“Is she dead?” asked the 6-year-old girl behind me at the cinema and her father started to explain what had just happened on screen.

And what happened was, a tough guy unexpectedly punched a 20-year-old girl in the face. She was knocked down to the ground and the attacker’s friend put his palm over her mouth and slowly suffocated her.

“Yes, honey, she is dead; she probably received a broken jaw, brain concussion but what killed her was the bad guy who didn’t let her breathe. You can see how she struggles but he is much stronger than her.”

“Oh, I see. That’s the way you can kill a girl.”

That is exactly what happened in the latest movie starring Tom Cruise — Jack Reacher.

I am still amazed how a cinema has absolutely no rules for children watching violent movies full of brutality, rape, bad language and tons of blood, guts and bone fragments.

As a result, you can see babies and small children at every kind of movie screening.

Seriously, how much is a child’s ticket? Is it free? Are they saying, “Bring your kids for free and they can watch murders all the way”?

Or, which is worse, pay for the ticket so the cinema can make more money and show kids some brains on the wall.

I think everyone as a kid was forbidden from watching some movies, mostly the violent ones, right? So why doesn’t the local movie regulation authority mark violent movies with age-appropriate restrictions?

Who is to blame — the cinema or the government regulatory committee?

Probably, the cinema will try to bounce the blame into the regulation committee’s field but it will be just avoiding taking responsibility for its bad influence on the younger generation.

It is such a shameful, heartless and irresponsible behavior.

And when no one cares, including the general audience, things won’t change.

Jordan
Jakarta

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