7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017)
Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017)
Overview
In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.7
Overview
In 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's dominant themes align with progressive values by offering a stark critique of systemic corruption and the abuse of power by institutions, highlighting institutional failures rather than solely individual moral failings.
The movie features traditional casting, aligning with the cultural context of an Italian crime drama. The narrative focuses on its genre's typical themes of power and corruption, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on DEI themes.
Secondary
Suburra: Blood on Rome features Spadino, a central gay character whose identity is explored with depth and empathy. The series portrays his secret relationship with tenderness and frames the numerous obstacles he faces as external pressures from his conservative criminal environment, rather than issues with his identity itself. This approach validates his experiences despite the tragic elements.
The series consistently portrays the Catholic Church, particularly its higher echelons and the Vatican, as deeply corrupt, entangled with organized crime, and driven by power and greed rather than spiritual values. The narrative exposes widespread hypocrisy and moral failings within the institution, with little counterbalancing positive portrayal of the institution itself.
Currently, there is not enough information available to evaluate the film's portrayal of transsexual characters and themes. No specific plot points or character arcs related to trans individuals were provided to make an assessment, thus preventing any rating.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The series 'Suburra: Blood on Rome' is an adaptation of the novel and film 'Suburra'. A review of its main characters against their portrayals in the source material reveals no instances where a canonically established character's gender was changed for the series.
The series is an adaptation of an Italian novel and film, set in Rome, featuring predominantly Italian characters. The main characters are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the source material and setting, with no instances of a character canonically established as one race being portrayed as a different race.
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