6.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Scare Out (2026)
Scare Out (2026)
Overview
Scare Out is a Chinese spy thriller directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jackson Yee, Zhu Yilong, and Song Jia. National security agents investigate a critical intelligence leak, pursuing a traitor amid failed arrests and growing internal suspicion.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.2
Overview
Scare Out is a Chinese spy thriller directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jackson Yee, Zhu Yilong, and Song Jia. National security agents investigate a critical intelligence leak, pursuing a traitor amid failed arrests and growing internal suspicion.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's core conflict revolves around a national security team's hunt for a traitor leaking classified intelligence, with the solution emphasizing unwavering loyalty and effective state intervention to safeguard the nation.
Casting adheres to cultural norms with Chinese actors in lead security roles and gender-balanced representation among protagonists and antagonists. The storyline frames Western espionage as a threat to Chinese sovereignty, implying indirect criticism of external powers without centering diversity or equity narratives.
Secondary
The film peripherally depicts an unhappy marriage and infidelity in the personal life of a lead character, but family structures and norms are not central to the narrative and receive no clear endorsement or critique.
The film features no LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The spy thriller narrative focuses on intelligence leaks and national security operations without addressing gender identity.
Female characters Zhao Hong and Bai Fan hold leadership and espionage roles in the national security unit and as an enemy contact, respectively. The story centers on investigation, surveillance, and a mole hunt with an opening chase and climactic pursuit involving shootouts, but no close-quarters physical combats where females defeat males occur.
Scare Out presents original characters in a spy thriller without adaptations or historical bases, resulting in no gender swaps.
Scare Out features original characters in a contemporary Chinese espionage narrative, with no adaptations, prior installments, or historical figures establishing canonical races. The Chinese cast aligns with the setting's ethnic context, resulting in no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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6.9
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