Violence

Classification decisions will take into account the degree/nature of any violence in a work, as it has always been a feature of entertainment for children and adults.

Works which feature the following are likely to receive more restrictive classifications:

• Portrayal of violence as a normal solution to problems
• Heroes who inflict pain and injury
• Callousness towards victims
• Encouragement of aggressive attitudes and content which depicts characters taking pleasure in pain or humiliation.

Sexualised violence or works which glorify or glamorize violence and rape is applied. Content which might eroticise or endorse sexual violence may require cuts at any classification level. Any association of sex with non-consensual restraint, pain, or humiliation may be cut.