• Director(s)

    Ridley Scott

  • Production Year

    1996

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    124m

  • Cast

    David Lascher, Julio Oscar Mechoso, David Selby, Ryan Phillippe

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White Squall

moderate threat, sex references, bloody images

WHITE SQUALL is a disaster film, from 1996, in which a group of teenagers embark on a school sailing trip and find themselves in trouble when they are hit by a storm. …

WHITE SQUALL is a disaster film, from 1996, in which a group of teenagers embark on a school sailing trip and find themselves in trouble when they are hit by a storm.

threat and horror
There are sustained passages of threat and drowning when a boat is caught in a storm.
sex
There are references to a 'hard-on', sex work and STIs.
injury detail
There are bloody images when a dolphin is harpooned, then clubbed to death.
additional issues
There is a use of the term 'pansy'. There is use of mild bad language, such as 'piss'.

  • Director(s)

    Ridley Scott

  • Production Year

    1996

  • Genre(s)

    Adventure, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    124m

  • Cast

    David Lascher, Julio Oscar Mechoso, David Selby, Ryan Phillippe

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Classified Date:
08/03/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
First Independent Films Ltd
moderate threat, sex references, bloody images
Classified Date:
11/07/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution
threat and horror
There are sustained passages of threat and drowning when a boat is caught in a storm.
sex
There are references to a 'hard-on', sex work and STIs.
injury detail
There are bloody images when a dolphin is harpooned, then clubbed to death.
additional issues
There is a use of the term 'pansy'. There is use of mild bad language, such as 'piss'.
Classified Date:
13/06/1997
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
BMG Video
violence
As well as some punches, kicks and blows as boys fight, there is a sequence in which a dolphin is killed using a harpoon and a hammer, which some viewers may find upsetting.
threat and horror
The scene in which the ship is hit by a storm is intense and protracted and involves the drowning of some characters who become trapped. While the scenes are not very detailed, there is an emphasis on the powerlessness of other characters to save the trapped people.
language
There is mild bad language, including uses of 'shit'.
sex
There is a scene in which it is implied a couple are about to have sex, although no sexual activity is depicted. There are also some verbal references to sexual activity and to sexually transmitted infections.
injury detail
There is sight of blood when a dolphin is killed.
nudity
There is some non-sexual buttock nudity when injections are given.
alcohol and smoking
Older teenage characters smoke and drink, sometimes to excess, in a 1960s setting.
Classified Date:
13/09/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
First Independent Films Ltd
Classified Date:
21/06/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
First Independent Films Ltd
Classified Date:
19/03/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
First Independent Films Ltd
Classified Date:
19/03/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
First Independent Films Ltd

  • Classified date

    11/07/2023

  • Language

    English