While Hollywood calls for more gun control after the Oregon mass shooting, it’s pumping out lots of violence filled movies this past weekend.
Not surprisingly, those in the entertainment industry were among the most vocal calling for gun control in the wake of the shooting in Oregon where Christians were targeted.
That also made them among the most hypocritical. TV, movies and music videos thrive portraying – and often glamorizing – violence, and gun violence in particular.
MRC Culture analyzed the top 10 films in current release. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Black Mass, Sicario and others filled the screen with at least 334 violent acts, 121 acts of gun violence and 39 dead.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials led the way with at least 78 incidents of violence – mostly with teens either fighting or being the victims, and even one suicide. Crime stories Sicario and Black Mass came in close behind. Some of the scenes were so filled with violence that they were hard to count, so the number is likely far higher.
The Perfect Guy, a thriller about a woman being stalked, featured 46 violent scenes with three fatalities. And Horror film The Visit took violence to a whole new, disturbing level. Not because it was graphic, but because it involved the elderly in 24 separate violent acts that claimed four lives.
The best advice for parents…beware.