The Bluff
NZ release: 25 February 2026
Violence, content that may disturb Rated on: 25 February 2026
What’s it about?
A Caribbean woman gets her secret past revealed when her island is invaded by vicious buccaneers.
The facts
- Directed by Frank E. Flowers (writer of Bob Marley: One Love)
- Producers Joe Russo and Anthony Russo
- English language, with some Chichewa and te Reo
- Runtime: 103 minutes
- Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Karl Urban, Temuera Morrison
- Prime Original
Why did it get this rating?
This film was self-rated by Prime. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Violence
There is strong brutal violence throughout the film, which is set during mid-1800s in the Caribbean.
Pirates fight each other throughout, and in some of the strongest scenes we see:
- A man is strung up and shot at close range with a canon. We see the murder happen from a distance. The scene is shocking.
- Bloody gunshot wounds inflicted with muskets and pistols.
- People shot in head with brief blood splatter and sound effects to emphasise gory sounds.
- Bloody stabbings including blood splatter on the screen. Weapons used include knives of different sizes, and machetes.
- A character kills another by stabbing them with a kinfe in the thigh and dragging it up their leg.
- A character brutally bashes another on the head with a conch shell repeatedly. We don’t see the resulting injury but do see blood on the weapon.
- We see a character engulfed in flames.
Content that may disturb
A woman is held captive by pirates in her home. We see them tie a noose around her neck, stringing her up.
We briefly see a dead body with his throat slit.
A young person watches their mother being beaten and defending herself with violence.
Characters are killed by a crocodile in a muddy river. We briefly see someone’s leg bitten off by the animal as they're dragged to safety.
Drug use
Characters are seen chewing a leaf as medicine or stimulant (likely coca leaf, cocaine)
Offensive language
There is very occasional coarse language throughout the film. Strongest examples are ‘f*ck’, ‘cock’, ‘scag’, and ‘bloody’.
When content stays with you:
We all have our boundaries, and it’s completely okay if something you’ve watched is weighing on your mind. If certain content lingers with you, consider having a chat with friends or whānau to debrief about what you’ve just seen. But if you’re still feeling affected, please reach out to any of the following helplines for support.
