Action, Science Fiction, Horror  •  1987  •  97 min  •  Adults (18+)

The Hidden (1987)

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The Hidden (1987)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Traditional

Viewer Rating
7.1

Overview

Set in a 1980s action-horror landscape, *The Hidden* follows a detective and FBI agent racing against time to stop a mysterious force turning people toward crime and chaos. The film leans traditional in its values, highlighting a protagonist's commitment to a stable nuclear family and portraying destructive lifestyle choices as the antagonist's modus operandi. Its approach avoids gender or racial swaps and maintains traditional roles. Without overt DEI themes or LGBTQ+ representation, it relies on straightforward sci-fi stakes and law enforcement heroism to drive its narrative.


Starring Cast

Kyle MacLachlan  •   Michael Nouri  •   Claudia Christian


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's central conflict involves a literal alien threat to public safety, focusing on law enforcement and individual heroism to combat a destructive entity, which prevents it from aligning with specific political ideologies.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium

The film features a traditional cast with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on a sci-fi action premise without engaging in critical portrayals of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High

The film portrays the protagonist's nuclear family as a stable and positive foundation, featuring traditional gender roles and protective parenting, which serves as a moral contrast to the antagonist's destructive and hedonistic lifestyle.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film 'The Hidden' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on a sci-fi action plot involving an alien entity possessing human bodies and the pursuit to stop its crime spree, with no elements related to queer identity.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The Hidden centers on an alien parasite that inhabits different human hosts, irrespective of their gender, to commit violent acts. The narrative does not feature any transgender characters, nor does it explore themes related to gender identity or transition. The body-hopping serves as a plot device for the alien's destructive journey, not as a metaphor or depiction of gender identity.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: High

The film features Brenda Lee, a police officer, who engages in action sequences against male antagonists. However, her victories in these encounters are consistently achieved through the use of firearms, not through hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, or melee weapons. No female character is shown defeating a male opponent in direct physical combat.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The Hidden is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters could have been gender-swapped.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film features original characters created for its screenplay, with no prior established racial identities from source material, previous installments, or historical records. Consequently, no character could have undergone a race swap.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.0
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6.9

Critic Ratings

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7.6
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6.9

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