{"id":1592,"date":"2007-05-03T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/when-r-rated-franchises-go-pg-13\/"},"modified":"2007-05-03T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-03T10:07:00","slug":"when-r-rated-franchises-go-pg-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/05\/when-r-rated-franchises-go-pg-13.html","title":{"rendered":"When R-rated franchises go PG-13 …"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

There\u2019s a rumour<\/a> going around that Live Free or Die Hard<\/a><\/i>, known overseas as Die Hard 4.0<\/i>, will be rated PG-13.<\/span><\/p>\n

This might mean that John McClane\u2019s trademark \u201cYippie-ki-yay\u201d line will have to be cut, or trimmed down a little. The MPAA allows one or two f-words in a PG-13 movie, but never if they are used to indicate actual sexual behaviour; then again, I don\u2019t know where a word like \u201cmotherf\u2014er\u201d \u2014 which, like the f-word itself, is rarely used with a specific sexual intent \u2014 would fall on that spectrum.<\/p>\n

But never mind all that. I\u2019m just wondering if it has ever<\/i> happened that a PG-13 installment in an otherwise R-rated franchise turned out to be any good. Thus, naturally, I must make another list.<\/p>\n

I have not seen all the films listed below, so it may be that some of the PG-13 films were<\/i> better than their R-rated forebears. Certainly some of the R-rated sequels were huge letdowns. But I\u2019ll let you guess which of these films I have seen and which I have not.<\/p>\n

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  1. Alien<\/i> (1979; R)<\/li>\n
  2. Aliens<\/i> (1986; R)<\/li>\n
  3. Predator<\/i> (1987; R)<\/li>\n
  4. Predator 2<\/i> (1990; R)<\/li>\n
  5. Alien3<\/i> (1992; R)<\/li>\n
  6. Alien Resurrection<\/i> (1997; R)<\/li>\n
  7. Alien Vs. Predator<\/a><\/i> (2004; PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  8. The Amityville Horror<\/a><\/i> (1979; R)<\/li>\n
  9. Amityville II: The Possession<\/i> (1982; R)<\/li>\n
  10. Amityville 3-D<\/i> (1983; PG)\n<\/li>\n
  11. Mad Max<\/a><\/i> (1979; R)<\/li>\n
  12. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior<\/i> (1981; R)<\/li>\n
  13. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome<\/i> (1985; PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  14. Conan the Barbarian<\/a><\/i> (1982; R)<\/li>\n
  15. Conan the Destroyer<\/a><\/i> (1984; PG)<\/li>\n
  16. Red Sonja<\/i> (1985; PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  17. Police Academy<\/i> (1984; R)<\/li>\n
  18. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment<\/i> (1985; PG-13)<\/li>\n
  19. Police Academy 3: Back in Training<\/i> (1986; PG)<\/li>\n
  20. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol<\/i> (1987; PG)<\/li>\n
  21. Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach<\/i> (1988; PG)<\/li>\n
  22. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege<\/i> (1989; PG)<\/li>\n
  23. Police Academy: Mission to Moscow<\/i> (1994; PG)\n<\/li>\n
  24. The Terminator<\/a><\/i> (1984; R)<\/li>\n
  25. Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/a><\/i> (1991; R)<\/li>\n
  26. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines<\/a><\/i> (2003; R)<\/li>\n
  27. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins<\/a><\/i> (2009; PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  28. Highlander<\/i> (1986; R)<\/li>\n
  29. Highlander II: The Quickening<\/i> (1991; R)<\/li>\n
  30. Highlander III: The Sorcerer<\/i> (1994; PG-13, re-edited R)<\/li>\n
  31. Highlander: Endgame<\/i> (2000; R)\n<\/li>\n
  32. Robocop<\/a><\/i> (1987; X, re-edited R)<\/li>\n
  33. Robocop 2<\/i> (1990; R)<\/li>\n
  34. Robocop 3<\/i> (1992; PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  35. Speed<\/i> (1994; R)<\/li>\n
  36. Speed 2: Cruise Control<\/i> (1997; PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  37. Elizabeth<\/a><\/i> (1998; R)<\/li>\n
  38. Elizabeth: The Golden Age<\/i> (2007; PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  39. Pitch Black<\/i> (2000; R)<\/li>\n
  40. The Chronicles of Riddick<\/i> (2004; R, re-edited PG-13)\n<\/li>\n
  41. Scary Movie<\/a><\/i> (2000; R)<\/li>\n
  42. Scary Movie 2<\/i> (2001; R)<\/li>\n
  43. Scary Movie 3<\/i> (2003; PG-13)<\/li>\n
  44. Scary Movie 4<\/i> (2006; PG-13)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Those are the first franchises that come to mind. Are there any others that started in the R-rated zone and went PG-13?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Oh, and speaking of Bruce Willis and MPAA ratings, there are<\/i> a few exceptions to the rule that PG-13 movies can never have more than one or two f-words: The MPAA recently ruled<\/a> that The Hip Hop Project<\/a><\/i>, a documentary executive-produced by Willis, would get a PG-13 instead of an R, despite having 17 f-words. The MPAA previously made a similar allowance for Gunner Palace<\/a><\/i>, a documentary about the Iraq War that has about 30 f-words.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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