6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Wolverine (2013)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film focuses on Wolverine's personal journey of overcoming trauma and embracing his role as a protector, utilizing common action movie tropes of individual heroism against corporate greed, without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie features visible diversity in its cast, largely due to its setting and the inclusion of numerous Japanese characters, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities, with no explicit DEI critiques central to the story.
Secondary
The film features Yukio, a skilled martial artist and swordsman, who repeatedly engages in and wins close-quarters physical fights against multiple male opponents using a katana and martial arts.
The Wolverine does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or storylines. The narrative is entirely focused on Wolverine's personal struggles and relationships within a heterosexual context, resulting in no depiction of LGBTQ+ elements.
The Wolverine does not include any discernible transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on Logan's personal struggles with immortality and his mission in Japan, without engaging with LGBTQ+ identities or related storylines.
All primary and secondary characters in "The Wolverine" maintain their established gender from the source comics or prior film appearances. No character originally conceived or widely known as one gender is portrayed as a different gender in this film.
All major characters in "The Wolverine" are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established comic book counterparts. While some characters' specific ethnicities may differ from their comic origins, these changes remain within the same broader racial category (e.g., Asian to Asian), which is explicitly excluded from the definition of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.4
Critic Ratings
7.1
6.1
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