7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Thriller • 2021 • 115 min • Adults (18+)
No Sudden Move (2021)
No Sudden Move (2021)
Overview
Steven Soderbergh's 1950s Detroit crime thriller follows a group of small-time criminals whose seemingly routine job unravels into something much larger and more dangerous. The Progressive label fits because the film uses its genre scaffolding to critique corporate power, industrial greed, and the exploitation of working-class and minority lives. A diverse lead cast anchors a story where the real villains are powerful institutions, not street-level criminals. Traditional family structures appear fragile, undercut by infidelity and outside pressure rather than celebrated. The period setting lets the film examine racial dynamics and class inequality without feeling like a lecture, though the political current underneath runs consistently in one direction.
Starring Cast
Don Cheadle • Benicio Del Toro • David Harbour
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.4
Overview
Steven Soderbergh's 1950s Detroit crime thriller follows a group of small-time criminals whose seemingly routine job unravels into something much larger and more dangerous. The Progressive label fits because the film uses its genre scaffolding to critique corporate power, industrial greed, and the exploitation of working-class and minority lives. A diverse lead cast anchors a story where the real villains are powerful institutions, not street-level criminals. Traditional family structures appear fragile, undercut by infidelity and outside pressure rather than celebrated. The period setting lets the film examine racial dynamics and class inequality without feeling like a lecture, though the political current underneath runs consistently in one direction.
Starring Cast
Don Cheadle • Benicio Del Toro • David Harbour
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques systemic corporate malfeasance, environmental destruction, and the exploitation of individuals by powerful industrial interests, aligning with progressive ideology.
Diversity: High
Confidence: High
The movie features a diverse lead cast, including Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro, in central roles. Its narrative explicitly critiques powerful white male figures and explores themes of corporate greed, class struggle, and racial dynamics within 1950s Detroit.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Low
The film portrays traditional family structures as fragile and often corrupted by external pressures and internal betrayals, particularly through widespread infidelity, rather than celebrating traditional norms.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a crime thriller set in 1950s Detroit, exploring themes of corporate greed, betrayal, and the lives of its criminal protagonists without incorporating LGBTQ+ specific elements.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
No Sudden Move does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's plot and character arcs are entirely centered on a crime thriller narrative set in 1950s Detroit, without any elements pertaining to transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features an original story and characters, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. Therefore, there are no characters with a prior established gender to be swapped.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features an original screenplay with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations to establish a canonical race for any character that could then be altered.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.4
Critic Ratings
9.2
7.6
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