5.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Lightning Code (2025)
The Lightning Code (2025)
Overview
Sci-fi adventure film about 18-year-old inventor Miles Fletcher (Andrew Reid), who uncovers Nikola Tesla's (Bruce Davison) secret to perpetual energy after receiving key intel. Directed by Kali Bailey, with Rose Reid as Kennedy Blake and K.C. Clyde in support. Family-friendly tone blending science and youthful determination.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
5.1
Overview
Sci-fi adventure film about 18-year-old inventor Miles Fletcher (Andrew Reid), who uncovers Nikola Tesla's (Bruce Davison) secret to perpetual energy after receiving key intel. Directed by Kali Bailey, with Rose Reid as Kennedy Blake and K.C. Clyde in support. Family-friendly tone blending science and youthful determination.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central conflict pits innovative sustainable energy against corporate exploitation, but resolves through individual ingenuity and family collaboration rather than systemic reform, maintaining a balanced perspective.
The film employs a diverse cast with mixed-race, South Asian, and white actors in key young roles, showcasing ethnic representation in an ensemble-driven story. Its narrative promotes collaboration and ethical innovation without addressing or critiquing traditional identities or foregrounding equity concerns.
Secondary
The narrative favorably depicts traditional family structures through a widowed father's protective authority, unconditional love, and reconciliation with his son, reinforced by respect for the late mother's legacy. A minor scene of maternal support for a daughter's non-traditional clothing choice adds nuance without undermining core family values.
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
The film features no transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a teen inventor's discovery of limitless energy and conflict with a corporation, without addressing transgender identity or related issues.
Female characters including Piper and Kennedy Blake support the protagonist in a sci-fi adventure against a corporation. Action consists of chases, gunfire, and a male character knocking guards unconscious, with no instances of females defeating males in hand-to-hand or melee combat.
The Lightning Code presents an original teen sci-fi story with newly created characters like Miles Fletcher and Kennedy Blake. Historical figure Nikola Tesla appears as male, matching documented gender, resulting in no gender swaps.
The Lightning Code features original characters without prior canonical racial depictions and casts a white actor as the historical white figure Nikola Tesla, yielding no instances of race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.7
5.5
Critic Ratings
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