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The Great Challenge

Name: The Great Challenge
Director: Julien Seri
Released: 2004
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

4.5/10

Fair

2004

PG-13

Director

Julien Seri

Runtime

90 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film stands out by presenting a diverse cast of characters from different backgrounds, challenging traditional hero archetypes. However, it leans heavily into masculine stereotypes, focusing on physical prowess and male-dominated hierarchies. This results in a limited presence of female characters and a lack of visible LGBTQ+ identities or disability representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Great Challenge have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or identities that go beyond the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does The Great Challenge portray gender?

Limited

The movie emphasizes physical strength and male-dominated structures. Female characters do not play a significant role in driving the story.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Great Challenge?

Excellent

The film features a diverse cast of characters from various backgrounds, providing significant roles to actors of different races.

How does The Great Challenge represent religion and culture?

Good

The story highlights a group working across three countries, emphasizing grassroots efforts for justice rather than relying on Western-centric institutions.

Does The Great Challenge include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not show any characters with physical or cognitive disabilities.

Present on Screen

Features a highly diverse cast of characters from various backgrounds.
Provides a globalized perspective on heroism and justice.
Challenges traditional, homogeneous hero archetypes.

Limited or Absent

Limited presence of female characters with significant roles.
Lack of visible LGBTQ+ representation or non-straight-centered identities.
No depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

A multicultural band of acrobatic do-gooders take on gangsters of three great nations in this action-packed sequel to the French box-office smash Yamakasi. The Yamakasi are a team of crime fighters who can scale buildings and urban towers with the ease of a fly walking up the wall; after leaving their home base in Paris to set up operations in England, the men decide to set up a satellite facility

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