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Killing Eve (2018)

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Killing Eve (2018)

Overview

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.


Starring Cast


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Race Swap: Yes

Viewer Rating
7.9

Overview

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Netflix logoNetflix
Spectrum logoSpectrum
AMC+ logoAMC+
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The show primarily focuses on apolitical themes of obsession, identity, and the psychological cat-and-mouse game between its protagonists, rather than explicitly promoting a specific political ideology. While it features strong female leads and critiques institutional incompetence, these elements are presented within a morally ambiguous narrative without a clear ideological solution.

The series demonstrates significant diversity through the explicit racial recasting of a lead character. Its narrative further emphasizes DEI by centering female protagonists, subverting traditional gender roles, and prominently featuring queer relationships, thereby shifting focus from traditional power structures.

Secondary

Killing Eve prominently features a central, complex, and evolving queer relationship between its two lead characters, Eve and Villanelle. Their identities and intense connection are explored with depth and agency, largely free from internal shame or external prejudice within the narrative. While the series concludes with a controversial and tragic ending for one character, the overall portrayal affirms the worth and power of their love amidst a dangerous world.

The character Eve Polastri, described as white in Luke Jennings' 'Villanelle' novel series, is portrayed by an East Asian actress in the television adaptation 'Killing Eve.' This constitutes a race swap for a main character.

The series "Killing Eve" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The show primarily focuses on the cat-and-mouse dynamic between an intelligence agent and an assassin, with no explicit or implicit portrayal of transsexual identities or related storylines.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Killing Eve is an adaptation of Luke Jennings' Villanelle novel series. The main characters, including Eve Polastri, Villanelle, Carolyn Martens, and Konstantin Vasiliev, maintain the same genders as established in the source material. No significant character's gender was altered from the original canon.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
8.1
The Movie Database logo
7.9

Critic Ratings

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8.0
Metacritic logo
7.5

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