• Director(s)

    Jim Van Bebber

  • Production Year

    1988

  • Date

    23/12/1998

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    80m

  • Cast

    Jim Van Bebber, Paul Harper, Megan Murphy, Ric Walker, Marc Pitman, Maureen Gentner

Film

Deadbeat At Dawn

strong violence, gore

violence
A gang member kills another with multiple rapid stabs to the gut. A man bites off another's finger and spits it into his face. There are regular moments of strong violence using fists, guns, martial arts weapons and knives, often with bloody detail. A man punches his girlfriend's face when she tells him she is pregnant.
injury detail
A gang member rips open another's throat and pulls out his windpipe. A man has a vision of another man digging a finger into the brain of his girlfriend's corpse. Injuries spurt jets of blood.
A gang member sexually assaults the girlfriend of a rival, holding a knife to her face while trying to undress her. There is brief sight of explicit pornographic images. There is misuse of heroin and cocaine, and use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'c**ksucker').

  • Director(s)

    Jim Van Bebber

  • Production Year

    1988

  • Date

    23/12/1998

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    80m

  • Cast

    Jim Van Bebber, Paul Harper, Megan Murphy, Ric Walker, Marc Pitman, Maureen Gentner

The BBFC determined this content to be unsuitable for classification at the time it was submitted.
strong violence, gore
Classified Date:
29/08/2018
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
A gang member kills another with multiple rapid stabs to the gut. A man bites off another's finger and spits it into his face. There are regular moments of strong violence using fists, guns, martial arts weapons and knives, often with bloody detail. A man punches his girlfriend's face when she tells him she is pregnant.
injury detail
A gang member rips open another's throat and pulls out his windpipe. A man has a vision of another man digging a finger into the brain of his girlfriend's corpse. Injuries spurt jets of blood.
A gang member sexually assaults the girlfriend of a rival, holding a knife to her face while trying to undress her. There is brief sight of explicit pornographic images. There is misuse of heroin and cocaine, and use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'c**ksucker').
Unsuitable for classification
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Exploited

  • Classified date

    29/08/2018

  • BBFC reference

    BVV154858

  • Language

    English