8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Prodigal Son (1981)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Overview
A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film critiques corrupt authority figures but champions an individualistic solution through rigorous discipline, mastery of traditional martial arts, and personal honor, aligning its narrative resolution with conservative values of individual responsibility and tradition.
The movie, a historical Hong Kong martial arts film, features a cast entirely consistent with its 19th-century Chinese setting, without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of roles that would traditionally be white in a Western context. Its narrative explores traditional martial arts culture and male protagonists without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering Western DEI themes.
Secondary
The Prodigal Son is a martial arts film centered on Wing Chun kung fu training and traditional Chinese opera. The narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on action and character development within its genre.
The film primarily focuses on male characters and their martial arts training and combat. There are no significant female characters depicted engaging in direct physical combat against male opponents.
The Prodigal Son (1981) is an original martial arts film. All characters were created for this specific movie, meaning there is no prior source material or historical record to establish a canonical gender for comparison. Therefore, no gender swaps are present.
This film is an original Hong Kong martial arts production from 1981. Its characters were created for this specific movie and do not have prior canonical or historical racial establishments to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.1
Critic Ratings
10.0
N/A
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