4.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Angel Wars: The Messengers (2009)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.8
Overview
In a city of darkness, they are the light. From some of the world's most visionary animators comes an action-packed, feature-length adventure of two young warriors in the battle between the forces of good and evil! Kira and Eli are the newest members of the Guardian Force, a group of angel warriors sworn to protect the world from the powers of evil. Not yet full Guardians, the young duo still has a lot to learn, but when darkness descends over the city, the time for training is over. Faced with the responsibility of delivering hope to a lost city, they must learn to work together to drive back the soldiers of darkness and grow into the warriors they are destined to become.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Christianity: Positive
Overview
In a city of darkness, they are the light. From some of the world's most visionary animators comes an action-packed, feature-length adventure of two young warriors in the battle between the forces of good and evil! Kira and Eli are the newest members of the Guardian Force, a group of angel warriors sworn to protect the world from the powers of evil. Not yet full Guardians, the young duo still has a lot to learn, but when darkness descends over the city, the time for training is over. Faced with the responsibility of delivering hope to a lost city, they must learn to work together to drive back the soldiers of darkness and grow into the warriors they are destined to become.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes a traditional Christian worldview, emphasizing divine authority and moral absolutes in a spiritual battle against evil, aligning it with conservative ideology.
The movie features visible diversity in its animated character designs without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles for DEI purposes. Its narrative focuses on spiritual and moral themes, maintaining a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities rather than offering explicit critiques.
Secondary
The film features the female warrior angel Serra, who consistently engages in and wins direct physical combat against multiple male Shadow Angels using her staff and martial arts skills.
The film is an animated Christian allegory, directly portraying Christian theological concepts such as angels, God, and the battle between good and evil. Its narrative explicitly affirms Christian virtues and beliefs, serving as an educational and inspirational tool for its target audience.
Angel Wars: The Messengers is a Christian animated film centered on a conflict between angels and demons. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the narrative, nor are there any elements that could be interpreted as such. The film's focus remains entirely on its core religious and action-oriented premise.
Angel Wars: The Messengers is an installment within an original animated series. There is no evidence of any character, previously established in earlier installments or external source material, being portrayed with a different gender in this film.
The film features animated angelic characters whose race was not canonically established in source material or previous installments, nor are they based on real historical figures. Therefore, no race swap occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
3.0
Critic Ratings
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