6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Overview
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.5
Overview
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explicitly critiques American capitalism and systemic economic exploitation, using the criminal underworld as a microcosm to highlight the pervasive greed and hypocrisy of institutions, aligning its central thesis with progressive ideology.
The movie features a traditional casting approach with a predominantly white and male ensemble, consistent with its crime drama genre. Its narrative primarily critiques economic systems and the criminal underworld, rather than focusing on or explicitly critiquing traditional identities from a diversity, equity, and inclusion perspective.
Secondary
The film "Killing Them Softly" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses on the criminal underworld and political commentary, without engaging with queer identities or experiences.
Killing Them Softly does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative is entirely focused on a crime thriller within a specific criminal underworld context, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Killing Them Softly" is an adaptation of George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade." All significant characters in the film retain the same gender as their counterparts in the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The film "Killing Them Softly" is an adaptation of George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade." A review of the main characters in both the source material and the film reveals no instances where a character's established race was changed for the screen adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.0
Critic Ratings
7.4
6.4
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