Brooklyn 45

"The ghosts of your past would like to have a word with you."

Director: Ted Geoghegan Year: 2023 Runtime: 93 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.8
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Synopsis

Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together in a Brooklyn brownstone several months after the end of World War II, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

there are bugs
Yes
someone gets gaslighted
spoiler Many times a character is gaslit while trying to tell the truth.
someone is stalked
spoiler A main character is stalked by a side character off-screen for being German.
alcohol abuse
spoiler A character uses alcohol often to ease their discomfort.
someone is drugged
Yes
someone's mouth is covered
Yes
someone is restrained
spoiler Someone is kidnapped, bound, and gagged.
there's excessive gore
spoiler There is a scene where someone slams their face against a wooden table, causing excessive bleeding and damage.
there's torture
spoiler There is an interrogation scene.
there's body horror
Yes
there's finger/toe mutilation
spoiler A character is interrogated and a needle is pressed into their finger nails.
teeth are damaged
spoiler A character slams their head against a table, damaging their teeth. We see their face fully after.
someone is burned alive
spoiler Images of children burned after a war crime takes place.
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
there's amputation
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
spoiler A character struggles to breathe while also being dead. Another character is choked.
somebody is choked
spoiler A character is choked but survives.
hands are damaged
spoiler Yes, in the torture scene.
someone is stabbed
Yes
heads get squashed
spoiler They repeatedly slam their head against a table, causing a lot of damage. We see the results shortly after.
a kid dies
spoiler In a scene about war, we learn that a character bombed a children's shelter and killed nearly 60 children. There are later images of these dead children.
a major character dies
spoiler At least 3 major characters die.
someone dies
spoiler 3 main characters die. There's a lot of talk about soldiers and innocents killed during war.
someone sacrifices themselves
spoiler A character sacrifices themselves to see their spouse again.
a parent dies
spoiler A main character is killed and brings up their family during the movie, including their children.
a family member dies
Yes
someone is kidnapped
spoiler A character is kidnapped and hidden in a closet. Their hands and feet are bound, and they are gagged with cloth.
there are jump scares
spoiler A ghost screams at a character. Doors rattle. Radios turn on by themselves. There's a loud gunshot. A character screams at another character.
someone is possessed
spoiler A main character is possessed.
there's ghosts
spoiler Eerie whispers in the beginning of the movie and a ghost scaring another character later.
someone vomits
spoiler A character vomits a white substance on a table.
There's audio gore
spoiler Sounds of burning bodies, gun shots, and wet blood.
there's incarceration
Yes
needles/syringes are used
spoiler In an interrogation scene, a character has a needle pressed into her nail bed.
Someone attempts suicide
Yes
someone self harms
Yes
there's misophonia
spoiler Instances of squelching sounds, a cane hitting the floor, and scratching on a table.
a mentally ill person is violent
spoiler A character is outwardly aggressive toward his friends during the seance and kidnapped another.
someone suffers from PTSD
spoiler Some characters who fought in the war seem to experience levels of PTSD.
reality is unstable or unhinged
Yes
there's a claustrophobic scene
spoiler The entire movie takes place on one room. Doors and windows will not open.
someone has an anxiety attack
spoiler A character begins to see things moving. It seems to be linked to the stress or anxiety he's facing.
someone has a mental illness
Yes
someone has a meltdown
Yes
someone dies by suicide
spoiler Wife of one of the characters dies by suicide. Not shown, but referenced in conversations. 30 minutes in one character dies by suicide.
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
a baby cries
spoiler During a graphic scene of dead, burned children, there's audio of babies crying.
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
spoiler Off-screen. A character is constantly watched and questioned about being a Nazi spy.
there is a baby or unborn child
Yes
there are homophobic slurs
spoiler A few instances of the f-slur toward a queer character and about queer people.
someone speaks hate speech
spoiler Many instances of the f-slur. Characters talking about German soldiers and individuals they killed during the war. Misogynistic comments.
religion is discussed
Yes
there's demons or Hell
Yes
there is sexual content
spoiler Dialogue only.
a male character is ridiculed for crying
spoiler Some characters are ridiculed for showing emotion.
the ending is sad
spoiler 2 characters are killed. One takes their own life. The remaining characters decide to either move on or admit to their crimes.
there's blood/gore
Yes
there's gun violence
Yes

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