8.0
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Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Lazarus: The Awakening (2026)
Lazarus: The Awakening (2026)
Overview
Lazarus: The Awakening is an action thriller in which a vigilante resurrected from death pursues a drug empire in Jackson, Mississippi, clashing with a kingpin and a reporter in a city ravaged by fentanyl. Directed by Art Camacho, it stars Sean Riggs as Lazarus, alongside R. Marcus Taylor and Courtney Grace.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: High
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
8.0
Overview
Lazarus: The Awakening is an action thriller in which a vigilante resurrected from death pursues a drug empire in Jackson, Mississippi, clashing with a kingpin and a reporter in a city ravaged by fentanyl. Directed by Art Camacho, it stars Sean Riggs as Lazarus, alongside R. Marcus Taylor and Courtney Grace.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's resolution through a lone vigilante's war on a fentanyl empire prioritizes individual action and self-reliance over systemic or governmental intervention, embodying conservative ideals of personal responsibility in combating crime.
Casting emphasizes Black actors in protagonist, antagonist, and key supporting roles, reflecting intentional diversity for the vigilante action genre. The storyline explores urban drug crises through community-focused justice, maintaining neutral framing of identities without overt critiques.
Secondary
The film lacks meaningful depictions of family structures, roles, or values, centering instead on a vigilante's battle against a drug empire. This absence of family content results in a neutral portrayal.
The film features no LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The film features no portrayal of transgender characters or themes. The narrative centers on a vigilante's resurrection and fight against a drug empire, without any trans-related elements.
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
As a sequel to the 2021 film Lazarus, it retains the male protagonist Ray Lazarus played by Sean Riggs, with new characters like the female reporter Vanessa Young and male kingpin Demetrius Barkley introduced without gender alterations from any prior canon.
Lazarus: The Awakening presents original characters in a new vigilante narrative, lacking any established racial baselines from source material, adaptations, or history, so no race swaps occur.
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