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All the Devil's Men

All the Devil's Men

Representation Score

3.3/10

Limited

2018

R

Director

Matthew Hope

Runtime

99 minutes

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All the Devil's Men operates strictly within the boundaries of mid-budget action cinema. The narrative structure is built around established genre clichés, focusing on a battle-scarred bounty hunter and traditional masculine conflict. This reliance on conventional storytelling limits the space for characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity. The film's themes of the War on Terror and CIA operations reinforce a Western-centric worldview. Rather than challenging social norms, the plot adheres to standard hierarchies of authority and combat-driven heroism. Ultimately, the film prioritizes rugged individualism over diverse or nuanced character studies, offering minimal disruption to systemic social structures.

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Category Breakdown

Does All the Devil's Men have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film follows a conventional action-thriller storyline without any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or critiques of the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does All the Devil's Men portray gender?

Limited

The story focuses on a male protagonist and military conflict, relying heavily on traditional masculine archetypes and the lone warrior cliché.

How racially and ethnically diverse is All the Devil's Men?

Limited

While the London setting allows for diverse casting, the core themes remain centered on Western perspectives without characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity.

How does All the Devil's Men represent religion and culture?

Limited

The plot uses a standard Western geopolitical framework involving the CIA, prioritizing traditional notions of heroism and state-sanctioned violence.

Does All the Devil's Men include disability representation?

Minimal

The protagonist's battle scars serve as aesthetic markers of toughness, but the film lacks a nuanced exploration of disability.

Present on Screen

  • The London setting provides a potential framework for diverse casting within a globalized urban environment.

Limited or Absent

  • The film relies on traditional masculine archetypes and the lone warrior cliché.
  • Physical and psychological trauma are used as aesthetic markers rather than nuanced disability depictions.
  • The narrative adheres to homogeneous Western geopolitical perspectives and traditional authority structures.

Official Synopsis

A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army.

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