WOH!!!!! there aliminator. be careful in how you make parallells. the passion of the christ was deliberately made as violant as it is to bring a few home truths down to earth..... its meant to be emotionally and visually disturbing because of its religious content. drawing similarities between what christ went through physically and the bloodshed involved, really, in my opinion should not be reckoned with or might i add compared to a fictional pair of monster duking it out. i see what your trying to say but dont you think that the graphic content in the Passion was not so much the actual acts, but the general ambiance and idea that it was happening to the saviour of mankind?-taking of course that the people who read these comments believe in god.... however, i want nothing more than the original level of gore.... if a movie is TOO violent or TOO gorey, it can sometimes take away from the enjoyment of the film.-in taking your comparison to the passion, i didnt by any stretch of the imagination enjoy watching christ be beaten for over an hour and a half, and i certainly wont enjoy watching non sensical violence in regard to blatent killing if its in the form of AvP- BECAUSE the original films, while gorey and violent as they are, still seem to leave alot to the imagination of the audience, which in my opinion is more effective and artistic. also the reason the passion is rated R is because of its brutality.- the AvP movie is going to be rated R for different reasons, such as FICTIONAL content, not emotionally tentative subjects.... i hope you understand that this is by ni means me bashing you for your comment. i think your a nice guy, but i just feel to contrast the Passion with AvP was a bit OTT. take care my friends... by the way, thank you to those who took the time to answer my question about the rating system.. now that i have a clearly understanding of the censorship authorities i can safely say that AVP will indeed be either rated R or will cut an over 15's rating Forte Fortuna Adjuvat........-real pred