8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Blow Out (1981)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Overview
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Starring Cast
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Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film critiques government corruption and the suppression of truth by powerful institutions, but it offers no specific ideological solution, instead portraying a cynical and pessimistic view of the individual's ability to overcome systemic power.
The film features a traditional cast, primarily composed of white actors in leading roles, without any explicit race or gender swaps of established character types. The narrative focuses on a conspiracy thriller and does not present a critical portrayal of traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes as central to its story.
Secondary
The film 'Blow Out' is a suspense thriller centered on political conspiracy and a heterosexual romance. Its narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Brian De Palma's 1981 thriller 'Blow Out' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a sound engineer uncovering a political conspiracy, with no elements related to gender identity or transsexual experiences present in the film's plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Blow Out is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender could have been altered.
Blow Out is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation establishing the race of its characters before this film was made.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
7.4
Critic Ratings
8.8
8.6
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