Rape is referenced and suggested on numerous occasions. Kids are also beaten by an adult with a bat, although the strikes he inflicts are off-camera. The most graphic incidents include a prisoner biting out another inmate's tongue and a guard's skull being accidentally impaled on a clothing rack. Violence features throughout, with several incidences of prison guards beating prisoners. But they show little or no remorse for their wrongdoing. There are few positive messages but characters do show endurance after receiving lengthy prison sentences. The movie is loosely based on the true story of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis), an American student who was caught attempting to smuggle hashish out of Turkey in 1970. Parents need to know that Midnight Express is a prison drama with strong violence, drugs, and bad language.
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