• Director(s)

    Anthony Philipson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Warren Brown, Sunetra Sarker, Francis Magee

TV Show

Desperate Measures

DESPERATE MEASURES is a crime drama series in which a female bank clerk tries to recover the money her teenage son lost in a drug deal; in this episode, the woman decides to rob a bank.…

DESPERATE MEASURES is a crime drama series in which a female bank clerk tries to recover the money her teenage son lost in a drug deal; in this episode, the woman decides to rob a bank.

  • Director(s)

    Anthony Philipson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Warren Brown, Sunetra Sarker, Francis Magee

strong language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'cock', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'shit', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There is moderate threat, including with guns. There is brief moderate violence and mild bloody images. There are drug references.
strong language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A young man is shot and killed in undetailed long-shot, followed by sight of blood on his clothes.
threat and horror
There are scenes of gun threat, including an armed bank robbery. There are also scenes in which a teenage boy is kidnapped, held hostage and threatened.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'wanker', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'arsehole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell).
additional issues
A teenage boy briefly smokes a marijuana joint. There are also scenes of emotional upset, references to mental health, and brief negative verbal drug references.
strong language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'hell').
additional issues
There is moderate violence as people are shot, which results in some aftermath detail of blood. There are also scenes of threat in which people are threatened at gunpoint.
strong violence, language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence include bloody shootings. Blood in the aftermath of violence is also a key feature of such scenes.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit' and 'God').
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat in which characters are held at gunpoint.
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  • Classified date

    27/01/2023

  • Distributor

    Spirit Entertainment

  • Language

    English