Nearly every encounter in the movie has the feel of a tightrope walk, where any false step or errant gust could mean disaster.
The Scenes in Airport and Market could be very intense for many viewers
The film details a hostage situation intimately from multiple perspectives, and is accordingly intense.
American and Iranian symbols are repeatedly defiled (including the flag and an image of "Uncle Sam")
When Tony and his six Americans meet an Iranian official in a bazaar, their VW bus is jostled and thumped by a crowd of demonstrators. And when an Iranian takes exception to one of the women taking pictures in the bazaar, things get ugly: Locals begin shouting and screaming, and it looks as though the confrontation is just seconds from turning bloody.
In America, individuals supposedly of Iranian descent are briefly shown being wrathfully beaten.