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Black Panther (2018)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Black Panther poster

Overview

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Female Combat: Yes

Overview

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Disney Plus logoDisney Plus
YouTube logoYouTube
Apple TV logoApple TV
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central conflict and resolution explicitly promote progressive ideology by critiquing systemic oppression and isolationism, ultimately championing global social justice and the sharing of resources to empower marginalized communities.

Black Panther prominently features a predominantly Black cast and centers its narrative on a technologically advanced African nation, representing a significant departure from traditional blockbuster casting. The film's story explicitly addresses themes of colonialism, cultural identity, and global responsibility, presenting a strong and central critique of historical injustices and power dynamics.

Secondary

The film features several female characters, notably Okoye and Nakia, who repeatedly engage in and win close-quarters physical fights against multiple male opponents. They utilize martial arts and melee weapons to defeat their adversaries.

The film "Black Panther" does not feature any explicitly identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes in its narrative. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate against the rubric's criteria for positive, negative, or neutral impact.

Black Panther does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The story is centered on the fictional nation of Wakanda, its leadership, and its place in the world, with no narrative elements related to transsexual identity.

The film adapts characters from Marvel Comics. All major characters, including T'Challa, Okoye, Shuri, and Erik Killmonger, maintain the same gender as their established comic book counterparts. No canonical or historically male or female characters were portrayed as a different gender.

The film "Black Panther" faithfully adapts its source material, portraying all established characters, including T'Challa, Okoye, and Erik Killmonger, with the same racial identities as depicted in the Marvel Comics. There are no instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.3
The Movie Database logo
7.4

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
9.6
Metacritic logo
8.8

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