Memento is another thriller that we have studied and taken inspiration from, we have studied the level of violence in the film. Which is very similar to Memento, in fact it was given the same as rating as our film. Memento was rated 15 because it "Contains strong language, once very strong, violence, sex & drug references". As for Hired it was rated 15 for bloody violence, gory sciences, glamorization of illegal activities and one gory image and strong violence.