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Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry is just a spiritually squishy and full of hack-and-slash elements as the video game on which it’s based.
The British customs department isn’t the most interesting place to work.
Erin sits at a desk all day. Kate confiscates adult magazines for a living. Bailey confronts people who evade taxes on imported goods. Guy shuffles through suitcases at the airport, berated by angry travelers.
Suddenly, a sign appears around the office:
“Could you offer more?” it asks.
You see, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher determined to stop Great Britain’s heroin epidemic, pressure fell on Her Majesty’s Customs Agency to stop dangerous drugs from entering the country. Without any additional budget or staff, customs Director of Investigations Angus Blake and his head of operations Don Clark turn to current customs agents. Blake and Don plan to train these agents to go undercover and stop heroin from hitting the streets.
Blake explains that interested customs agents won’t receive a promotion or more money, but rather “a new reality of adventure, danger and the opportunity to serve your country.”
Erin, Kate, Bailey and Guy are intrigued—and they’re willing to leave their normal lives to be part of the adventure.
And after Erin, Kate, Bailey and Guy participate in a three-week training intensive, Don determines that the four customs agents are precisely the people to go undercover and bust the biggest drug gangs in Britain. He suspects that there are two competing drug organizations—one based in Liverpool and the other in the London Turkish community.
To catch the crooks, Erin runs logistical support with Don. Kate and Bailey head to Liverpool. And Guy? Well, he likes to work alone. With nothing but his legend—or his undercover persona—Guy goes to London, aided by an informant named Mylonas.
Don is confident that these agents are the right people for the job, but can four novices avoid leaking their legends and stop the most dangerous drug gangs in the country?
In the 1990s, Britain indeed had a heroin crisis. Employees from Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise manned the front lines in this new struggle—and many of its heroes would’ve looked out of their depth. These novices went undercover with very little training and became integral in seizing over 12 metric tonnes (or a little more than 13 American tons) of heroin.
While some characters and plot points are fictionalized, Netflix’s Legends is based on that true story.
As you’d probably expect, there are frequent references to dangerous drugs, including a scene in which a teen and a college student die from using heroin. Although the show clearly doesn’t condone drug use, multiple scenes feature people using or purchasing dangerous substances. There are also a few scenes in which people drink alcohol—including one that features underage drinking.
Families will also want to be aware that characters use harsh profanity including the f-word, s-word and misuses of God’s name. Additionally, there are a few scenes that feature violence. People get punched, kicked and threatened with guns, for instance, and a scene in the series finale shows someone getting shot with a gun and then bleeding from his chest.
The grit and bravery of the characters in Legends is legendary indeed. But most families will probably want to find their television heroes and heroines in shows without so much violence, harsh profanity and … well … heroin.
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The British customs department is tasked with catching the crooks responsible for the heroin epidemic. So, the head of operations Don recruits from within the department to construct a covert group. He trains Erin, Kate, Bailey and Guy to go undercover and stop the drug organizations based in Liverpool and London.
Teens drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes at a party. At the same party, a teen uses a syringe to insert heroin into his arm. A college student smokes at a party. A college student and a teenager die from heroin. When discussing these deaths, someone comments, “Some deaths are more tragic than others.”
People use harsh profanity including 10 uses of the f-word, two uses of the s-word, one use of “bloody,” two uses of “h—,” two uses of “p-ss” and two misuses of Jesus’ name.
A man pushes another man into a wall. Someone punches a person in the face. A man pushes someone to the ground and kicks him repeatedly. Characters threaten people with guns. People break into someone’s house and threaten that person.
Two married characters kiss passionately. A man drinks alcohol at a nightclub. Adults drink alcohol at a bar.
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