History, War  •  1996  •  131 min

The Great Turning: Push Forward into Mountain Da Bie Shan (1996)

The Great Turning: Push Forward into Mountain Da Bie Shan poster

The Great Turning: Push Forward into Mountain Da Bie Shan (1996)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
7.0

Overview


Starring Cast

Qi Lu  •   Xuecheng Fu  •   Yue Gu

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Strong Left
Confidence: High

The film explicitly celebrates a pivotal military victory of the Chinese Communist Party, promoting its historical narrative, revolutionary ideology, and anti-capitalist foundations as the solution to China's problems, thus aligning with the 'Clearly Left' definition of promoting systemic critiques and anti-capitalism.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium

The film, a Chinese historical war drama, features traditional casting that aligns with its historical and cultural context, without explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on historical events and heroism, maintaining a neutral or positive portrayal of traditional identities without centralizing explicit DEI critiques.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

This film does not appear to feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in a determination of N/A for its portrayal within the scope of this evaluation framework.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Based on the provided information, the film does not contain identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Consequently, there is no specific portrayal to evaluate against the rubric's criteria.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

This historical drama depicts real figures from the Chinese Civil War. All major historical characters, such as Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, are portrayed on screen by actors matching their documented historical gender.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

This 1996 Chinese historical war film depicts events and figures from the Chinese Civil War. All major characters are historical Chinese figures, and the film casts actors of the appropriate race, thus containing no race swaps.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.0
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N/A

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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