5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Fifth Missile (1986)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
Overview
The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film focuses on the apolitical themes of crisis management, human fallibility, and technological malfunction within a military context, rather than promoting a specific political ideology regarding nuclear weapons or military policy.
The movie features some visible diversity within its cast, though its primary roles align with traditional casting for its genre and era. The narrative centers on a Cold War military crisis, portraying traditional identities in a neutral to positive light without explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'The Fifth Missile' is a Cold War thriller focused on a submarine crew's psychological breakdown. Its narrative does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no specific portrayal to evaluate within this framework.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "The Fifth Missile" is an original teleplay, not an adaptation of a prior work with established characters. All characters were created for this specific film, thus there is no pre-existing canon to compare against for a gender swap.
The film is an adaptation of a novel. There is no readily available information indicating that any character was canonically or widely established as a specific race in the source material and then portrayed as a different race in this film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
4.8
Critic Ratings
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