Thriller, Crime  •  2026  •  97 min  •  Adults (18+)

LifeHack (2026)

LifeHack poster

LifeHack (2026)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Neutral
Family Values: Leans Progressive

Viewer Rating
7.6

Overview

LifeHack follows four teenage hackers who attempt to steal millions in Bitcoin from their bedrooms, only to find the internet's dark corners closing in around them. The British thriller earns a Leans Progressive label mainly through its political framing: the heist targets a thinly veiled tech-billionaire villain whose profile carries clear left-coded cultural weight, and the teens' motivations gesture toward income inequality. Home lives marked by neglect and dysfunction frame the crew's rebellion without endorsing traditional family structures. The ensemble is racially diverse, and one lead's trans identity is woven in without being the plot's focus. Religion and gender politics stay mostly offscreen, keeping the label mild rather than strongly ideological.


Starring Cast

Georgie Farmer  •   Yasmin Finney  •   Roman Hayeck-Green

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

The film's central subject—a group of young hackers targeting an obnoxious right-wing crypto billionaire portrayed as a thinly veiled Elon Musk stand-in—carries an inherent left-leaning valence in mainstream US context, reinforced by narrative gestures toward income inequality and altruistic justifications for the heist.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The film features a mixed-gender and racially diverse ensemble of young hackers in an original story about online pranks escalating to a cryptocurrency heist targeting a billionaire. One lead character is portrayed by a Black trans actress and expresses social justice motivations, while reviews note gestures toward income inequality without making identity politics the core focus.

Secondary

Trans: Neutral
Confidence: Medium

Alex, played by Yasmin Finney, is a charming supporting hacker in the group pulling a crypto heist; her trans identity receives incidental positive representation without tokenism or centrality to the plot, alongside a geeky romance with the lead. The narrative focuses on tech-savvy friendship and anti-billionaire thrills rather than trans themes.

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium

The film depicts family life only peripherally through brief mentions of the teen protagonists' overbearing, distant, or neglectful parents (including addiction and abandonment), which subtly frame their online hacking and crypto heist as teenage rebellion against poor home environments; no central marriage, parenting, gender roles, religion, or multigenerational bonds are shown or endorsed.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low

No identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in this cyberheist thriller centered on teenage hackers executing a crypto theft.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium

LifeHack is an original screenplay about teenage hackers with no source material, prior adaptations, or legacy characters of established gender. All roles are newly created, so no gender swaps occur.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

LifeHack is an original screenlife heist thriller with newly created characters and no source material or prior canon establishing any character's race.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low

Not depicted in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.1
The Movie Database logo
7.6

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.5
Metacritic logo
7.2

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