Action, Horror, Thriller  •  2026  •  92 min  •  Adults (18+)

Onslaught (2026)

Onslaught poster

Onslaught (2026)


Rating & Dimensions

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

Viewer Rating
7.7

Overview

A former Army sniper scrambles to protect her young daughter when genetically engineered super soldiers escape into the desert. Director Adam Wingard plants this creature-action hybrid firmly in R-rated horror territory, but the cultural signals underneath are readable. The military is framed as a shadowy institution that weaponizes Nazi science and discards human lives for strategic advantage, a critique that tilts the film toward skepticism of institutional power rather than patriotic celebration. The lead is a Latina single mother navigating a custody situation alongside the carnage, which centers a progressive family portrait. Neither signal is subtle, but neither dominates over the gore. Together they earn a Leans Progressive label.


Starring Cast

Dan Stevens  •   Adria Arjona  •   Rebecca Hall

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium

Onslaught frames the U.S. military as complicit in fascist legacies and citizen exploitation through its pursuit of super-soldier programs rooted in Nazi science and endless wars. The narrative highlights governmental abuse and the military-industrial complex while subordinating these ideas to gory action sequences.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

Onslaught centers on a Latina actress as a skilled Army sniper defending her daughter against escaped genetically engineered soldiers in a desert setting, supported by a mixed-gender cast in action and antagonist roles.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium

Onslaught centers on a divorced mother whose ex-husband unexpectedly drops off their young daughter, framing single parenthood and the aftermath of a broken marriage as the backdrop for her hard-earned domestic normality while a custody battle looms.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

Onslaught contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its plot centers on a mother defending her family from escaped super soldiers amid mercenary action, with no queer identities, relationships, or storylines woven into the narrative.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low

Onslaught contains no transgender characters or themes. The film centers on a military action-horror plot involving a sniper defending her daughter amid a secret super-soldier program.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: Medium

Adria Arjona portrays Celeste, a former Army sniper and single mother who confronts genetically engineered super soldiers threatening her family. Rebecca Hall appears as a scientist linked to the military experiments. Available accounts describe gun-based confrontations and sniper skills but contain no accounts of female characters prevailing in close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

Onslaught presents its characters, including the German scientist Hans Kammler and his wife Hanna, without any recasting that changes the gender of figures from established source material or historical records.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

Onslaught presents an original story with newly created characters and no adaptations from source material that establish prior racial identities. The lead roles feature Adria Arjona as ex-soldier Celeste and Dan Stevens as the scientist Hans Kammler, with no recastings of canonically defined figures from comics, novels, or history.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low

Not depicted.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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N/A
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7.7

Critic Ratings

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