7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller • 2015 • 104 min
The Survivalist (2015)
The Survivalist (2015)
Overview
A lean Irish post-apocalyptic thriller, The Survivalist drops a lone man onto a hidden forest farm and watches what happens when two strangers show up hungry. The story is spare, brutal, and focused on individual survival rather than any social agenda. The Leans Traditional label comes from a mix of signals pulling in different directions. The social framing stays neutral to traditional, with no DEI critique built into the premise. Family structure in the film is pragmatic and survival-driven, which reads as progressive on paper. No strong political messaging pulls either way. The dominant tone is rugged self-reliance, which tilts the overall picture toward traditional more than anywhere else.
Starring Cast
Martin McCann • Mia Goth • Olwen Fouéré
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
A lean Irish post-apocalyptic thriller, The Survivalist drops a lone man onto a hidden forest farm and watches what happens when two strangers show up hungry. The story is spare, brutal, and focused on individual survival rather than any social agenda. The Leans Traditional label comes from a mix of signals pulling in different directions. The social framing stays neutral to traditional, with no DEI critique built into the premise. Family structure in the film is pragmatic and survival-driven, which reads as progressive on paper. No strong political messaging pulls either way. The dominant tone is rugged self-reliance, which tilts the overall picture toward traditional more than anywhere else.
Starring Cast
Martin McCann • Mia Goth • Olwen Fouéré
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores the brutal realities of post-apocalyptic survival, focusing on human nature, trust, and desperation in a world of extreme scarcity. It presents a nuanced view of individual struggle and the necessity of fragile cooperation without explicitly endorsing a specific political ideology or solution.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film utilizes traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, focusing on themes of survival without centralizing explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: Low
The narrative depicts family structures as pragmatic adaptations to a post-apocalyptic world, where a survival-driven chosen family forms and procreation is a necessity. Traditional marital and sexual norms are absent in this stark environment.
LGBTQ: N/R
There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The Survivalist does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The film's storyline focuses on a survivalist living in a post-apocalyptic world, navigating resource scarcity and human interaction, without incorporating elements related to transsexual identity or experiences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features original characters created for its narrative. There are no instances where a character, previously established as one gender in source material or history, is portrayed as a different gender.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Survivalist is an original film featuring characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing source materials or historical figures associated with its characters, therefore no instances of race swapping are present.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.2
Critic Ratings
9.6
8.0
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