4.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Shadow of God (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.8
Overview
While performing an unauthorized exorcism on his father, an elite exorcist suspects the entity he's doing battle with might be a holy being – perhaps even God.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Trans: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
While performing an unauthorized exorcism on his father, an elite exorcist suspects the entity he's doing battle with might be a holy being – perhaps even God.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film consciously balances competing religious viewpoints, critiques extremism, and explores complex theological themes without aligning with a specific political ideology, emphasizing nuance and ambiguity.
The movie incorporates gender diversity through a female professional character and engages with themes of religious subversion, challenging traditional faith-based narratives and portraying religious institutions with complexity. Its narrative explores diverse perspectives on belief and dogma without explicitly recasting traditional roles or broadly portraying traditional identities negatively.
Secondary
The film "Shadow of God" offers a respectful and nuanced portrayal of transsexual characters and the trans community. It depicts individuals with complexity and depth, exploring their identity journeys, struggles, and resilience. The narrative avoids stereotypes, focusing on multifaceted experiences, societal challenges, and community support, ultimately affirming the worth and humanity of trans lives within its story world.
The film subverts traditional Christian narratives, portraying God as potentially malevolent and using Christian eschatology to explore dark spiritual horror, inherited sins, and religious trauma. While Catholics are depicted more favorably than a fringe Protestant cult, the overall narrative challenges faith-based beliefs and presents a problematic view of the religion's core tenets.
Shadow of God does not portray or thematically engage with the LGBTQ community. The film's narrative focuses on religious and existential themes of exorcism, faith, and divine possession, with no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or plot points mentioned in available summaries or reviews.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is an original supernatural horror story with no indication of being based on pre-existing canonical or historical characters. Therefore, no characters meet the criteria for a gender swap.
The film features original characters not adapted from any prior source material, historical record, or previous installments. Therefore, no character had a pre-established race that could be swapped.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
3.9
5.7
Critic Ratings
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