6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, History, Horror • 2010 • 102 min • Adults (18+)
Black Death (2010)
Black Death (2010)
Overview
Black Death drops a young monk and a hardened knight into plague-ravaged medieval England, sending them to investigate a village rumored to be supernaturally protected. The film treats Christianity and pagan alternatives with equal suspicion: the Church-backed mission is brutal, the village's alternative system is worse, and the protagonist ends up morally destroyed. That nihilistic symmetry keeps the political framing balanced. The Leans Traditional label comes mainly from the casting and setting, which reflect the historical period without modern diversity retrofitting. Religion reads as negative across the board, and the narrative critiques fanaticism on all sides, so no faith tradition gets a promotional moment here.
Starring Cast
Eddie Redmayne • Sean Bean • Carice van Houten
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
Black Death drops a young monk and a hardened knight into plague-ravaged medieval England, sending them to investigate a village rumored to be supernaturally protected. The film treats Christianity and pagan alternatives with equal suspicion: the Church-backed mission is brutal, the village's alternative system is worse, and the protagonist ends up morally destroyed. That nihilistic symmetry keeps the political framing balanced. The Leans Traditional label comes mainly from the casting and setting, which reflect the historical period without modern diversity retrofitting. Religion reads as negative across the board, and the narrative critiques fanaticism on all sides, so no faith tradition gets a promotional moment here.
Starring Cast
Eddie Redmayne • Sean Bean • Carice van Houten
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film explores the breakdown of morality and society during the Black Death, critiquing religious fanaticism and the abuse of power while also portraying alternative belief systems as equally brutal. Its nihilistic conclusion, where the protagonist succumbs to the very violence he opposed, prevents it from championing a specific political ideology, thus balancing critiques of ideological extremes.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film features traditional casting consistent with its medieval European setting, with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps for diversity purposes. The narrative focuses on historical themes of faith, violence, and human nature during a plague, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a central romantic relationship that exists outside of traditional marriage and religious vows, and features a powerful female leader who subverts conventional gender roles. There is no clear endorsement or celebration of traditional family structures or norms within the narrative.
Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High
The film portrays the dominant Christian institutions and fanatical adherents as brutal, hypocritical, and ultimately destructive, leading to widespread suffering and the protagonist's profound disillusionment and transformation into a persecutor.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Black Death" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on a historical horror-thriller plot involving religious conflict, the plague, and a quest for a necromancer in medieval England, without incorporating queer representation.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Black Death, 2010' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story focuses on a monk and a knight's journey during the bubonic plague, exploring medieval religious fanaticism and survival without engaging with transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features an original story and characters, not adapting pre-existing source material or historical figures with established genders. All characters are portrayed with the gender they were created with for this specific film.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Black Death" features original characters created for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical record for specific characters, or previous installments that establish any character's race before their portrayal in this film. Therefore, no character's race was changed from an earlier depiction.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.1
Critic Ratings
7.2
7.1
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