4.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Chinese Zodiac (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.4
Overview
Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Overview
Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central narrative champions anti-colonialism and the repatriation of cultural artifacts, aligning with progressive values of historical and social justice, despite its strong nationalistic undertones.
The movie features a diverse international cast, which is a natural reflection of its production origin and global treasure hunt narrative. Its core story explicitly critiques historical colonialism and the appropriation of cultural heritage by Western powers, making this theme central to the film's message.
Secondary
The film 'Chinese Zodiac' does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on action, adventure, and the pursuit of national treasures, with no representation of queer identities or experiences.
Chinese Zodiac is an action-comedy film centered on a treasure hunt. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present within the movie's plot or character arcs, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The film features several female characters, including Bonnie and Coco, who are involved in the adventure and chase sequences. However, none of these characters engage in or win direct physical combat against male opponents.
The film is a sequel within an established franchise, introducing new characters rather than reimagining existing ones. The protagonist, Asian Hawk, maintains his canonical male gender, and no other character with a previously established gender from source material or history is portrayed as a different gender.
The film features original characters or continuations of characters previously established by the same actor. There is no evidence of any character being canonically or historically established as one race and then portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.0
6.2
Critic Ratings
2.5
2.9
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