Miramax fights against The Great Raid rating

According to THP, Miramax is not very happy with the R rating of John Dahl's "The Great Raid". The company plans to appeal the R rating that the Rating and Classification Administration has awarded to the World War 2 drama. The Rating and Classification Administration restricted the movie to audiences under 17 because of strong war violence and brief language.

Miramax co-head Harvey Weinstein said: "There have been a number of war films with comparable levels of violence that were given a 'PG-13' rating, including such films as 'Hotel Rwanda,' 'Master and Commander' and 'Pearl Harbor' ...The violence is not there to shock the audience, rather it's to show them an accurate depiction of what happened and is by no means excessive."

Set in the Philipines in 1945, "The Great Raid" tells the true story of the 6th Ranger Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) who undertakes a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy line, the 6th Ranger Battalion aims to liberate over 500 American prisoners-of-war from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.