Romantic comedy Deadpool passed uncut by censors in S'pore, rated M18, out on Feb. 11

Perfect V Day date movie.

Belmont Lay| January 30, 03:03 PM

Highly-anticipated romantic comedy Deadpool has been passed uncut by film censors in Singapore.

The movie will be out on Feb. 11, ahead of Valentine's Day on Sunday and a full day ahead of its US release.

The 107-minute movie has been rated M18 -- for mature audiences aged 18 and above -- as it deals with heavy relationship issues and where the struggles are real.

Here is the Media Development Authority's formal justification for passing the movie clean, in the form of a bureaucratically-worded Extended Classification Rating Information for your perusal (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD):

“Deadpool” is based on a Marvel Comics character, Wade Wilson, a former Special Forces operative turned mercenary who undergoes an experiment to cure him of his cancer. However it leaves him with accelerated healing powers, but horribly disfigured. He adopts the alter ego Deadpool to hunt down the man who is responsible for the experiment.

The film is rated M18 with an advisory of ‘Sexual Scenes and Violence’.

There is a montage that shows a couple having variations of sex based on themes associated with various holidays or festivals. The depiction, while light-hearted and comical, shows the couple in several sexual positions including one where the topless woman straddles the man and thrusting is seen. Under the M18 Classification Guidelines, “sexual activity may be portrayed if justified by context, infrequent and without strong details”.

The film also contains some scenes of violence where gore is depicted. These include several fight sequences where some men are shot in the head, resulting in blood and brain matter spurting. In another scene, the protagonist, who has accelerated healing powers, is seen cutting his own hand off with graphic blood-letting when he tries to get out of a pair of hand cuffs. However, the impact of the scene is mitigated as it is tinged with some humour, and his hand is seen growing back in the later part of the film. There are also some scenes of bodies being slashed and sights of decapitation of people wearing helmets, where the protagonist’s adversaries are killed in a bloody fashion. Overall, the film is more appropriate under a M18 rating, where the Classification Guidelines state “realistic depiction of violence and gore with strong impact is allowed if justified by context. However, the portrayal should not be excessive, gratuitous or exploitative”.

In addition, there are multiple and frequent use of the expletive “f**k” throughout the film, and some utterances of the expletive “motherf**ker”.

 

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