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Ten Violent Women

Name: Ten Violent Women
Director: Ted V. Mikels
Released: 1982
Duration: 95 min

Representation Score

4.2/10

Fair

1982

Director

Ted V. Mikels

Runtime

95 minutes

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Ten Violent Women disrupts traditional gender hierarchies by focusing on female outlaws with significant autonomy and ability to act. However, the film's diversity is limited by its reliance on exploitation clichés. It lacks racial variety and a deeper social critique, resulting in a score that reflects its genre-specific limitations.

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Category Breakdown

Does Ten Violent Women have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film includes a butch prison guard who preys on inmates, relying on exploitation rather than offering a nuanced look at queer identity.

How does Ten Violent Women portray gender?

Good

Female characters take the lead in the story through actions like robbery and escape, challenging traditional damsel-in-distress roles. They have significant physical strength and make their own criminal decisions.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Ten Violent Women?

Limited

The main cast is mostly white, typical of 1980s exploitation films. There is a lack of significant racial diversity among the key characters.

How does Ten Violent Women represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story questions authority by showing criminal activities as a form of empowerment. However, it does not offer a deep critique of Western institutions, sticking to outlaw stereotypes.

Does Ten Violent Women include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities playing central roles or serving as plot devices.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender hierarchies by highlighting female outlaws.
Gives female characters significant physical strength and criminal decision-making.
Breaks the 'damsel in distress' stereotype through character autonomy.

Limited or Absent

Lacks significant racial diversity among the main characters.
Relies on familiar clichés for LGBTQ+ representation.
Does not offer a sophisticated critique of social or economic institutions.

Official Synopsis

Eight women miners get fed up with their lifestyle and decide to try crime. After successfully pulling off a jewelry store robbery, they are busted by narcs when they try to buy cocaine. The eight get sent to a prison where a butch head guard uses the prisoners for her own deviant pleasures. Two of the women manage to escape and then get mixed up with a shah who had a scarab ring stolen in their jewelry heist.

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