Not recommended under 12; parental guidance to 12 (violence, themes, coarse language)
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Children under 13 | Not recommended due to violence, coarse language and themes. |
Children aged 13 | Parental guidance recommended due to violence, coarse language and themes. |
Children aged 13 and over | Ok for this age group. |
This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.
Name of movie: | Battle of the Year |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Mild coarse language and violence |
Length: | 111 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
Battle of the Year is an American dance film set in the international world of b-boying. Not having won the infamous ‘Battle of the Year’ competition during the past fifteen years, company head Dante (Laz Alonso) decides to set about making b-boying cool in the United States again. Although he has a team prepared already, he seeks out an old friend who used to be an incredible b-boy coach, Jason Blake (Josh Holloway). Having isolated himself after the death of his wife and son, Jason is living an uninspired and self-destructive existence. However, after agreeing to coach a team on his own terms, Jason comes back and proceeds to fire every current member of Dante’s team, setting out to instead create an entirely new team comprised of the best b-boyers across the United States.
Jason and the twenty-two men selected spend three months training in an unused juvenile detention centre, whilst Jason cuts the numbers down to a final team of thirteen. The team ultimately make it to the finals in the ‘Battle of the Year’, and face off against the infamous Korean team. However, Jason has taught the men that irrespective of the outcome, they should be proud of the team they have become.
Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.
Teamwork; dance and performance; relationships; depression and grief
Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.
Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.
There is some violence in the film, including:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
Nothing of concern apart from the violent scenes described above
Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.
Nothing of concern apart from the violent scenes described above
Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.
Nothing of concern apart from the violent scenes described above
Children over the age of thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic physical harm or threats, molestation or sexual assault and / or threats from aliens or the occult.
Nothing of concern
There is limited product placement in the film, including:
There are some sexual references in the film, including:
None of concern
There is some use of substances in the film, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Battle of the Year centres around the core principle that greatness is a choice – individuals must believe that they are capable of achieving their dreams, and set out to do so through hard work and extreme determination. However, it also highlights the importance of teamwork and relying on others, using friends to motivate and push you forward, and letting them help when you’re having a difficult time.
The film’s violence, coarse language and themes make it unsuitable for under 13s, but parents of older teens may wish to discuss a number of issues raised by the film, including:
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