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Walking Dead In The West
2016
Director
Paul Winters
Runtime
88 minutes
Average Rating
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The Arizona Territory, the 1870's. Marshal Frank Wilcox, along with a Buffalo Soldier from the U.S. Army, must galvanize a group of survivors to fight back when the living dead rise and seek the flesh of the living. It's a world gone mad and a battle against the unthinkable. Joined by an Apache Chief and an outlaw prisoner, the group must learn how to survive in a time where the dead walk.
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Overall Score
Good
Category Breakdown
Does Walking Dead In The West have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film offers no explicit mention of LGBTQ+ characters or non-heteronormative identities. The narrative focuses on survivalist tropes within a Western setting without queer visibility.
How does Walking Dead In The West portray gender?
The story centers on a male-dominated hierarchy, featuring a Marshal, a Buffalo Soldier, an Apache Chief, and an outlaw. It reinforces traditional masculine leadership roles common to the genre.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Walking Dead In The West?
The film demonstrates high racial integration by centering a Buffalo Soldier and an Apache Chief alongside a white Marshal. This disrupts the homogeneous white-centric tradition of the Western genre.
How does Walking Dead In The West represent religion and culture?
The apocalypse framework deconstructs traditional Western institutions like law and order. However, the film lacks explicit evidence of systemic critique or anti-capitalist themes.
Does Walking Dead In The West include disability representation?
There is no information regarding characters with visible or invisible disabilities. No assessment can be made regarding the portrayal of neurodivergence or physical impairment.
Strengths
- The film disrupts Western tropes by centering diverse racial identities like Buffalo Soldiers and Apache leaders.
- It offers a pluralistic depiction of the American frontier through a multi-ethnic survivalist struggle.
Areas for Improvement
- The narrative relies on a male-dominated hierarchy that reinforces traditional gendered power dynamics.
- There is a lack of visible LGBTQ+ representation or non-heteronormative identities within the story.
Score Reasoning
Walking Dead In The West distinguishes itself from standard Westerns by integrating a multi-ethnic cast into its central survivalist conflict. By featuring a Buffalo Soldier and an Apache Chief as key figures, the film challenges the Anglo-Saxon dominance typically found in period pieces. However, the film remains tethered to traditional genre conventions regarding gender. The leadership structure is heavily male-dominated, focusing on masculine archetypes like the Marshal and the outlaw without detailing female agency. While the horror setting allows for a breakdown of societal institutions, the narrative does not yet move into deep systemic or queer critique. It is a progressive step for the genre's racial representation, even if its social dynamics remain traditional.
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