4.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Afterburn (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.9
Overview
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores universal themes of power, order, and freedom in a post-apocalyptic setting, presenting competing approaches to societal collapse without explicitly endorsing a particular political ideology or offering a partisan solution.
The film features a visibly diverse main cast, including actors of various racial and ethnic backgrounds, and includes a female character with agency. However, its narrative primarily focuses on action and adventure in a dystopian setting, without explicitly foregrounding social justice, systemic inequities, or other prominent DEI themes.
Secondary
Samuel L. Jackson, an African American actor, portrays August Valentine, the 'King of England.' This role traditionally implies a white European, diverging from historical and regional ethnicity. This casting represents a race swap for a character whose implied race was widely established by the title and historical context.
Afterburn, a post-apocalyptic action film, does not feature any explicit or implicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on action, survival, and treasure hunting in a dystopian world, with no representation of the LGBTQ+ community in its story or character portrayals.
Olga Kurylenko's character, Drea, is a freedom fighter in an action film. However, the available information does not provide specific details or descriptions of combat scenes where she physically defeats one or more male opponents in close-quarters combat. Therefore, it is not possible to confirm the presence of such feats.
The main characters of Afterburn, including Jake, August Valentine, Drea, and General Volkov, are portrayed with genders consistent with their original comic book counterparts. No sources indicate any gender changes from the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.5
5.3
Critic Ratings
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