6.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Firebreak (2026)
Firebreak (2026)
Overview
Spanish thriller directed by David Victori follows a widow racing against a wildfire to find her missing daughter near their summer home. Stars Belén Cuesta as the mother, alongside Diana Gómez and Joaquín Furriel. Netflix original released February 20, 2026.
Starring Cast
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
6.0
Overview
Spanish thriller directed by David Victori follows a widow racing against a wildfire to find her missing daughter near their summer home. Stars Belén Cuesta as the mother, alongside Diana Gómez and Joaquín Furriel. Netflix original released February 20, 2026.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The narrative's focus on a family's wrongful accusation and assault of an innocent outsider amid crisis highlights the dangers of prejudice and mob mentality. This critique of bias against perceived threats determines the left-leaning orientation.
Predominantly white Spanish cast fills lead roles without diversity-focused recasting. Subtle narrative critique emerges in family paranoia toward an outsider, underscoring misjudgments rooted in stereotypes, though DEI elements remain peripheral.
Secondary
Extended family networks and maternal sacrifice emerge as resilient forces amid grief-stricken discord, subtly endorsing kinship duties over individual isolation. The decisive factor lies in the affirmative resolution of familial rifts through collective peril and reunion.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film.
The film features no transgender characters or themes, focusing instead on a family's crisis amid a wildfire and a child's disappearance.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Firebreak presents an original story of a family facing a wildfire and a child's disappearance, with all main characters portrayed consistently with their genders in the screenplay and no adaptations of prior material.
Firebreak features an original story with newly created characters, lacking any canonical or historical racial depictions from source material, so no race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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6.4
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