5.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Deep Impact (1998)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.3
Overview
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film maintains a neutral stance by focusing on humanity's collective and individual response to an existential threat, balancing themes of government leadership and international cooperation with patriotism, military heroism, and personal sacrifice without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie demonstrates significant diversity through its casting, most notably by featuring a Black actor in the role of the President of the United States, which represents an explicit recasting of a traditionally white role. However, the film's narrative primarily focuses on a global catastrophe and humanity's collective response, without explicitly critiquing or negatively framing traditional identities.
Secondary
The film portrays Christianity, and general faith, as a significant source of comfort, hope, and community during an existential crisis. Characters, including the President, find solace and express unity through prayer and religious rhetoric, which the narrative frames respectfully without critique or satire.
Deep Impact does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is solely focused on a comet impact event and the survival efforts, with no representation of queer identities or experiences.
Deep Impact does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The film's focus is entirely on a global catastrophe and its impact on humanity, therefore there is no portrayal to evaluate.
The film focuses on a global catastrophe and the human response, primarily through scientific, political, and personal drama. No female characters are depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against any opponents.
Deep Impact is an original story with characters created specifically for this film. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character genders could have been established and subsequently altered.
Deep Impact is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments. Therefore, no characters had an established race before this film's production, making a race swap impossible by definition.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.2
Critic Ratings
4.5
4.0
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