• Director(s)

    Sandford Bookstaver

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten

TV Show

Dark Winds

DARK WINDS is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Joe invites Jim over for dinner as they continue their investigation into the murders.…

DARK WINDS is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Joe invites Jim over for dinner as they continue their investigation into the murders.

  • Director(s)

    Sandford Bookstaver

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten

strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings which result in blood spurts. A truck is attacked with a bomb, causing people inside to be thrown forcefully against its walls.
injury detail
There is strong crime scene detail in which the bloody body of a murder victim is discovered; there is subsequent sight of the corpse in photographs and in a morgue setting. We see glimpses of a bloated dead body underwater, as well as the rotting bloody carcass of a dog.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('shit', 'crap', 'asshole') along with milder terms like 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. A man makes undetailed verbal references to prostitution in the context of a police investigation. There is brief, undetailed mention of racist attitudes. There are moderately tense scenes of gun threat and it is implied a woman may have fallen under the influence of a poisonous or hallucinogenic substance. A man discusses the symptoms of his illness and another character suggests he may be under supernatural attack. Characters grieve for lost loved ones in scenes of emotional upset.
strong violence
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in the leg resulting in a large blood spurt and bloody clothes. It is implied that a pregnant woman has suffered domestic abuse at the hands of her partner.
additional issues
Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass' and 'Jesus'. There are moments of moderate threat including gun threat and jump scares. A family are chased in their car and then held at gunpoint. A man briefly demonstrates racist feelings towards Native Americans. There is a brief verbal drug reference to 'acid'.
moderate threat, sex references
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Verbal references are made to domestic abuse when a man says his step dad 'roughed up' his mother.
threat and horror
A woman finds a family captured inside a cave by a man who claims to be holding them for 'insurance purposes'. The woman is then threatened by his colleague who holds a knife. In another scene, a woman is bitten by a spider and briefly shown foaming at the mouth. A pregnant woman screams when she sees a man she recognises, and is then rushed to hospital due to stomach pains.
sex
Sexual moaning can be heard from inside a shaking van and a man emerges from the vehicle zipping up his flies. 
additional issues
The episode features mild bad language ('shit' and 'asshole') and uses of 'damn'. A family cry at the fresh grave of loved ones.
strong violence
Classified Date:
06/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are shot with guns, resulting in large spurts of blood erupting from their bodies and heads. In the aftermath of violence, blood is visible on nearby surrounding objects.
additional issues
Scenes of threat see people pointing guns at one another. A man uses an outdated term ('Indian') to describe Native American people. There are infrequent references to sex. Mild bad language ('ass', 'son of a bitch', 'shit') is used, as is very mild bad language ('God', 'damn', 'hell', 'Jesus')
infrequent strong language, moderate threat, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In a scene of moderate violence, a woman is attacked by another and one of them is subsequently set on fire. References are made to the eye-gouging of a grandfather and the murder of his granddaughter. An animal is seen hanging from a ceiling in a ritual sacrifice, dripping blood onto the floor.
threat and horror
There are moments of moderate threat including supernatural threat from a woman practicing witchcraft.
language
Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit' and 'hell'.
sex
A married man flirts with a young woman and they are then heard having loud sex in a van. The van door is opened and we see them in a compromising position.
strong violence
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings with sight of blood spurts, and bloody splashes and injuries are visible in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'whore', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'hell' and 'damn'. There are undetailed verbal references to the historical physical and sexual abuse of Native American children in school settings. A character takes his own life by shooting himself in the head. There are sustained scenes of gun threat. A man is left with moderately bloody facial injuries after a vehicle accident. A man makes racist remarks to Native American characters, including calling them 'Tonto'.
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moderate violence, threat, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Blood briefly spurts from a man’s shoulder during a shoot-out. A man shoots a person in the head, with limited visual detail. A truck suddenly explodes outside a hospital, resulting in a fatality.
threat and horror
A villainous character wielding a gun and a switchblade ambushes a lone man in a bathroom during a suspenseful sequence.
language
Moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms ('bullshit', 'piss', 'damn').
drugs
There is a scene of cannabis joint smoking.
additional issues
There is an implied post-coital scene.
moderate injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A villainous character plants an explosive device inside a porcelain doll and presents it to a child. However, other characters intervene and reassuringly defuse the bomb.
injury detail
A man extracts shards of glass from his bloodied facial wounds. Police detectives discover a dead body.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of mild bad language ('shit') and very mild bad language ('hell'). Undetailed verbal references are made to murder.
moderate violence, injury detail, threat, language
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a shooting during a darkly-lit scene, with accompanying brief and infrequent blood spurting detail.
threat and horror
An armed villain searches for a man inside a hospital during a suspenseful scene of gun threat.
language
Moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'ass' and 'damn'.
injury detail
A character launches himself out of a window during an escape attempt, resulting in moderately bloody facial injuries.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to the historical forced sterilisation of Native American women. Infrequent references to bereavement also occur.
strong violence
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In one scene, a police detective strangles a villain with a rope until he briefly loses consciousness. Other moments include hand-to-hand combat, kicks to the face and undetailed gunfire, resulting in bloody aftermath detail.
additional issues
Characters are left with bloody facial injuries following a chase sequence. A man applies a makeshift splint to his bloodied and fractured arm. People are threatened with gun violence. There is sexualised use of the term 'screw' during a scene in which a man suspects his wife of having an affair. There is an isolated verbal reference alluding to sexual violence. There is also an undetailed verbal reference to the historical forced sterilisation of Native American women.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
Strong bloody detail is seen on the clothing of the victims of a domestic murder. There are cuts and other bloody injury on the face of a man being held in a jail cell, and on a person in the aftermath of a car crash.
additional issues
There is moderate bad language (‘son of a bitch’), as well as milder terms such as ‘shit’, ‘ass’, ‘hell’ and ‘Jesus’. Moderate violence includes a brief fistfight and shootings which take place off-screen. There is moderate knife threat. There is a passing reference to drug misuse. Discriminatory remarks are made about Native Americans.
strong violence
Classified Date:
04/09/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in a scene which includes blood spurting detail. There are also punch up scenes and references to domestic abuse.
additional issues
There are scenes of gun threat. There are also references to discrimination against Native Americans.
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  • Classified date

    06/09/2023

  • Distributor

    RLJE International Ltd

  • Language

    English