The film lacks any evidence of LGBTQ+ characters or non-cisnormative identities. The narrative focus remains strictly on a military unit and a single distraught figure.

The story centers on a marine reconnaissance team, a setting that reinforces traditional masculine archetypes. There is no indication of female presence or the subversion of gender hierarchies.

While the Iraqi setting requires Middle Eastern characters, they appear to function as plot elements. The narrative risks using the local population as a backdrop for horror.

The film follows a standard Western military framework. While it introduces non-Western mythology through an ancient evil, the core conflict remains centered on Western institutional actors.

No characters with visible or invisible disabilities are portrayed with agency. A distraught man may show trauma, but this likely serves a horror plot device rather than representation.