4.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
City Under Siege (2010)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.8
Overview
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers - including Sunny - are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants...
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers - including Sunny - are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants...
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central narrative, a genre-driven action story about an individual gaining and abusing superhuman powers, lacks explicit promotion of either progressive or conservative ideologies, focusing instead on apolitical themes of power, morality, and conflict.
The movie features casting that is traditional for its Hong Kong origin, primarily showcasing East Asian actors without explicit race or gender swaps of roles typically associated with other demographics. The narrative does not engage in explicit critique of traditional identities, maintaining a neutral or positive framing.
Secondary
City Under Siege is an action-sci-fi film that does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a circus performer gaining superhuman abilities and a heterosexual romantic subplot, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity.
The film features Angel, a reporter, as the primary female character. While she is present in action sequences, she does not engage in direct physical combat. No female characters are depicted defeating male opponents in close-quarters physical combat.
City Under Siege (2010) is an original film and not an adaptation of existing source material, a biopic, or a reboot of a prior franchise. All characters were created for this film, meaning there are no pre-established canonical or historical genders to compare against. Therefore, no gender swaps occurred.
City Under Siege (2010) is an original Hong Kong action film. It is not an adaptation of existing source material, a biopic, or a reboot featuring legacy characters. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established race that could be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.6
5.1
Critic Ratings
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