I'd say it's gonna be R-Rated. Given the way Taylor and Neveldine talked at SDCC and the footage they showed, I'd say that's the direction they're heading. They showed some fairly dark and "mature" stuff there (guess it depends on how uptight MPAA is at the time of screening).

Furthermore, I know the trailer they showed us at SDCC even had a tagline like "Spirit of Vengeance: Fucking Your Shit Up in 2012" or something like that.

Not to mention Taylor and Neveldine has only done R movies so far, no need in changing that now.

Plus this is Marvel Knights doing this and my understanding is they were made to do "darker" stuff than Marvel Studios and are all about letting artists work without constraints under that banner.

So yea, if I had to, I'd definitely bet on this one being rated R.

The movie looks a lot more gritty than the first one did. It actually kinda caught my attention.

I think 90 minutes is fine. I don't think they're going for any deep storytelling here. Just a fun, crazy time. 90mins is enough for that. Both Crank movies were about the same length.

Obviously they do have material, though, since he's talking about they already have deleted scenes.