10.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Western, Comedy • 2026 • 72 min
The Payback: A Bloodthirsty Story (2026)
The Payback: A Bloodthirsty Story (2026)
Overview
The Payback: A Bloodthirsty Story is a Western comedy directed and written by Colin Schuberth, serving as a sequel to This Here Town. Set a year after the previous events, it pits Gideon and Dick Focker against each other amid a new threat and a familiar foe from beyond the grave. Stars Daniel Chung, Anthony Polonski, and Alek Troncoso.
Starring Cast
Daniel Chung • Anthony Polonski • Alek Troncoso
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Political: Not Rated
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
10.0
Overview
The Payback: A Bloodthirsty Story is a Western comedy directed and written by Colin Schuberth, serving as a sequel to This Here Town. Set a year after the previous events, it pits Gideon and Dick Focker against each other amid a new threat and a familiar foe from beyond the grave. Stars Daniel Chung, Anthony Polonski, and Alek Troncoso.
Starring Cast
Daniel Chung • Anthony Polonski • Alek Troncoso
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Not Rated
Primary
Political: Not Rated
Insufficient web evidence exists to identify any political bias in the film's themes or narrative. The available descriptions portray a neutral comedy-western focused on interpersonal payback without ideological undertones.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Low
The film employs a diverse ensemble with Asian and Latino actors in lead roles within a Western comedy-action framework. Its story emphasizes supernatural conflict and humor without delving into critiques of traditional identities or foregrounding DEI elements.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Low
The yarn unfolds amid drifters and vendettas on the dusty trail, but family—nuclear or otherwise—never saddles up in the tale. No hearth, no kin ties the plot's bloody knots, rendering family norms a ghost in the wind.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Low
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story follows Gideon and Dick Focker confronting a new threat in a Western comedy setting, with no elements addressing transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Race Swap: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
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10.0
Critic Ratings
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