Fails the Bechdel test
Bloodshot
2020. Directed by Dave Wilson, written by Jeff Wadlow and Eric Heisserer and Kevin VanHook.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
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
Ray Garrison, an elite soldier who was killed in battle, is brought back to life by an advanced technology that gives him the ability of super human strength and fast healing. With his new abilities, he goes after the man who killed his wife, or at least, who he believes killed his wife. He soon comes to learn that not everything he learns can be trusted. The true question is: Can he even trust himself?
- Released
- 13 Mar 2020
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 44 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Bloodshot 256 lines, man
- Harting 163 lines, man
- Gina 70 lines, woman
- Garrison 59 lines, man
- Krieger 49 lines, man
- Tibbs 34 lines, man
- So Long 28 lines, man
- Kp 26 lines
- Kozol 19 lines, man
- Aussie 18 lines, man
Full cast, 35 people
- Vin Diesel as Ray Garrison / Bloodshot
- Eiza González as KT
- Sam Heughan as Jimmy Dalton
- Toby Kebbell as Martin Axe
- Talulah Riley as Gina Garrison
- Lamorne Morris as Wilfred Wigans
- Guy Pearce as Dr. Emil Harting
- Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Nick Baris
- Alex Hernandez as Tibbs
- Siddharth Dhananjay as Eric
- Tamer Burjaq as Mombasa Gunman
- Clyde Berning as Mombasa Hostage
- David Dukas as Merc Driver
- Tyrel Meyer as Merc
- Alex Anlos as Baris Merc
- Maarten Römer as Tech #2
- Charlie Bouguenon as Merc Leader
- Nic Rasenti as Guard
- Ryan Michael Sin as Ex-RST Employee
- Michael Kirch as Ex-RST Employee
- Ryan Kruger as Ex-RST Employee
- Austin Rose as Ex-RST Employee
- Gary Naidoo as Ex-RST Employee
- Hilton Sun as Ex-RST Employee
- Tsogt Baysgalan as Ex-RST Employee
- Donovan Goliath as Police Officer #1
- Freyja Stern as Gina's Daughter
- Keeno Lee Hector as RST Tech
- Jeremy Jess Boado as RST Tech
- Shelani Van Niekerk as RST Tech
- Jason Goliath as Police Officer #2
- Patrick Kerton as Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Emmanuel Manzanares as Baris Merc (uncredited)
- David Davadoss as Guard
- Frans Steyn as Guard
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 162
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 to 8 | 11 | 10 |
| 9 to 12 | 8 | 9 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 66 |
| 17 to 20 | 1 | 38 |
| 21 to 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 44 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 5 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 14 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 13 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 28 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 5 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 13 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 34 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 5 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 15 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 7 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 7 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 20 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 41 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 28 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 15 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 9 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 6 |
| 113 to 116 | 15 | 18 |
| 117 to 120 | 2 | 8 |
| 121 to 124 | 7 | 10 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 2 |
| 129 to 132 | 1 | 6 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 8 |
| 137 to 140 | 16 | 19 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 14 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 16 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 18 |
| 153 to 156 | 9 | 10 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 30 |
| 161 to 162 | 0 | 12 |
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, 10 are women's.
72 lines from women, 662 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 28 men in the cast. 1 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 24 of 824.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 355 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 8% of the words (538), men 92% (6,437). Women have 10% 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
72
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 14 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David S. F. Wilson (man)
- Written by
- Eric Heisserer (man), Jeff Wadlow (man)
- Story by
- Jeff Wadlow (man)
- Produced by
- Neal H. Moritz (man), Toby Jaffe (gender not listed), Dinesh Shamdasani (gender not listed), Vin Diesel (man)
- Shot by
- Jacques Jouffret (man)
- Edited by
- Jim May (man)
- Music by
- Steve Jablonsky (man)
- Production design by
- Tom Brown (man)
- Costumes by
- Kimberly A. Tillman (woman)
- Cast by
- John Papsidera (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
6 women, 12 men, 28 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 20 men, 11 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 5 men, 18 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 6 men, 15 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 8 men, 12 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 16 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 10 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Eiza González 30, Talulah Riley 34
Men
Siddharth Dhananjay 28, Alex Hernandez 32, Lamorne Morris 36, Toby Kebbell 37, Sam Heughan 39, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson 40, Vin Diesel 52, Guy Pearce 52
Exhibit G: the money
It made 95% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $42 million
- Box office
- $39.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 162 scenes and 824 lines of dialogue. How the test works
