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Dead Man's Wire (2025)

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Dead Man's Wire (2025)

Overview

In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film explicitly critiques systemic economic injustice and financial institutions, portraying the protagonist as an "outlaw folk hero" whose rebellion against the establishment is framed with revolutionary rhetoric and justified grievance. This strong focus on class conflict and institutional critique aligns with a clearly left-leaning perspective.

The movie features visible diversity in its supporting cast with prominent Black actors. However, there is no indication of explicit race-swapping for traditionally white roles. The narrative focuses on the desperation of the protagonist and socio-economic themes, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities.

Secondary

The film's available information, including plot descriptions, character breakdowns, and reviews, contains no mentions of LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Therefore, there is no depiction of LGBTQ+ content to evaluate within the narrative.

Dead Man's Wire (2025) does not feature any transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers entirely on a 1977 hostage crisis, with all plot points and character arcs, such as Tony Kiritsis's desperate demands, focusing on the true crime event and its media portrayal, without any elements related to gender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film depicts real individuals from the 1977 Tony Kiritsis hostage standoff. All characters, including historical figures and new roles, are portrayed with on-screen genders consistent with their established historical genders or the roles as written, with no instances of gender swapping.

The film portrays real-life figure Tony Kiritsis, historically of Greek-American descent, with a Swedish-American actor. This is considered an ethnic shift within the same broader racial category (white), not a race swap. For other characters, no historical racial baseline is provided to establish a race swap.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.8
The Movie Database logo
6.6

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.1
Metacritic logo
6.8

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