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The Wages of Fear (2024)

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The Wages of Fear (2024)

Overview

When an explosion at an oil well threatens hundreds of lives, a crack team is called upon to make a deadly desert crossing with nitroglycerine in tow.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Center
Diversity: Not Rated
Gender Swap: Yes
Race Swap: Yes
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
4.3

Overview

When an explosion at an oil well threatens hundreds of lives, a crack team is called upon to make a deadly desert crossing with nitroglycerine in tow.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Netflix logoNetflix
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film centers on a desperate team undertaking a perilous mission to transport volatile explosives across a hostile environment to prevent an imminent catastrophe. Its narrative prioritizes themes of survival, courage, and teamwork in the face of extreme danger, without explicitly promoting a particular political ideology.

A comprehensive evaluation of the film's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion characteristics could not be fully completed. While the casting includes visible diversity, there was insufficient information available regarding the narrative and thematic content to accurately assess its framing of traditional identities or the centrality of DEI themes.

Secondary

The 2024 adaptation of 'The Wages of Fear' features a female character, Clara, as one of the core team members tasked with transporting explosives. In the original source material and prior film versions, all characters performing this central role were male. This constitutes a gender swap for a significant character.

The 2024 adaptation of the 1953 film 'The Wages of Fear' features a main character portrayed by an actor of Algerian descent. The corresponding characters in the original 1953 film were depicted as white, indicating a race swap.

The narrative of The Wages of Fear, 2024, does not prominently feature or explore family structures, roles, or values, resulting in a neutral portrayal.

There is not enough publicly available information for AI to assess this category for this movie.

The film does not feature any identifiable transgender characters or themes, resulting in an N/A assessment for transsexual portrayal. The narrative contains no specific character arcs or plot points related to transsexual identity.

The film does not feature any female characters who achieve victory over male opponents in direct physical combat. Female characters, when present, are not depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters fights against men.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

4.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
4.6
The Movie Database logo
6.2

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
2.0
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N/A

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