The Hanoi Hilton (1987)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 4.9

Overview

A drama focusing on the suffering, torture, and brutal treatment the American P.O.W.s had to deal with daily while in North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison, the most infamous P.O.W. camp in Hanoi. The film focuses on the resista...

Starring Cast

Michael Moriarty • Paul Le Mat • John Edwin Shaw

Where to watch

Philo

Apple TV

Prime Video

Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Right

Diversity: Low

Overview

Starring Cast

Michael Moriarty • Paul Le Mat • John Edwin Shaw

Where to watch

Philo

Apple TV

Prime Video

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Primary

Political: Strong RightConfidence: High

The film explicitly promotes a conservative ideology by portraying American POWs as heroic patriots enduring brutal torture, while implicitly criticizing the anti-war movement and emphasizing national honor and military resilience.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

The film features traditional casting, accurately reflecting the historical context of American POWs during the Vietnam War, with no explicit DEI-driven casting choices. The narrative positively frames traditional identities, focusing on the resilience and suffering of the American servicemen without any critical portrayal of these identities.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The Hanoi Hilton is a war drama centered on the experiences of American POWs during the Vietnam War. The narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or subplots, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The Hanoi Hilton is a historical drama depicting American POWs during the Vietnam War. All significant characters, based on real historical figures or composites, maintain their documented or historically understood gender, with no instances of gender swapping.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film depicts American prisoners of war and Vietnamese captors. All characters, whether fictionalized or based on real individuals, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with the historical or canonical race of the roles, with no instances of a character established as one race being portrayed by an actor of a different race.