Fails the Bechdel test
Aftermath
2024. Directed by Patrick Lussier, written by Nathan Graham Davis.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
A returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, unwittingly gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge as a heavily weaponized group of ex-military revolutionists take everyone hostage.
- Released
- 01 Nov 2024
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- IMDb
- 5.2 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Eric 208 lines, man
- Romeo 133 lines, man
- Madeleine 88 lines, woman
- Doc 69 lines, woman
- Echo 32 lines, man
- Ozzie 30 lines, man
- Katherine 24 lines
- Delta 22 lines
- Foxtrot 16 lines, man
- Sierra 15 lines, woman
Full cast, 21 people
- Dylan Sprouse as Eric Daniels
- Mason Gooding as Jimmy 'Romeo' Roken
- Dichen Lachman as Samantha 'Doc' Brown
- Megan Stott as Madeleine Daniels
- Kevin Chapman as Inspector Terry Grimes
- Will Lyman as Joe Kozak
- Tanner Zagarino as Tango
- Mark Irvingsen as Wisdom
- Mark Pettograsso as Yankee
- Ashley Pynn as Sierra
- Shahjehan Khan as Ozzie
- Jason Armani Martinez as Jeff 'Foxtrot' Willis
- Derek K. Moore as Michael 'Echo' Morin
- Daniel Rios Jr. as Kilo
- Mark Steven Dancewicz as India
- Jared Frenke as Golf
- Joshua Wolf Coleman as Stauffer
- Nick Apostolides as Galotti
- TJ Ciarametaro as Biker
- Kiana Moattari as Afghan Girl
- Christopher Mendez as Bridge Hostage (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 144
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 to 9 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 to 15 | 15 | 21 |
| 16 to 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 to 21 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 to 24 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 to 30 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 to 33 | 4 | 4 |
| 34 to 36 | 3 | 15 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 13 |
| 40 to 42 | 7 | 32 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 15 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 9 |
| 52 to 54 | 5 | 8 |
| 55 to 57 | 11 | 12 |
| 58 to 60 | 3 | 20 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 7 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 3 |
| 70 to 72 | 6 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 9 |
| 76 to 78 | 5 | 4 |
| 79 to 81 | 3 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 1 | 2 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 2 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 8 |
| 97 to 99 | 1 | 6 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 7 |
| 106 to 108 | 5 | 16 |
| 109 to 111 | 1 | 4 |
| 112 to 114 | 4 | 9 |
| 115 to 117 | 11 | 37 |
| 118 to 120 | 6 | 7 |
| 121 to 123 | 5 | 28 |
| 124 to 126 | 5 | 7 |
| 127 to 129 | 15 | 32 |
| 130 to 132 | 0 | 3 |
| 133 to 135 | 20 | 24 |
| 136 to 138 | 0 | 11 |
| 139 to 141 | 0 | 15 |
| 142 to 144 | 6 | 17 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.
173 lines from women, 488 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 16 men in the cast. 3 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 35 of 730.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 34 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 25% of the words (1,272), men 75% (3,894). Women have 26% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
49
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 12 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Patrick Lussier (man)
- Written by
- Nathan Graham Davis (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- Brian Pitt (man), Lucas Jarach (man), Timothy C. Sullivan (man), Nicolas Chartier (man), Jonathan Deckter (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Shelly Johnson (man)
- Edited by
- Tommy Aagaard (man)
- Music by
- Michael Wandmacher (man)
- Production design by
- Bill Boes (man)
- Costumes by
- Joanna Murphy (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 4 men
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 2 men
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Megan Stott 21, Ashley Pynn 34, Dichen Lachman 42
Men
Tanner Zagarino 25, Mason Gooding 27, Dylan Sprouse 32, Kevin Chapman 62, Will Lyman 76
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 144 scenes and 730 lines of dialogue. How the test works
