4.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Overview
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an assignment and promptly begins an affair with her. Meanwhile, Ned's wife, Lana, is deep in an affair of her own. Lana and her lover are planning to murder Ned in an elaborate fashion so they can collect on his triple indemnity life insurance policy.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
4.0
Overview
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an assignment and promptly begins an affair with her. Meanwhile, Ned's wife, Lana, is deep in an affair of her own. Lana and her lover are planning to murder Ned in an elaborate fashion so they can collect on his triple indemnity life insurance policy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film operates as a direct parody of 1990s erotic thrillers and legal dramas, with its humor derived from exaggerating and subverting genre conventions. It does not engage with political or social issues, nor does it promote any specific ideology.
The film features a primarily traditional cast without intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on comedic elements rather than explicit critiques or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film satirizes the breakdown of traditional marital fidelity through its central plot of infidelity and the resulting chaotic consequences, which undermines traditional family norms regarding lifelong heterosexual marriage and sexual restraint.
The film does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on parodying legal thrillers and romantic suspense, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences.
The film Fatal Instinct does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on parodying erotic thrillers, with no elements related to transgender identity present in its plot or character arcs. The story centers on a lawyer entangled in a murder plot, without incorporating any transsexual representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is an original parody that creates new characters, not an adaptation of existing material with established character genders. No characters were canonically, historically, or widely established as one gender and then portrayed on screen as a different gender.
Fatal Instinct is an original parody film, not an adaptation of a prior work with established characters or a depiction of historical figures. Its characters do not possess pre-existing canonical racial identities. Consequently, no race swap occurs within the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.8
5.5
Critic Ratings
1.4
3.3
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