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Pass Thru

Name: Pass Thru
Director: Neil Breen
Released: 2016
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

3.9/10

Limited

2016

Not Rated

Director

Neil Breen

Runtime

90 minutes

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Pass Thru is a highly idiosyncratic science fiction film that prioritizes a fragmented, dream-like logic over social realism. While it fails to offer meaningful demographic representation, it provides a unique narrative deconstruction of Western institutional authority. The film's strength lies in its critique of globalist power structures and surveillance states. By focusing on a protagonist who operates outside legal and social frameworks, it challenges traditional notions of institutional morality. However, the film is extremely narrow in its character scope. It relies on a singular masculine archetype and lacks any significant engagement with racial, gender, or disability-related identities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Pass Thru have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or narratives. The story focuses solely on the protagonist's journey, leaving no space for queer identities.

How does Pass Thru portray gender?

Limited

The story centers almost entirely on a single male protagonist. This absence of female characters reinforces a solitary, masculine-centric heroic archetype.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Pass Thru?

Limited

The film lacks significant racial or ethnic diversity in casting and character development. It does not explore multi-layered identities or diverse cultural backgrounds.

How does Pass Thru represent religion and culture?

Good

The film critiques globalist power structures and surveillance states. It portrays anti-social behavior as a form of rebellion against established authority.

Does Pass Thru include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of visible or invisible disabilities used as character traits. The film does not address neurodivergence or physical disability.

Present on Screen

The narrative provides a compelling critique of globalist power structures and surveillance states.
It effectively deconstructs traditional notions of institutional morality through moral relativism.
The protagonist's rebellion offers a unique exploration of individual action against systemic opacity.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks racial and ethnic diversity in its casting and character development.
The narrative is overly reliant on a singular, masculine-centric heroic archetype.
There is a complete absence of LGBTQ+ representation or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.

Official Synopsis

An artificial Intelligence from far into the future arrives to immediately cleanse the human species of millions of humans who are harmful to other humans.

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