7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
She Rides Shotgun (2025)
She Rides Shotgun (2025)
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
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
7.4
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
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explicitly portrays white supremacist antagonists as abhorrent and dangerous, yet its central narrative focuses on apolitical themes of individual survival, familial loyalty, and redemption, rather than promoting a specific political ideology or systemic critique.
The movie critically examines systemic racism and white supremacy through its narrative, portraying a white supremacist gang and corrupt institutions, and includes respectful depictions of transsexual characters. However, its casting approach prioritizes authenticity and does not involve intentional race or gender swaps for diversity.
Secondary
She Rides Shotgun offers an inclusive and empathetic representation of transsexual characters. The film depicts these individuals with dignity, complexity, and agency, integrating their stories respectfully into the broader narrative. It avoids stereotypes, highlighting their humanity and diversity within its social and crime drama context.
The film features Polly, a young female character, who engages in and wins multiple close-quarters physical fights against male opponents, utilizing hand-to-hand combat and melee weapons.
She Rides Shotgun (2025) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or storylines. The narrative focuses on a father-daughter relationship within a crime thriller context, without addressing LGBTQ+ representation or related diversity themes. Consequently, the film receives an N/A rating for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
All characters in "She Rides Shotgun" maintain the same gender as established in Jordan Harper's source novel, with no instances of gender swapping reported or indicated by credible sources.
The film adapts a novel where the major characters, Nate and Polly, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established ethnicity in the source material. For other characters, the source material does not specify race, meaning their casting does not constitute a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.5
7.0
Critic Ratings
8.6
7.4
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