6.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Machine Girl (2008)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.2
Overview
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
The life of a young, Japanese schoolgirl is destroyed when her family is killed by a Ninja-Yakuza family. Her hand cut off, she replaces it with various machines-of-death, and seeks revenge.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central focus on highly stylized, over-the-top vigilante revenge against a criminal organization, presented within an exploitation genre framework, largely transcends specific political messaging. Its primary objective is entertainment through extreme violence and gore, rather than promoting a discernible left or right ideology.
The movie features an almost entirely Japanese cast, reflecting its cultural setting, and does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative, a revenge-driven splatter film, does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features Ami Hyuga, who, after acquiring a weaponized prosthetic arm, engages in and wins close-quarters physical combat against multiple male gang members using various melee attachments like a drill and chainsaw.
The Machine Girl does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative is solely dedicated to a hyper-violent revenge story, leaving no room for such portrayals or discussions within its plot.
The Machine Girl does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's focus is exclusively on its extreme violence and revenge narrative, without engaging with gender identity in any capacity.
The Machine Girl is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical basis, or previous installments from which characters' genders could have been established and subsequently changed.
The Machine Girl (2008) is an original Japanese film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical race to establish a baseline for comparison. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
6.0
Critic Ratings
6.7
N/A
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