Fails the Bechdel test
Collateral Damage
2002. Directed by Andrew Davis, written by Ronald Roose and David Griffiths and Peter Griffiths.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 2 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
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. Frustrated with the official investigation and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice, Brewer takes matters into his own hands and tracks his quarry ultimately to Colombia.
- Released
- 08 Feb 2002
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 33 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gordy 193 lines, man
- Felix 49 lines, man
- Selena 48 lines, woman
- Phipps 45 lines, man
- Armstrong 43 lines, man
- Brandt 42 lines, man
- Updegraf 23 lines, man
- Mike 21 lines, man
- Dray 12 lines, man
- The Wolf 12 lines, man
Full cast, 60 people
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Gordy Brewer
- Francesca Neri as Selena Perrini
- Elias Koteas as Peter Brandt
- Cliff Curtis as Claudio Perrini
- John Leguizamo as Felix Ramirez
- John Turturro as Sean Amstrong
- Jsu Garcia as Roman
- Tyler Posey as Mauro
- Michael Milhoan as Jack
- Rick Worthy as Ronnie
- Raymond Cruz as Junior
- Lindsay Frost as Anne Brewer
- Ethan Dampf as Matt Brewer
- Jorge Zepeda as Rocha
- Miguel Sandoval as Joe Phipps
- Harry Lennix as FBI Agent Dray
- Madison Mason as Undersecretary Shrub
- Don Fischer as Paramedic
- Shelley Malil as Doctor
- Jack Conley as Forensic Specialist
- Todd Allen as FBI Agent
- Rick Garcia as CNN Anchor
- Penny Griego as Jenni Luz
- John Verea as Ephraim Ortiz-Dominguez
- Greg Collins as Agent #3
- Bruce Ramsay as Brandt's Aide
- Michael Cavanaugh as Chairman Paul Devereaux
- Nicholas Pryor as Senator Delich
- Rodrigo Obregón as Rodrigo
- Gerardo Albarrán as Jorge
- J. Kenneth Campbell as Ed Coonts
- Flor Eduarda Gurrola as Teenage Girl
- Pedro Altamirano as Fisherman
- Salvador Sánchez as Peddler
- Fernando Sarfatti as Federale
- Raúl Pozos as Ernesto
- Ehécatl Chávez as Augustin
- Víctor Carpinteiro as Carlos
- Natalia Traven as Lita
- Enrique Munoz as Captain Miguel
- Omar Ayala as Boatman
- Pedro Damián as Guerilla Motorista aka River Rat
- Millie Slavin as Secretary of State Barbara Ramsey
- Jane Lynch as Agent Russo
- Jossara Jinaro as Rosetta
- Clint Lilley as Buzz Cut
- Marianne Lewis as Agent Davis
- Louis Bernstein as Hot Dog Vendor
- Doralicia as Hysterical Woman
- Jay Acovone as Bennie
- Ronald Donahue as Bomb Squad
- Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc as Helicopter Pilot #1
- Daniel H. Friedman as Helicopter Pilot #2
- Joe Renteria as Safe House Guerrilla
- Norm Compton as Brandt's Bodyguard
- Esteban Cueto as Estaban
- Marcio Rosario as El Lobo's Assistant (uncredited)
- Kevin Beard as Agent Phipps Driver and FBI Agent (uncredited)
- John Strand as Shrub Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Sven-Ole Thorsen as Patron (Uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 192
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 to 16 | 8 | 9 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 75 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 11 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 42 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 16 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 6 |
| 45 to 48 | 3 | 7 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 9 |
| 53 to 56 | 2 | 21 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 23 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 18 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 22 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 3 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 24 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 15 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 21 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 16 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 12 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 4 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 10 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 1 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 4 |
| 113 to 116 | 7 | 14 |
| 117 to 120 | 7 | 35 |
| 121 to 124 | 10 | 9 |
| 125 to 128 | 2 | 3 |
| 129 to 132 | 1 | 1 |
| 133 to 136 | 1 | 4 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 3 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 2 |
| 145 to 148 | 5 | 8 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 6 |
| 153 to 156 | 2 | 6 |
| 157 to 160 | 3 | 6 |
| 161 to 164 | 4 | 4 |
| 165 to 168 | 4 | 25 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 4 |
| 173 to 176 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 to 180 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 to 184 | 0 | 0 |
| 185 to 188 | 2 | 0 |
| 189 to 192 | 4 | 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, 11 are women's.
66 lines from women, 540 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 45 men in the cast. 2 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 20 of 628.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 188 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (591), men 89% (4,940).
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
62
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Andrew Davis (man)
- Written by
- Ronald Roose (man), David Griffiths (man), Peter Griffiths (man)
- Produced by
- David Foster (man), Steven Reuther (man)
- Shot by
- Adam Greenberg (man)
- Edited by
- Dov Hoenig (man), Dennis Virkler (man)
- Music by
- Graeme Revell (man)
- Production design by
- Philip Rosenberg (man)
- Cast by
- Claudia Becker (woman), Amanda Mackey (woman), Cathy Sandrich Gelfond (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
8 women, 30 men, 12 not listed
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Production
7 women, 13 men, 20 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 28 men, 9 not listed
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Art
6 women, 11 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 10 men, 11 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 2 men, 9 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Francesca Neri 37
Men
Tyler Posey 10, Cliff Curtis 33, Rick Worthy 34, Jsu Garcia 38, Elias Koteas 40, John Leguizamo 41, John Turturro 44, Michael Milhoan 44, Arnold Schwarzenegger 54
Exhibit G: the money
It made 92% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $85 million
- Box office
- $78.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 192 scenes and 628 lines of dialogue. How the test works
