In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet...even though it just wants to binge soap operas.
In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet...even though it just wants to binge soap operas.
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes anti-capitalist ideology by critiquing corporate greed and exploitation, contrasting it with a communal alternative that prioritizes people over profit.
The movie features a diverse human cast interacting with an android protagonist. Its narrative explores themes of found family, friendship, and human-AI coexistence, offering social satire on human irrationality and social alienation, without specifically critiquing traditional identities.
'Murderbot' prominently features diverse LGBTQ+ characters, including nonbinary individuals and queer relationships, portrayed with authenticity and complexity. These identities are naturally integrated into the story, emphasizing themes of found family, love, and support within a diverse community, resulting in an overall affirming depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The source material describes Murderbot's gender as fluid, gender-neutral, and ambiguous, not definitively established as male or female. Therefore, casting a cisgender male actor does not constitute a gender swap from a previously fixed canonical gender.
The provided information describes the show's diverse casting and characters but does not specify the canonical race of any character from the source material. Without established prior racial depictions, it is not possible to identify a race swap.
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