4.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Evil Instinct (1996)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.6
Overview
Penny and Wendy originally are co-workers and best friends until Wendy is promoted. Penny feels that she is getting old and can't compete with Wendy, she leaves Hong Kong, takes snake blood to cleanse herself, and then returns to Hong Kong for revenge.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Negative
Overview
Penny and Wendy originally are co-workers and best friends until Wendy is promoted. Penny feels that she is getting old and can't compete with Wendy, she leaves Hong Kong, takes snake blood to cleanse herself, and then returns to Hong Kong for revenge.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is rated as neutral due to the absence of specific plot details or thematic content, preventing an assessment of its ideological context or proposed solutions.
The movie features casting that is traditional for its Hong Kong origin, without explicit race or gender swaps of roles typically considered white in a Western context. Its narrative does not appear to engage in critical portrayals of traditional identities or center explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Evil Instinct portrays its transsexual character, Peter, as a psychologically disturbed villain who assists a serial killer. Her trans identity is sensationalized and directly linked to her pathology and 'evil instinct,' reinforcing harmful stereotypes and contributing to a negative overall depiction.
The film 'Evil Instinct' cannot be evaluated for its portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters and themes. No specific information regarding the movie's content was provided, making an assessment impossible under the given rubric.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Evil Instinct (1996) is an original film production, not an adaptation, reboot, or biopic of existing material with pre-established characters. Consequently, there are no characters with a canonical gender from source material or history that could be portrayed as a different gender on screen.
Evil Instinct (1996) is an original Hong Kong film production. It is not an adaptation of pre-existing source material, a biopic, or a reboot of established characters. Therefore, no characters had a previously defined race to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.3
4.9
Critic Ratings
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