5.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Mystery, Thriller • 2025 • 116 min
The Fire Raven (2025)
The Fire Raven (2025)
Overview
The Fire Raven is a 2025 Chinese crime thriller directed by Sam Quah, starring Yuchang Peng, Alan Aruna, and Janine Chang. The story centers on a vigilante killer targeting the wealthy perpetrators who covered up a high school student's brutal murder 15 years earlier in Duma City. A police detective and a key witness probe the series of vengeful deaths.
Starring Cast
Yuchang Peng • Alan Aruna • Ning Chang
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
5.7
Overview
The Fire Raven is a 2025 Chinese crime thriller directed by Sam Quah, starring Yuchang Peng, Alan Aruna, and Janine Chang. The story centers on a vigilante killer targeting the wealthy perpetrators who covered up a high school student's brutal murder 15 years earlier in Duma City. A police detective and a key witness probe the series of vengeful deaths.
Starring Cast
Yuchang Peng • Alan Aruna • Ning Chang
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: Medium
The narrative centers on a web of elite corruption and class oppression fueling a cycle of violence, with the investigation exposing systemic abuses though it ultimately prioritizes legal resolution over personal vengeance.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium
The film employs a predominantly Asian cast suited to its Chinese thriller setting, incorporating subtle critiques of corruption and environmental harm without centering diversity, equity, or inclusion as core themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: Medium
The film affirms family through a father's selfless vengeance for his murdered daughter and the protective loyalty between adoptive siblings, emphasizing parental responsibility and enduring bonds over systemic failures. These depictions favor traditional values of familial protection and unity amid corruption.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
The film features no transgender characters or themes. Its story unfolds as a serial killer thriller during the Crowmoot festival, where a masked avenger targets those responsible for a past rape and murder, without any exploration of transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
The Fire Raven presents an original story of revenge in a fictional city, featuring newly created characters without ties to prior source material, historical figures, or legacy portrayals that would enable gender swaps.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The Fire Raven presents an original story set in a fictional city, featuring newly created characters without established racial depictions from source material, historical records, or prior adaptations. The cast portrays these roles consistently with the narrative's context, yielding no instances of race swaps.
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