Alligator (1980)

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Alligator (1980)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
6.8

Overview

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.


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Detailed Bias Analysis

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Center

Primary

The film leans left due to its central premise, where the monstrous alligator is a direct result of corporate negligence and illegal dumping of experimental growth hormones, highlighting themes of corporate accountability and environmental pollution.

The film features traditional casting for its era, with no explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative, a creature feature, does not appear to critique traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes into its central plot.

Secondary

The film "Alligator, 1980" is a creature feature focused on a giant alligator terrorizing a city. Its narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no depiction within the story.

The film "Alligator, 1980" is a creature feature about a giant alligator in the sewers. There are no identifiable transgender characters or themes present in the narrative. Therefore, the film does not offer any portrayal, positive, negative, or neutral, of transsexual individuals or experiences.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Alligator (1980) is an original film, not an adaptation or reboot of existing source material with pre-established characters. Therefore, no characters could have undergone a gender swap.

Alligator (1980) is an original film with no prior source material, previous installments, or historical figures. All characters were created for this specific film, meaning there are no pre-established racial identities to be swapped.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.1
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6.1

Critic Ratings

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8.7
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6.2

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