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The BBFC has officially rated Predators a 15 in the UK for “strong violence, gory images, language and sex references”. It was passed with no cuts made. Both AvP and AvP Requiem were rated 15 here but all previous Alien and Predator movies were originally rated 18.

Thanks to Darkoo for the news.

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Also note - "Run Time 106m 49s"

good news for box office income, bad news for 18 rating fans, here's hoping that the US's unrated dvd will be an 18.

I dont understand how this works, can someone explain what 15 and 18 mean

thats pretty lame. was hoping for a 18 certificate. still looks good from what ive seen on this site. roll on 8th july!...you set us UPPPPPPPPPPPP! ;)

I'm surprised it's a 15 here in the UK, considering the "Hard R" hype from the makers (equivalent to an 18 rating here), but the description of the rating sounds what we would expect, so that's good. Interestingly, Predator 2 was re-rated from an original 18 down to a 15 in recent years. Perhaps the rating for Predator 1 will go down to a 15 once the new Blu-ray edition is released in a week or two. 18 rated films are more in line with the extreme graphic nature of the "Saw" franchise or movies that contain sex scenes.

nothing to fear for gore fans. i mean silent hill was a 15 here and that had barb wire shoot up a womens gash and split her in 2

LOL 2 from 13 age restriction. What an f up. ::)

Not too bothered, Aliens would barely be a 15 these days - it's all about the mood of the film.

Booooooooooooo

This doesn't throw me off the film.

ITs about the tolerance of the times. Many films that were rated R in the past could easily get a pg13 rating if they were rated or released today.

TOTAL BOLLOCKS! C'mon man a f**king 15 ???

JESUS!!!

From what I've seen this film seems to be as "graphic" as P1. The lower rating could very well be the product of the continual pushing of boundaries in cinema. What was an "18" 20+ years ago isn't necessarily an "18" now.

dont worry if it had a single scene of full nudity along with the gore then it WOULD be an 18 .besides it dont matter how violent movies are these days anyways they will still rate it 15 . its a different time nowadays.

"I dont understand how this works, can someone explain what 15 and 18 mean"
http://www.bbfc.org.uk/downloads/pub/Guidelines/BBFC%20Classification%20Guidelines%202009.pdf

Notice it says it contains sex refrences, i hope there isn't going to be some underlying love story or anything lol

The first Starship Troopers movie was a 15 when released on the cinemas. I wouldn't worry about it.

there's nothing to worry about, im in the u.k and im 15 and was preying for a 15, watched predator when i was a small kid and ever since have wanted to see one on the big screen, if u.s are happy with R rating then we should be happy with 15

dose that mean in australia it will be MA15+ i was hopping R18+

Why cant they just make an alien/pred movie thats 18

jesus

in the UK 18 doesn't really happen much anymore, a 15film can more or less be an 18, only something with extream use of groe. sex, rape, drug use...films of rape, strong drug use will be an 18 straight up. its more about to get money putting films to 15.  i have still got hope for this film it looks good.

Like with AVPR, how the hell can they justify graphic violence and language as 15? Especially when they class tamer video games higher! (Predator: Concrete Jungle was 18!) ???

MA 15+ in Australia for sure ..... I'm happy with that. The only difference between MA and R is sex scenes

Sign of the times. Heck, the original Predator could easily fly at 15 if it was resubmitted to the BBFC.

Also, these days 15s are hardcaw over here. 8)

Gotta have sex scenes to make R-Rating nowadays. Gore days are over now, as they have pretty much have done everything you can possibly do to a human body. And if someone says they havn't I would stay well clear of that person. Give me suspense over gore anyday. I always find what is out of the view of the camera far more suspenseful than blood and gore. As Ridley Scott said 'what your imagination can come up with is far more scary than what's on the film'.    Sex References, ah looking forward to a good pussy joke  haha

Did you guys even see the trailer?! nothing to worry about jesus!

a little of topic but here in mexico the first tree alien movies and the original predator are like something pg-13, except p2(naked woman at somepoint) or ressurection(pretty messed up stuff in there) from time to time they appear on open tv,... that's how i watched the predator movie many years ago,,, a nice afternoon on sunday... when i was six oh man the good old days 8)

Its R in America. who cares. Surely the rating system differs in some countries. Cursing and nudity in Europe is widely accepted and would not influence the rating of a film like it does here.

what m138jewski said, as i live in holland.. movies with nudity and sexist jokes are viewable for kids in cinemas... and im dead serious XD

15 rating today is the same as a 18 rating back when the first Predator movie was released.

What you can get away with showing today is different to a few years ago, especially in the UK and by looking at the International trailer, that itself looks 18...e.g, Predator ripping the spine out is prob the most gruesome scene of that kinda killing in all the 3 Predator movies.

Ive also noticed when the Alien movies are shown on tv, their rating has been lowered to a 15...

So im not really worried

:D

Im not worried too much. The SAW movies were rated 'R' and look at them. I dont really need to see that much gore in a Predator movie. You take a movie like SAW back to the 1980's and for sure it would be banned.

Fujimaster, have you SEEN the first Saw film?  If so, watch it again.  You'll be surprised how little gore there actually is on screen.

this was to be expected, most old 18 rated movies would be re-rated to 15 to current times.

Hopefully the movie will be good, fingers crossed, oh and the run time is ok for this time of movie.

kick-ass and watchmen were both 18's in the uk.
things that make movies 18's in the UK is generally Torture, Graphic Sex, or Detailed Drug Use, anything less will generally be a 15

Kick-Ass wasn't an 18 in the UK. It was a 15, I saw it in the cinema. It's rated 18 on DVD in Ireland though.

Still, I'm glad Predators is a 15. An 18 rating would really hurt its box office income.

it a official in australia it's rated MA15+ (Strong violence)

A 15... OH f**kIN HELL >:(