The uk ratings classification board have given Alien covenant a 15 rating for "strong bloody violence, gore, strong language"
with no cuts, the same rating as Prometheus. There is a breakdown of the classification but no real spoilers which is available at
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/alien-covenant-film
The runtime is 121 minutes.
Whats everyones thoughts on that?
Same thread 5 years ago, more or less :laugh:
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=43368.0
That being said, I think this will be a much harder 15 classification (or hard R here in the states). I remember there being concern that Prometheus might be a pg-13 rating in the states and that sure as shit stinks was not the case with Covenant.
Prometheus is close to pg-13 imo. The medpod scene is intense, but its not even close to the backburster scene
Expected no less. :) Very few R's translate across to an 18 and it's that nice little catch-all age range in the UK to give it a bit extra profit.
Good news. More money for box office.
Yeah, the BBFC seems to be very lenient on blood and gore these days. Even AVP:R was only a 15, and some the violence in that is pretty grim.
Suffice to say, Covenant is a bloody movie. The press kit features an opening quote from Ridley saying, "We're going to need a lot of claret." :laugh:
I hope this doesn't translate into the film pulling its punches. I was looking forward to some heinous violence a la Scott's Hannibal.
How come the UK rating doesn't mention the sex/nudity but the US rating does? ???
Quote from: Scorpio on May 04, 2017, 09:46:26 AM
How come the UK rating doesn't mention the sex/nudity but the US rating does? ???
Because nudity is offensive here. But on tv we can show a man bash another mans head in with a barbed wire baseball bat.
*unnecessary comment towards religious people removed. Please keep it civil. Hicks.
Judging from the Alien Day footage, I'm glad they're not cutting anything out.
Quote from: dumbass_colonist on May 04, 2017, 09:41:58 AMI hope this doesn't translate into the film pulling its punches.
It doesn't. It's not gratuitous like
Requiem was, but it's plenty bloody when it wants to be.
Quote from: Scorpio on May 04, 2017, 09:46:26 AMHow come the UK rating doesn't mention the sex/nudity but the US rating does? ???
Yeah, the American ratings system's really messed up. Horrific violence? Fine. A breast? You can't show that!
I think it's a bit more balanced here in the UK (now that the BBFC no longer executes a merciless persecution of headbutts lol).
The way Ridley was going on I fully expected the classification to be an 18, but hey ho.
Most films that end up 18 in UK have either to be extremely violent or have graphic sex scenes.
15s can still be quite horrifying.
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Quote from: HuDaFuK on May 04, 2017, 10:19:18 AM
Quote from: dumbass_colonist on May 04, 2017, 09:41:58 AMI hope this doesn't translate into the film pulling its punches.
It doesn't. It's not gratuitous like Requiem was, but it's plenty bloody when it wants to be.
Quote from: Scorpio on May 04, 2017, 09:46:26 AMHow come the UK rating doesn't mention the sex/nudity but the US rating does? ???
Yeah, the American ratings system's really messed up. Horrific violence? Fine. A breast? You can't show that!
I think it's a bit more balanced here in the UK (now that the BBFC no longer executes a merciless persecution of headbutts lol).
Aaaah those Matrix edits :D
Quote from: Marcus9000 on May 04, 2017, 10:52:15 AM
The way Ridley was going on I fully expected the classification to be an 18, but hey ho.
Most films that end up 18 in UK have either to be extremely violent or have graphic sex scenes.
15s can still be quite horrifying.
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Well it got rated 16's in Ireland (we have 15s too) which means its gonna hit a bit harder than most violent movies. 18s is usual reserved for sexual violence and explicit sex scenes these days. So a bbfc 15s is probably fine for Sci Fi horror (although I heard the film is more of a thriller than a horror).
Its interesting that its harder to get a 18 in the UK nowadays. The Belko experiment was an 18 and from what Ive heard about Covenant, its gonna be gorier than that.
Should be interesting
Was convinced we'd get an 18 with that Alien Day footage. Fantastic for box office, though.
Strings being pulled? ;)
Explicit sex, sexual violence and/or drug use seems to be what tips a rating into 18, R 18s at the cinema in Aus are pretty rare, the last I remember seeing at the cinema was The Wolf of Wall Street.
Im going back a few years, but... The witches of eastwick got an 18 rating. And Alien Covenant gets a 15? Wtf?
Sticks in my mind because I was waaay younger and managed to pass for 18. I don't remember much sex or gore, maybe a few f words but that was about it. All the guys at school were super jealous as they didnt look old enough. I couldn't have cared less if there were sex scenes though. I was just in it for Cher dammit!
Was sorely disppointed when she didnt wear something sparkly and sequiney. Lol!
It must be so easy for the kids to get in to see films underage nowadays.
Quote from: motherfather on May 04, 2017, 12:23:40 PM
Im going back a few years, but... The witches of eastwick got an 18 rating. And Alien Covenant gets a 15? Wtf?
Sticks in my mind because I was waaay younger and managed to pass for 18.
Yes, but sensibilities are greatly different now and what was once viewed as unsuitable for a 15 year old to watch are now considered suitable.
^ Thank my lucky stars. Although, given how tame Prometheus was besides that one medpod scene, I would have thought - just based on the covenant trailers - that there would have been a huge gulf between the prometheus and covenant ratings.
On a scale, I would have put covenant nearer to the Trainspotting/Event Horizon end of the age rating spectrum.
15 huh?
I'm pretty sure 15 year old guys/girls will be spooked when they see certain scenes ;D
So It deserved a 18 ? ;D ;D
I'm surprised they didn't make peppa pig an 18, just to confuse us all. Lol.
15 isn't too bad a rating
I think it's a good thing if it gets new people interested in the Alien universe