6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Action, Comedy, Thriller • 2026 • 97 min • Teen (13+)
Runner (2026)
Runner (2026)
Overview
Runner follows a decorated former soldier and an unlikely partner racing across Australia to deliver a donated organ to a critically ill girl while a cartel tries to stop them. The premise is classic action-thriller with a humanitarian twist. The Traditional label fits because the story leans into soldier-as-hero framing, individual courage, and child-saving stakes without engaging social critique or identity politics. Christianity reads as a positive presence in the background. There are no LGBTQ, trans, or race-swap signals. The PG-13 rating and family-stakes plot make it broadly accessible. Scott Waugh, known for high-octane action, keeps the cultural footprint straightforward and the values conventional.
Starring Cast
Alan Ritchson • Owen Wilson • Rodrigo Santoro
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.5
Overview
Runner follows a decorated former soldier and an unlikely partner racing across Australia to deliver a donated organ to a critically ill girl while a cartel tries to stop them. The premise is classic action-thriller with a humanitarian twist. The Traditional label fits because the story leans into soldier-as-hero framing, individual courage, and child-saving stakes without engaging social critique or identity politics. Christianity reads as a positive presence in the background. There are no LGBTQ, trans, or race-swap signals. The PG-13 rating and family-stakes plot make it broadly accessible. Scott Waugh, known for high-octane action, keeps the cultural footprint straightforward and the values conventional.
Starring Cast
Alan Ritchson • Owen Wilson • Rodrigo Santoro
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
Political: Leans Right
Confidence: Medium
Runner centers on a decorated American war hero who must deliver a donated liver to a critically ill child in Australia while confronting his own personal struggles. The narrative emphasizes individual courage, patriotism, and traditional heroism over systemic or ideological concerns.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
Runner centers on a former elite soldier and his partner racing to deliver a life-saving organ to a critically ill child while evading a cartel. The story presents its protagonists in straightforward heroic terms without engaging themes of identity or social critique.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium
Runner frames family life around a mother's urgent efforts to shield her son from harm, positioning parental protection as the emotional core of the story.
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: Medium
The film emerges from a Christian brand and distributor that frames its action narrative with respectable Christian values.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
Runner contains no LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a high-stakes medical delivery mission involving a former soldier and his partner racing to save a child, with all coverage highlighting only the action plot and family stakes.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
Runner contains no transgender characters or themes, centering its narrative on action and drama without any exploration of gender identity.
Female Combat: No
Confidence: Low
The film follows a courier's urgent mission to deliver an organ for a young girl, with key roles for her mother and a cartel leader. No scenes depict female characters defeating male opponents through hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, or melee weapons.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Runner introduces an original story and cast of characters with no reimagining of previously established figures from source material or history.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Runner is an original action film with newly created characters and no source material that establishes prior racial depictions for any roles.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Medium
Not depicted.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
7.9
Critic Ratings
N/A
5.5
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