3.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Texas Lightning (1981)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 3.4
Overview
A tough, macho, truck driver decides to make his soft son more manly by taking him hunting. They vacation and go to a honky tonk bar where the younger man falls in love with a burned out waitress.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Overview
A tough, macho, truck driver decides to make his soft son more manly by taking him hunting. They vacation and go to a honky tonk bar where the younger man falls in love with a burned out waitress.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
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Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around an individual seeking justice through direct action against criminals, emphasizing personal responsibility and self-reliance as the solution. This narrative focus on individual agency in confronting crime aligns with themes often found in right-leaning discourse.
The movie 'Texas Lightning' exhibits traditional casting practices, featuring a predominantly white cast without apparent intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, with no explicit critique or central DEI themes evident.
Secondary
The film 'Texas Lightning' is a Western that does not appear to include any LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on traditional Western tropes without incorporating queer identities or storylines, resulting in no depiction to evaluate.
The film 'Texas Lightning' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a woman seeking revenge for her brother's murder, with no elements related to transgender identity found in plot summaries or character analyses.
The film features Laura, a female character seeking revenge, but her involvement in combat primarily consists of using firearms. There are no scenes depicting her or any other female character engaging in and winning close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents.
Texas Lightning (1981) is an original film, not an adaptation or a reboot of existing material. All characters introduced in the film are new to this production, therefore, no pre-established characters from source material or prior installments have undergone a gender swap.
This film is an original production and not an adaptation of existing material, a biopic, or a reboot of established characters. Therefore, there are no pre-existing characters with canonical or historical racial identities to be subject to a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.2
2.5
Critic Ratings
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