The film was initially banned in Egypt because of the violent content and because it put into question issues about human creation, "which are related to the three divine religions."
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Egyptian censors have ruled against the film, stating its excessive violence and religious themes as reason for the decision.
This is open to dispute, but one contender is Umberto Lenzi's Make Them Die Slowly - also known as Canibal Ferox (US 1980), billed as The Most Violent Ever. Publicity for the picture proudly proclaimed that it had been banned in 31 countries.
The Matrix: Resurrections was released in December 2021 and became the first blockbuster to be released in Chinese theatres in over two months. Now, the film - and many more - have been removed. iQiyi has removed all of the star's filmography from its service (Via The LA Times).
One of the first widely banned movies in the U.S. was “The Birth of a Nation” in 1915. It was controversial for its portrayal of the Civil War, the post-war era and race. The NAACP led some efforts to ban it. “Babe Comes Home” was banned in Chicago in 1927 for a scene portraying baseball star Babe Ruth chewing tobacco.
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The franchise is owned by Warner Bros., which distributed the films along with Village Roadshow Pictures. The latter, along with Silver Pictures, are the two production companies that worked on the first three films. The franchise's logo that featured throughout its licensed merchandises.
China allows only a limited number of American films to play in its theaters every year, so it “bans” Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, Sony, and Paramount films all the time by refusing to give permission for them to play in Chinese cinemas.
Others like VOX Cinemas Egypt rated Barbie 18 TC. However, a source at the Censorship on Artistic Works, the official body which assigns ratings to artworks and monitors adherence to societal morals and values, told Ahram Online that Barbie is officially rated 12+ in Egypt.
Also, avoid packing anything in white. While standing in front of the pyramids in an all-white linen suit makes for a great photo, the desert dust will quickly turn those light-coloured clothes a not-so-delightful shade of brown.
“Lightyear” includes a female character voiced by actress Uzo Aduba briefly kissing her female partner in one scene in the $200 million film. That proved too much for censors in many Muslim-majority nations, where laws often criminalize same-sex relationships.
The Matrix trilogy is remarkable for the breadth and depth of its religious references, not just its references to Christianity. Though pervasive and often thorough, none of the religious references build into a cohesive allegory, and many of them appear and disappear quickly.
The studio has announced plans to continue the franchise, with a fifth Matrix movie now in development. It will be the first installment in the cyber-action film series without either Lana or Lily Wachowski as directors.
Lots of intense violence (especially when Morpheus gets bet up) the movie has a very disturbing story, and lots of disturbing imagery (like peoples mouths getting sown shut, and Neo emerging from a pink goo) Very mild sexual stuff, there is a woman in a revealing red dress who is just fake, and only meant as a ...
A talk, a pill, and a short ride through a Machine sewer; that's the conventional path out of your digital prison, but it isn't the only one. In rare instances, individuals were able to break out of the simulation on their own steam. Morpheus tells of the original “the One,” the first person to wake from the Matrix.
The Human Centipede was banned altogether from Icelandic, British, and Australian theaters and released in the US without a rating. Its sequel, The Human Centipede 2, was placed under even heavier bans, due to its exacerbation of the horrific elements in the first film.
What is considered the most banned film in American history?
1915 The NAACP and others protest against Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith's film about the Civil War and Reconstruction, which incites riots in Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. It will become the most banned film in U.S. history because of its controversial racial content.
In Lucco everyone loves music, singing at any occasion, work can wait and so the state's debt. So the ruling princess bans music. Then singer Carlini returns home.
