What is Power about?
A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.
A New York drug kingpin lives a dangerous double life, desperately trying to protect his family and escape the underworld.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu, Starz, Prime Video and The Roku Channel (free).
Power parents guide
The thing to know: strong sex and nudity, more than a TV-MA usually carries. Beyond that, strong violence and frequent strong language.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- How gory is Power?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Power rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated TV-MA, with strong sex and nudity, strong violence, and frequent strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byCourtney Kemp Agboh, Vladimir Cvetko
StarringOmari Hardwick, Joseph Sikora, Naturi Naughton, Larenz Tate, Shane Johnson, Rotimi
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