There is a scene in which two reporters are chasing the other reporters down. It is framed as scary at first until it becomes clear that they are friends
After a traumatic event a character binges on alcohol but it is not shown on screen. They wake up with a bottle of liquor beside them after it happens.
No, however there is a scene where a girl walks off alone with a sketchy adult man without much warning. Nothing sexual whatsoever happens, and the girl is physically unharmed, but it may still be a triggering or nervous scene for some people.
There are multiple scenes involving this - one is a flashback by the main character ("necklacing" in what looks like South Africa), and one happens close to the end (a soldier is set on fire when his vehicle is bombed). Both scenes are pretty prolonged and intense.
No one is shown being actively tortured, however at the start of the movie the main characters investigate a gas station where two men are shown to be suspended by their hands. They are very bloody, and the captor talks casually about torturing and killing them
No. The previous comment discusses a male main character flirting with a female main character. Both are over the age of 18, with the female character established as 23
They are driving away from the two guys who shot their friends and held Jesse at gun point, Jesse is in the back seat and vomits. No sound, no warning, but look away once they drive off from those guys and look back when the have to switch drivers.
No, but when characters have a bit of a depersonalizing moment the edges of the shot becomes a but blurry and has a rainbow effect. It's very minor and barely noticeable.
toward the end of the film, two dead people are seen on the ground holding guns with gunshot wounds in their heads. it is unclear if they committed suicide or were killed in a gunfight, but this is only shown briefly.
Lots of muzzle flashes during gun fights. The screen also flashes when they take pictures from the camera pov- there's a brief black screen before and after.
The movie invites the audience member to put their own interpretation on the ending. I would say the violence and blatant murder of unarmed people and noncombatants (which really is a consistent element throughout the movie - it is a civil war after all) is very sad, and it is coupled with the one girl's mentor sacrificing herself to save her, another sad bit. The girl proceeds on in shock, still chasing after that money shot, having learned basically nothing from her mentor's mistakes. (though again, she is in shock so this is understandable in the moment). To me there is a tremendous lack of respect for human life among the characters in the ending and through much of the film, and it is deeply sad/troubling. It's presented in a very thought-provoking way though, and leaves it open for interpretation, what will the young photographer learn from this after she has processed her trauma? Will she ever get to process her trauma? Or will she be locked up in the chase like her mentor? I don't know about sad ending per se, but suffice to say it is not a happy ending. It is just an ending, leaving questions unanswered. The bad guy dies (though via execution). But the good guys? Do they ever learn from this? Ostensibly not, besides the one who sacrificed herself. If anyone does learn, we don’t get to see it. Sensitive people like myself would probably call that very sad, but that's just my interpretation.