Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A naked woman is shown lying on a bed. Her breasts are briefly shown.
  • References to prositution in a police station.
  • Bus passengers are forced to remove their clothing with the exception of their underclothes. No breasts or genitals are shown.
  • A man attempts to sexually assault a young teenage girl.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is killed in a shower in a locker room.
  • A man is run over by a car, no blood is shown. (Theatrical version only)
  • A body is shown wrapped in a cloth.
  • Scenes involve live mice having pins inserted into their heads. They are then shown suffering. These scenes appear more in the director's cut and will no doubt offend animal lovers.
  • A police officer shoots a man in an auto repair shop.
  • A man is shown dead and covered in blood in his car. (Theatrical version only)
  • A shootout takes place in a graveyard and numerous people are shown being shot and killed.
  • A bomb goes off in a movie theater. Nobody is killed or injured.
  • A public restroom is bombed. (Director's cut only)
  • A man is killed by a bomb while waiting outside of a car.
  • An elderly man is stabbed with a pencil in his neck and back.
  • A flaming piece of clothing is thrown at 3 boys

Profanity

  • A woman at a police station is said to be "a whore"
  • Light profanity such as "damn" and "hell" is used throughout.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Numerous people are shown drinking in a bar.
  • Teenagers are shown smoking near a basketball court.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Photos of the 1967 Hong Kong riots flash on screen towards the end of the film. The images included show large crowds of people, decimated and bombed out buildings, and police officers stomping on the heads of protestors.
  • Film is extremely dark and focuses on societal problems and death in a disturbing fashion not reccomended for a younger audience.
  • A cat is thrown out of a window and lands on a fence spike and suffers for a while before dying.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The final scene implies that one of the boys went insane after witnessing the deaths of his friends.

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