• Director(s)

    Rob Hardy

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Patina Miller, London Brown, Malcolm Mays, Omar Epps

TV Show

Power Book Iii: Raising Kanan

POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Raq's crew regroups in the aftermath of a devastating attack against them.

POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN is a US crime drama series; in this episode, Raq's crew regroups in the aftermath of a devastating attack against them.

  • Director(s)

    Rob Hardy

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Patina Miller, London Brown, Malcolm Mays, Omar Epps

strong violence, language
Classified Date:
06/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are a number of bloody shootings.
language
Frequent strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') features alongside milder terms including 'bitch', 'shit' and 'ass', as well as peer-to-peer uses of 'n***a'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Other issues include drug references, including scenes in which characters smoke joints, and a use of the discriminatory term 'Shylocks'. There are also occasional sex references, including a brief and condemnatory reference to a man's sexual relationship with an underage girl.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
06/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a strong scene of violence in which multiple people are shot dead resulting in blood spurts and bloody aftermath detail.
language
Frequent strong language ('motherf**ker', 'c**ksucker', 'f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('bitch') and milder terms such as 'shit', 'piss', 'ass' and 'balls'. There is also frequent use of the racial term 'n***a'.
additional issues
A woman uses the racist term 'goombah' and references are made to racism and racial stereotyping. Verbal references to drug dealing and misuse occur and characters briefly smoke marijuana. Sequences of moderate threat include gun threat and characters being abducted and tied up by masked men. There is a brief suicide reference as well as occasional moderate sex references.
strong language, sex, drug references, violence
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence occurs. A man's face is punched and his head slammed repeatedly between a car door out of frame. A man is shot in the head, with resulting bloody detail.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker', 'c**ksucker', 'f**k'), racial language ('n***a') and milder terms ('bitch', 'asshole', 'ass', 'shit', 'God', 'damn', 'hell').
sex
There is a scene of strong sex, with breast and buttock nudity.
drugs
There are references to marijuana and heroin trafficking. There is sight of low level dealers being given marijuana to sell to customers.
additional issues
An Asian American man makes racist comments regarding Chinese people. There are references to Asian American drug dealers typically not doing business with black drug dealers. A character threatens his friend with violence, a man is arrested at gunpoint and an injured man bleeding from the torso is held hostage in a drug dealer's home. There are passing references to a woman's suicide.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
11/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A scene of strong violence sees a man savagely and repeatedly stabbed, resulting in bloody detail on his body and clothing in the aftermath.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker' and 'f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'dick', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'ass'). There are also peer-to-peer uses of 'n***a'.
additional issues
Frequent verbal and visual references are made to drug dealing and drug misuse. Moderate sex references occur and there are sequences of gun threat.
strong language, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
06/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence include impactful beatings and stabbings which are accompanied by bloody detail.
language
There is frequent use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'prick', 'ass', 'asshole', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'dick', 'piss', 'whore', 'hell' and 'damn'). Racial language is also used between black characters ('n***a', 'n****r').
sex
There are occasional strong and crude verbal references to sex.
additional issues
A man uses racist ('yellow') and strong language to refer to two people of East Asian heritage. There are also visual and verbal references to drug distribution.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
06/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
The episode recap features shootings, an undetailed stabbing and an impactful blow using a baseball bat.
language
Occasional strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs, as well as other terms such as 'bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'bullshit', 'asshole' and 'hell'. There is also use of peer-to-peer racial language ('n***a').
additional issues
There are occasional references to drug dealing and misuse. Moderate sex references include sexualised use of the term 'f**k'. There are scenes of moderate gun threat. A man excessively drinks alcohol to cope with feelings of guilt.
strong language, violence, drug references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
25/09/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings with bloody aftermath detail. A character makes veiled threats towards his ex-partner.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), racial language ('n***a') and use of milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bitch', 'ass', 'dick', 'crap', 'damn').
drugs
There is sight of cocaine, lines of white powder and references to drug dealing. A character is accused of being high and not looking after his children.
additional issues
A young woman is sexually assaulted by her date who attempts to put his hand up her shirt several times, a man is threatened with violence by a drug dealer, and a young woman with bulimia can be heard vomiting in the toilet.
strong language, violence, sex
Classified Date:
03/10/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is shot in the knee before a gun barrel is briefly pushed into the wound. The woman is eventually repeatedly shot, with accompanying blood spurts. There women fight in a scene which includes heavy masked kicks and punches.
language
The episode contains strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'damn', 'hell'). There is also discriminatory language ('dago', 'guinea') and peer to peer uses of 'n***a'.
sex
There is brief masked sight of fellatio; however, there is no stronger detail.
additional issues
There are also scenes of threat, including gun and knife threat, drug references and brief suicide and death references.
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  • Classified date

    06/09/2023

  • Distributor

    Starz.

  • Language

    English