Prolonged battle scenes show warriors being slashed and stabbed with blades and spears, bludgeoned with heavy objects and struck by arrows, creating spurts and sprays of blood.

In other scenes, a prisoner is subjected to torture including having his tongue severed and his fingernail pulled out.

There are strong images of dead bodies and bloody injuries in the aftermath of battles and massacres, as well as close-up shots of bleeding wounds on a tortured prisoner's back.

Final 1 hour of the film is extremely gory.

Invasion scenes include soldiers dragging screaming women by their hair with the implied intention of sexual assault.

Armies prepare for battle, villages are attacked and pillaged, and a man experiences intense nightmares featuring a child in danger.