Double Team (1997) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Name: Double Team
Director: Tsui Hark
Released: 1997
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 5.2

Age Rating, Sex, Violence & Language

A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together they're a two-man arsenal... with enough voltage to rock the free world.

Rated R • 1997 • 1h 33m

Directed by Tsui Hark

5.2

800+

Average rating by Bontent members

Age

13+

Double Team is rated R primarily for sustained, violent action sequences and mature thematic material. Parents should know it contains frequent gunfights and hand‑to‑hand combat (some blood), explosions, an implied child death, a frantic maternity‑ward fight, and a late sequence with a tiger and landmines involving a newborn. Sexual content is mild and non‑explicit (revealing club/bar outfits and a brief passionate kiss); there is also… Sign up for the full guide

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Dennis Rodman

Mickey Rourke

Paul Freeman

Natacha Lindinger

Valéria Cavalli

Jay Benedict

Bruno Bilotta

Mario Opinato

Orso Maria Guerrini

Ted Rusoff

Umberto Raho

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Is Double Team appropriate for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Double Team is best for ages 13+. It's rated R. Double Team is rated R primarily for sustained, violent action sequences and mature thematic material. Parents should know it contains frequent gunfights and hand‑to‑hand combat (some blood), explosions, an implied…

What age rating does Double Team have?

Double Team is officially rated R. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 13+.

What is Double Team about?

Is there sex or nudity in Double Team?

Light, non‑explicit sexual content appears mainly as brief nightclub and bar sequences with revealing outfits and flirtatious behavior. A pool kiss is interrupted but no nudity is shown. A gay bar scene contains flirtation and suggestive costuming but nothing…

How violent is Double Team?

Frequent, stylized action violence across the film includes multiple shootouts, martial‑arts fights and explosions. Specific moments include an amusement‑park gunfight where a child is put in danger (and later implied killed), a maternity‑ward brawl with…

Is the language in Double Team appropriate for kids?

Mild to moderate coarse language throughout: occasional expletives and insults appear in confrontations. Dialogue includes several uses of profanity (IMDb notes words such as d*ck and sh*t among milder swears).

Are drugs, alcohol, or smoking shown in Double Team?

Light tobacco and alcohol use are present. Jack Quinn is shown smoking, and nightclub/background scenes show people drinking; no on‑screen drug use is depicted.

What mature themes appear in Double Team?

Strong mature themes: terrorism, kidnapping, revenge, and moral consequences of violence recur throughout. The film centers on the kidnapping of Quinn's wife Kathryn and their newborn, exile to a penal 'Colony', and revenge-driven confrontations that include…

How long is Double Team?

Double Team runs 93 minutes, directed by Tsui Hark, released in 1997.

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