Regulation

BBFC
British board of film certification

Protect the public from violent and other inappropriate content by providing an age rating for every film that is released.
The BBFC used to be know as the British board of film censors however they changed their name in 1984 when being forced to adapt into rating videos (VHS.)
in 1984 the video recording act was passed which sought to certify all films that were available to the public.

The Revinent BBFC Classification

the revinent received its 15 certification due to its use of

• strong violence which is prolonged.  
• sexual content/ not prolonged or in great detail.
• strong language
• discriminatory behaviour/ not endorced.
• there a several instances of therating in this film.

The Revinent is rated 15 by the BBFC. A rating which I agree with as that i feel that the regulations that films are required to adhere to to to attain this certification are easy to apply to the dialogue and themes of the film.

Firstly the BBFC website states that 15 certified films can contain strong violence if they do not dwell to much on the cause of pain or injury. This i find very interesting as that the Revinent dwells for long periods of time on the bear attack which causes the main characters pain and injury (a centeral theme of the film) and how the protagonist attempts to heal his wounds such as cauterisation. these scenes are not sadistic however which means that the BBFC are willing to allow the film to be classified as a 15.

As well as this the film contains a scene with a srong non consensual sexual theme. However it is unlikely that the BBFC would take issue with this scene as that it is not in strong detail and the acts portrayed are codemned by the protaginist. There would also likely be very little issue with the strong implications that these antagonistic characters make regarding their victim as that the implicaton of sexual activity is allowed within a 15 rated film.