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The Kingdom

The Kingdom

Representation Score

4.2/10

Fair

2024

TV-14

Director

Michael Tuviera

Runtime

133 minutes

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The Kingdom succeeds as a work of cultural reclamation by using an alternate history framework. By presenting a contemporary Philippines that avoided colonial influence, the film actively rejects the Eurocentric lens common in action cinema. This structural choice centers Southeast Asian ability to act and sovereignty. However, the film's impact on other diversity metrics is limited by a lack of character-specific information. While the setting is innovative, the absence of details regarding gendered arcs or LGBTQ+ identities prevents a more comprehensive assessment of its multi-layered representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Kingdom have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any explicit mentions of LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Since there are no specific character details, the narrative's approach to diverse sexual orientations and gender identities remains unclear.

How does The Kingdom portray gender?

Fair

The story focuses on a ruler's child and a critical duel. Although the gender of these figures is unspecified, the setting offers potential to challenge traditional patriarchal structures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Kingdom?

Excellent

The film centers around a non-Western, non-Anglo-Saxon majority setting. By depicting an uncolonized Philippines, it breaks away from conventional clichés and highlights Southeast Asian ability to act and identity.

How does The Kingdom represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The anti-colonial premise challenges the inevitability of Western dominance. It emphasizes indigenous political structures over Western models, effectively dismantling historical hegemony through its world-building.

Does The Kingdom include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the provided context.

Present on Screen

  • Disrupts Eurocentric historical narratives by centering an uncolonized Southeast Asian identity.
  • Uses an alternate history framework to give a significant role in driving the story to non-Western characters.
  • Challenges Western institutional dominance by emphasizing indigenous political structures.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks specific details regarding gendered character arcs and representation.
  • Provides no information regarding LGBTQ+ themes or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.
  • Does not address the inclusion or representation of characters with disabilities.

Official Synopsis

In an alternate, contemporary Philippines where the islands were never colonized, the Kingdom of Kalayaan sees a ruler’s favored child kidnapped, leading to a failed rescue and a deadly duel.

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