'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' - Harm Test Review

Jordan states that the trailer involves drugs, strong language, violence, gambling and murder.

He also states that the alcohol consumption in the trailer would be unsuitable for anyone under 15 years old and this could encourage children to emulate drinking alcohol and could be sent to hospital, or in extreme cases, even die from consuming alcohol.

I agree that the alcohol consumption is inappropriate for anyone under 15 years old and that this could lead to a rise in emergency admissions and death rates.

Jordan also said that the trailer contains strong language and that the language depicted in the trailer is unsuitable for anyone under the age of 15 years old. As well as this, he stated that this could encourage children to swear and to become anti-social as a result of this and could swear to a teacher, their parents or other members of society.

The trailer does contain some strong language and that the language may be unknown to children under 15 years old. I also agree that the language has the potential for children to emulate the language that is used to the trailer and use it at inappropriate times.

He also said that the trailer contain powerful weapons that have potential to cause serious harm to members of the public (e.g.: guns and machetes). This could encourage a rise in crime and murder statistics by children hoping to imitate the characters in the trailer.

I agree that the trailer does contain weapons that can cause harm to the individual as the people around them. However, I do not believe that murder rates could rise because children would see the harm that they can cause and choose not to use them. On the other hand, crime rates could rise due to children not realizing the full consequences.

Jordan also states that gambling is in the trailer and that it could encourage gambling and can cause widespread gambling addictions and could cause pressures on the overall economy of Britain. It may also cause the viewers to build up gambling debts and could take risky decisions that they would not normally take (e.g.: loan sharks) to fund their habits.

I do agree that the trailer could encourage young people to take part in gambling, but not to the extent that it could cause a widespread gambling issue across the country. On the other hand, however, I do agree that the trailers could encourage more impressionable people to take risks with loan sharks to continue gambling.

There is also a lot of blood and gore in the trailer and this could disturb the viewers or make them ill due to them being sensitive to the extreme violence in the trailer.

I acknowledge that the trailer does contain blood and gore and that the extent that is found in the trailer have profound effects on children's physical and mental well-being.

The trailer also promotes bullying in gangs or groups and this could encourage young viewers to commit crimes or intimidate classmates as a gang.

I personally agree that the age rating of the trailer should be 15. This is because there are implications of crime, gambling and violence, and that these implications do have the potential to cause harm to society, the individual and those around them. The aftermath and effect of blood and gore could frighten and disturb younger viewers.