Violence In The Imitation Game

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In 1939, British Intelligence recruit Alan Turning, a mathematician/crypt analyst from Cambridge, to help win the war against the Germans. Turing leads a team of linguists and scholars to crack the "unbreakable" Nazi codes, shaped by the Enigma machine, which is used to communicate with the German military. Alan constructs a machine that would decrypt Enigmas messages at a much more substantial rate, rather than mentally solving the codes on paper. While the team finds success, Turing's announces his confined homosexuality to his newly married wife/colleague. Although there are violent and alcoholic actions illustrated and sexual themes portrayed throughout, this movie has a very strong message on perseverance and is suitable for high school age kids. Not too often there is some violence displayed during the film “The Imitation Game”, but nothing to horrendous. Throughout this film you will see buildings erupted and citizens heading into shelter while being bombed by a German fleet. War actions also include combatants firing guns in battle. There are scenes where a young aged boy is bullied and tormented by classmates. For example, Alan as a boy is continuously bullied and teased in school, while his tormenters go so far as to trap him in the …show more content…

For example, there is a scene where a character, in much detail, describes an experience he had involving oral sex. Flirtation is vague and very appropriate. There is also a scene where a man is arrested and charged for “gross-indecency” for having sexual relations with a male prostitute and is titled as a “troff”, by a couple of policemen. But remember sexual identity is one of the main themes in this film. It is important that you, the viewer, understand how homosexuality is tolerated during that time in comparison to the societal perception on homosexuality

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