Octopus with Broken Arms

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Octopus with Broken Arms is a Chinese drama film that follows the story of wealthy businessman Zheng Bingrui, whose young daughter is kidnapped at her birthday party. As the situation escalates, Zheng and her schoolteacher, Li, are forced to take matters into their own hands to deliver a ransom and rescue the child. As they delve deeper into the mystery, a series of shocking secrets begins to emerge. The film is in Mandarin with English subtitles.

Themes

The film contains themes of revenge and organised crime in the form of kidnapping and sex-trafficking, as well as corruption, relationships and bereavement. The film contains blood and some injury detail.

Violence

The film contains the use of guns, explosives and knives along with physical violence in the form of bludgeoning, punching and kicking to inflict bloody injury and death. The film also contains verbal threats of violence.

Language

The film contains use of the words "shit", "crap", and "hell".

Drug use

The film contains infrequent verbal references to drugs including heroin and discreet visual depictions of a small foil package.

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Classification date

23 December 2024

Year of production

2024

Classification

MA 15+

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