Alien Covenant given a 15 classification by the BBFC uk rating boeard

[Wobblyboddle77]

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?

[cucuchu]

Same thread 5 years ago, more or less 
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.

[Ragonk_Force]

Prometheus is close to pg-13 imo. The medpod scene is intense, but its not even close to the backburster scene

[Corporal Hicks]

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.

[Ingwar]

Good news. More money for box office.

[HuDaFuK]

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."

[dumbass_colonist]

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.

[Scorpio]

How come the UK rating doesn't mention the sex/nudity but the US rating does? 

[Ragonk_Force]

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.

[RabidNinja]

Judging from the Alien Day footage, I'm glad they're not cutting anything out.

[HuDaFuK]

I 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.

How 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).

[Marcus9000]

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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[T Dog]

I 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.

How 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 

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).

[Whiskeybrewer]

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

[Citadel]

Was convinced we'd get an 18 with that Alien Day footage. Fantastic for box office, though.

Strings being pulled?