• Director(s)

    Laurence Connor

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Release date

    02/03/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Musical

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Tim Minchin, Melanie C, Chris Moyles

Film

Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour

moderate bloody images, violence, sex references, suicide

The 1971 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice gets a fresh retelling in this filmed version of the recent live arena tour; there are intense and bloody sequences as the story of Christ builds to its ending.…

The 1971 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice gets a fresh retelling in this filmed version of the recent live arena tour; there are intense and bloody sequences as the story of Christ builds to its ending.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

sex

discrimination

injury detail

suicide and self-harm

sexual violence and sexual threat

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Laurence Connor

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Release date

    02/03/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Musical

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Tim Minchin, Melanie C, Chris Moyles

moderate bloody images, violence, sex references, suicide
Classified Date:
13/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Cinema Live UK
violence
Christ is flogged repeatedly in a sustained, bloody scene; this and other acts of violence, including punches, shoves and baton blows, are suggested by choreographed musical sequences. CCTV screens show brief footage of real clashes between police, rioters and protesters; this includes use of tear gas and firebombs but details of any violence are largely pixelated.
threat and horror
There is CCTV footage of protesters and rioters clashing with police. A man threatens others with a broken bottle. Police restrain, hood and drag a man away.
sex
A musical sequence features some thrusting movements which suggest sexual activity between clothed dancers, while other performers dance suggestively in moderately sexualised clothing; much of this occurs in the background and is not heavily focused upon. Oblique verbal references are made to sex work.
discrimination
An unsympathetic character uses the dated term 'cripple'.
injury detail
Christ is left heavily bloodied after being beaten and flogged; there is close-up detail of His injuries and His bloody face. Impressionistic bloody splashes are projected onto a screen during some of this scene of torture. A woman is seen in bloody hospital robes, and another holds up a bloody rag.
suicide and self-harm
A man takes his own life; this is shown in silhouette.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A brief verbal reference is made to the 'rape' of a land by its occupiers.
alcohol and smoking
Characters smoke and drink alcohol.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
moderate violence, suicide scene
Classified Date:
08/10/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Studios Limited
violence
Jesus is whipped repeatedly, with some emphasis on the injuries he sustains and his suffering. There is also a crucifixion scene, which results in brief sight of bloody injury.
suicide and self-harm
A man hangs himself from a tree.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are some mild verbal and visual sex references.
Classified Date:
19/12/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Cinema Live UK

  • Classified date

    13/01/2025

  • Language

    English