Apple TVTetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Starring Cast
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Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central themes of body horror, industrial mutation, and existential transformation are presented in a visceral and surreal manner, lacking explicit political commentary or a discernible ideological solution to its grotesque narrative.
This Japanese body horror film features traditional casting for its cultural context, without explicit diversity initiatives. Its narrative explores themes of industrialization and grotesque transformation, rather than engaging with DEI themes or offering a social justice critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
Tetsuo: The Iron Man, a body horror film, does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a man's involuntary transformation into a metal creature and themes of industrialization and mutation, which are unrelated to queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character genders could have been established and subsequently altered.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man is an original Japanese film with no prior source material, historical figures, or established characters whose race could have been altered. All characters are original to this production.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.9
7.0
Critic Ratings
7.8
N/A
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