• Director(s)

    Mike Smith

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Fern Sutherland, Neill Rea, Cristina Șerban, Nic Sampson, Pana Hema-Taylor

TV Show

The Brokenwood Mysteries

THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES is a New Zealand crime drama series; in this episode, a murder casts suspicion on a female motorcycle club.…

THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES is a New Zealand crime drama series; in this episode, a murder casts suspicion on a female motorcycle club.

  • Director(s)

    Mike Smith

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama

  • Cast

    Fern Sutherland, Neill Rea, Cristina Șerban, Nic Sampson, Pana Hema-Taylor

sexual threat
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man pins a woman to a bed, then threateningly attempts to coerce her into sleeping with him. She fights him off and escapes.
additional issues
There is moderate violence when a sabotaged light falls on a man's head and electrocutes him; his burnt face is briefly seen. There is use of mild bad language ('bugger', 'arse', 'piss', 'balls', 'screw', 'bastard', 'hell', 'God', damn'). There are references to racism and sexism. Sex references and rude humour are mild.
moderate injury detail, threat, sexual threat, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
16/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman falls from a balcony to her death before her body is placed in the boot of a car. A man is briefly seen injecting an ill individual with a fatal dose of insulin.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'bloody', 'God', 'damn').
injury detail
A dead woman is discovered in the boot of a car. Subsequent crime scene images of the body are displayed to suspects and seen in a police station, with a focused detail on bruising on the deceased victim's leg and neck.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A waitress becomes uncomfortable up when a male colleague places a hand on the small of her back without her permission, and there are verbal references to a man sexually harassing his employees.
additional issues
There are verbal references to smoking marijuana and drug dealing. There are mild sex references to adultery, a man fetishising older women, unwanted pregnancies, and a man admitting to visiting one of his employees homes in the hopes of a romantic encounter.
drug misuse, domestic abuse, sexual violence references, violence, language
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is strangled to death, with sight of the resulting wounds in the aftermath. The episode also features depictions of and references to domestic abuse, including scenes of threat and violence after an abusive husband is able to track down his estranged wife.
language
A nun is heard to cry out 'holy fu--' but the implied word is not completed. The episode also features uses of 'bloody', 'bollocks', 'hell' and 'God'.
drugs
There are occasional scenes of drug misuse, including joint smoking and the use of a bong. There are also visual and verbal references to drugs and drug dealing within a largely comic context.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A nun implies that she was raped by a priest and also refers to a colleague who was abused by her stepfather. The references are brief and undetailed.
strong crime scene detail, sex references 
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are visual and verbal references to BDSM when a dead body is found tied up in reins in a style that resembles bondage. 
injury detail
There is some lingering focus on a dead body tied to a tree by reins, with the stirrups placed across her mouth.
additional issues
A murder suspect attacks two cops with a golf club, hitting one character over the head with it. During a flashback scene a murder injects the murder victim with animal medication. There are also verbal references to ketamine, and to race horses being injected with steroids. The episode features mild bad language ('bugger', 'pissed', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'screwed', 'damn', 'God' and 'hell').
moderate sex references, threat
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man is tied up and held at gunpoint.
sex
There are occasional comic sex references, for example to a man being 'kicked repeatedly in the private parts by a prostitute' and to a brand of 'male stamina pills' called Erecto Magic.
additional issues
Other issues include sight of a dead body and some brief bloody images. Bad language includes uses of 'bloody', 'arse', 'damn', 'hell', 'Jesus Christ' and 'God'.
moderate violence, domestic abuse, implied strong language
Classified Date:
14/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People are punched, slapped, placed in a head lock and drowned. However, there is limited injury detail. A man smashes his fiance's mobile phone before pulling her hair. He is also described as controlling by other characters. However, his behaviour directly leads to his murder.
language
There is word play around strong language ('motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'dickhead', 'bloody', 'arse', 'bastard', 'crap', 'hell', ''God', 'Christ', 'damn').
additional issues
The episode contains brief scenes featuring a man's dead body; however, there is limited detail. There are also mild sex references, including to affairs.
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  • Classified date

    14/08/2023

  • Distributor

    RLJE International Ltd

  • Language

    English