Action, Thriller, Crime  •  2025  •  120 min  •  Adults (18+)

She Rides Shotgun (2025)

She Rides Shotgun poster

She Rides Shotgun (2025)


Rating & Dimensions

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

Viewer Rating
7.5

Overview

Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resources and no one to trust, Nate and Polly forge a bond under fire as he shows her how to fight and survive—and she teaches him the true meaning of unconditional love.


Starring Cast

Ana Sophia Heger  •   Jamie Bernadette  •   Goldie Tom


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Low

The film's central conflict involves a father protecting his daughter from a neo-Nazi gang and a corrupt sheriff, inherently positioning the narrative against an extreme right-wing ideology and institutional complicity, which aligns with left-leaning values despite the individualistic solution.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The movie features a cast with white leads and some diversity in supporting roles, including an Asian-American actor, without explicit DEI-driven casting. The narrative centers on a white male protagonist protecting his daughter from a neo-Nazi gang, focusing on a specific extremist ideology rather than a broad critique of traditional identities. The film's themes and critical reception do not indicate a central focus on DEI.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film 'She Rides Shotgun, 2025' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes according to available information. Plot details focus on a father-daughter survival story against a neo-Nazi gang, with no mention of queer identities or subplots in synopses or reviews. Therefore, the film has no depiction of LGBTQ+ elements.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film 'She Rides Shotgun' does not depict any transsexual characters or themes. Extensive web search information, including plot summaries, cast details, and reviews, consistently indicates an absence of such portrayals, focusing instead on a father-daughter survival narrative against a neo-Nazi gang.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: High

Based on available information, there are no cataloged scenes depicting female characters physically defeating male opponents in close-quarters combat. The film's details do not indicate any instances matching the specified criteria.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an adaptation of Jordan Harper's 2017 novel. Available information indicates that no characters in the film have an on-screen gender that differs from their established gender in the source material.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The novel's main character, Nate McClusky, is described as white. Taron Egerton, an actor of Welsh and Chinese-Malaysian descent with fair skin, portrays him. As the character is still presented as white, and the broader racial category remains unchanged, this does not constitute a race swap. Other characters either had no specified race in the source material or were new roles.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.9
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.8
Metacritic logo
7.4

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