3.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Protos Experiment (2025)
The Protos Experiment (2025)
Overview
The Protos Experiment is a 2025 sci-fi horror film directed by Brian Avenet-Bradley and Laurence Avenet-Bradley. In a dystopian future, death row inmates become test subjects for a private company's memory implant experiments designed to reform the correctional system. Two prisoners attempt to escape before losing their identities. Starring Anja Akstin, Fred Thomas Jr., Trista Robinson, and Ricky Herrera.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
3.6
Overview
The Protos Experiment is a 2025 sci-fi horror film directed by Brian Avenet-Bradley and Laurence Avenet-Bradley. In a dystopian future, death row inmates become test subjects for a private company's memory implant experiments designed to reform the correctional system. Two prisoners attempt to escape before losing their identities. Starring Anja Akstin, Fred Thomas Jr., Trista Robinson, and Ricky Herrera.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Unchecked corporate power and end-stage capitalism form the core problem, with the narrative championing prisoner resistance against systemic exploitation in the correctional system as the solution. This framework aligns the film with progressive critiques of capitalism and justice inequities.
The cast exhibits visible ethnic diversity through Black and Latino performers in key roles alongside white actors. The narrative centers on dystopian experimentation and prisoner escape without delving into critiques of traditional identities or foregrounding equity themes.
Secondary
Family structures and norms are entirely absent from the narrative, which focuses on isolated individuals in a prison experiment, yielding a neutral portrayal without endorsement or critique of family life.
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
The film contains no depiction of transgender characters or themes.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Protos Experiment presents an original dystopian sci-fi horror narrative featuring newly created characters as death row inmates subjected to memory experiments, with no evidence of adaptations, historical figures, or gender-altered portrayals from prior canon.
The Protos Experiment features original characters created for this dystopian sci-fi film, with no adaptations, biopics, or reboots involving prior canonical racial depictions, resulting in no race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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4.1
3.1
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