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The Siege at Thorn High (2025)

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The Siege at Thorn High (2025)

Overview

Edwin promised to his sister on her deathbed to find her son she gave up a long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped in the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Female Combat: Yes

Viewer Rating
6.9

Overview

Edwin promised to his sister on her deathbed to find her son she gave up a long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped in the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Prime Video logoPrime Video
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis critiques systemic neglect, government failure, and institutional corruption, alongside the destructive forces of racism and intergenerational trauma, aligning its dominant themes with progressive social justice concerns.

The movie prominently features a Chinese-Indonesian protagonist and directly addresses anti-Chinese discrimination and systemic educational failures. Its narrative is a strong social commentary, critiquing historical traumas and societal injustices, making themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion central to its story.

Secondary

The film features Valdiana Rahardjo and Dorothy 'Dotty' Susatyo, who both engage in close-quarters physical combat against male opponents. They use hand-to-hand techniques and melee weapons, achieving multiple victories by incapacitating their adversaries during the school siege.

The Siege at Thorn High is a dystopian action thriller primarily focused on racial violence, ethnic tensions, and social trauma in Jakarta. The narrative does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, nor does it address LGBTQ+ issues. Its core themes revolve around racism, societal neglect, and survival in a hostile environment.

The film does not feature any transsexual characters or themes of gender and sexual transformation. Its narrative is centered on issues of racial discrimination and generational trauma within a specific dystopian setting, without any elements related to transsexual identity or experiences.

The film is an original story with characters created for the screenplay. There is no indication of any character being adapted from prior source material or historical records with a different established gender. Therefore, no gender swap occurs.

The film features original characters, and the provided casting report indicates that actors' ethnicities align with their characters' described backgrounds. There is no prior source material or historical record to establish a different race for these characters before their portrayal in this film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.5
The Movie Database logo
7.3

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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