Prime VideoBeasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.8
Overview
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Starring Cast
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Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film is a neo-noir crime thriller that explores human greed and desperation, focusing on the destructive consequences of individual moral failings and choices rather than promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies or systems.
The film features a cast that reflects the demographics of its South Korean origin, presenting natural diversity within its cultural context. Its narrative is a crime thriller exploring themes of greed and desperation, without explicitly engaging with or critiquing traditional identities or promoting DEI themes as defined by the evaluation criteria.
Secondary
The film 'Beasts Clawing at Straws' does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its plot. The narrative centers on a complex web of individuals entangled in a crime involving a lost bag of money, with no elements related to queer identity present.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original story and not an adaptation of any prior source material, nor does it feature historical figures or legacy characters. Therefore, no characters existed with a pre-established gender to be swapped.
This South Korean film is an adaptation of a Japanese novel. While the characters' nationality shifts from Japanese to Korean, both fall within the broader East Asian racial category. This change is considered an ethnic/national shift, not a race swap, per the provided definition's exclusions.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.0
7.1
Critic Ratings
9.4
N/A
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