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Slide

Name: Slide
Director: Anton Rozenberg
Released: 2013
Duration: 117 min

Representation Score

1.3/10

Minimal

2013

Not Rated

Director

Anton Rozenberg

Runtime

117 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Slide is a gritty crime drama that prioritizes themes of institutional decay and individual paranoia. The narrative follows a group of corrupt investigators facing internal collapse and existential crisis. While the film challenges traditional heroic law enforcement clichés by portraying investigators as criminals, it lacks depth in representing underrepresented identities. The focus remains on professional and moral breakdown rather than social or identity-based issues. Ultimately, the film functions as a character study of corruption and betrayal within a specific institutional unit, offering limited representation of diverse identities.

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Category Breakdown

Does Slide have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on a male-dominated investigative unit and does not include any characters with non-traditional gender identities.

How does Slide portray gender?

Limited

The story centers on a team of investigators in a traditionally male-dominated crime genre, emphasizing masculine power dynamics over gender subversion.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Slide?

Limited

The involvement of the FSB suggests a localized Eastern European or Russian setting. The narrative does not indicate a diverse or multi-ethnic cast.

How does Slide represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film critiques institutional integrity by portraying law enforcement as corrupt. It explores moral relativism without targeting specific cultural or religious norms.

Does Slide include disability representation?

Minimal

The plot does not feature neurodivergence, physical disabilities, or mental health conditions as central character traits or narrative drivers.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional heroic law enforcement clichés by portraying investigators as criminals.
Explores complex themes of moral relativism and existentialism through the protagonist.

Limited or Absent

Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-traditional gender narratives.
Shows minimal racial and ethnic diversity within the cast.
Fails to incorporate disability or neurodivergent perspectives into the narrative.

Official Synopsis

The main characters are above the law. They are a group of police investigators wallowed in criminal activities. But the criminal scheme worked out by the experienced d team begins to fail. There appears to be a mole reporting directly to FSB. When Pepl finds himself in a life threatening situation he starts thinking about the existence for the first time ever. Once he begins to think he can not go back to his former self. The team begins to suspect that he is a mole. The former coworkers turn into mortal enemies.

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