6.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Overview
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.3
Overview
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
While the film critiques a corrupt government agency, its resolution champions individual agency, self-reliance, and personal justice over systemic reform, aligning its dominant themes with right-leaning values.
The movie features predominantly traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, with no central DEI themes or critiques.
Secondary
The film includes a flamboyant, effeminate villain whose implied sexuality is tied to his sinister nature. Another scene depicts a gay man propositioning the protagonist, played for discomfort and reinforcing negative stereotypes. The overall portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters and themes is problematic, lacking dignity or positive representation.
The film features a transsexual character, Jemima Brown, whose identity is presented as a shocking plot twist. The narrative frames this revelation as a deception, eliciting a reaction of disgust and discomfort from the protagonist. This portrayal uses the character's trans identity for shock value and reinforces negative stereotypes, lacking dignity or empathy.
The film features female characters, but none are depicted engaging in and winning close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents. Their roles in action sequences do not involve such direct physical victories.
The film is an adaptation of the 1972 novel by Trevanian. All significant characters in the film retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character's gender being changed.
The film is an adaptation of a novel. Analysis of major characters reveals no instances where a character canonically established as one race in the source material was portrayed as a different race in the film. The race of characters like Jemima Brown was not explicitly specified in the novel.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.1
Critic Ratings
6.4
6.1
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