I was shocked at how violent this movie was. I considered myself pretty liberal in this arena however I am sorry my 6 yr old had to see this. Whereas most comedies of this type create the villains to be a threat, they usually portray a "clumsy" or "dumb" quality about them therefore easing the "scare" factor for the younger ones. But NOT in mall cop. These bad guys were HARD CORE and scary! AND extremely violent. There was nothing funny about them. For this, I think movie should have been PG-13 for sure!! The funniest parts of this movie were pretty corny...