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Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.6
Marvel's Luke Cage poster

Overview

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Christianity: Positive

Overview

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Disney Plus logoDisney Plus
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Marvel's Luke Cage explicitly promotes progressive ideology by centering its narrative on the critique of systemic racism, the prison industrial complex, and institutional corruption within a marginalized community, championing community empowerment and social justice as solutions.

The series prominently features a Black lead and a diverse cast, consistent with its source material and setting. Its narrative deeply explores themes of racial injustice and systemic challenges within a marginalized community, making these social critiques central to its storytelling.

Secondary

Marvel's Luke Cage features a significant bisexual character, Shades Alvarez, whose relationship with Comanche is explored with complexity and emotional depth, treating their same-sex bond as a natural part of their lives. The show avoids negative stereotypes, presenting queer identity with dignity and agency, contributing to a net positive portrayal.

The show features Misty Knight, a detective, who repeatedly engages in and wins close-quarters physical fights against multiple male opponents. Her victories are achieved through skilled hand-to-hand combat, sometimes augmented by a bionic arm.

The film portrays Christianity positively through Luke Cage's strong moral compass, rooted in his pastor father's teachings, and the church's role as a vital community pillar. While some characters from a religious background are corrupt, the narrative clearly condemns their hypocrisy rather than the faith itself, aligning with Christian virtues.

Marvel's Luke Cage does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The series primarily focuses on issues of race, power, and justice in Harlem, with no explicit or implicit portrayal of transgender identities.

All major and supporting characters in Marvel's Luke Cage maintain the same gender as their established comic book counterparts. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender were identified.

All primary characters in "Marvel's Luke Cage" who have established racial identities in the Marvel Comics source material are portrayed by actors of the same race. There are no instances of a character canonically established as one race being depicted as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
6.9

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.7
Metacritic logo
7.4

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