Fails the Bechdel test
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2001. Directed by Albert Pyun, written by Paul B. Margolis.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 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
Ray Nettles, a San Francisco detective, and his partner Fuzzy must take on to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs in the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swann, the leader of the terrorists, claims he will explode bombs throughout the city if she will is not released. Because of the possible bloodshed, Nettles calls for the help of explosives expert Frank Glass...
- Released
- 26 May 2001
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 3.5 / 10
- Awards
- 1 win total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Reilly 177 lines, man
- Glass 118 lines, man
- Winters 50 lines, man
- Pooch 38 lines, man
- Swan 28 lines, man
- Mary 18 lines
- Rice 18 lines, man
- Pluchinsky 15 lines, man
- Bev 14 lines, woman
- Harry 10 lines
Full cast, 32 people
- Tom Sizemore as Det. Ray Nettles
- Dennis Hopper as Alex Swan
- Steven Seagal as Frank Glass
- Jaime Pressly as Claire Manning
- Nas as Det. Art 'Fuzzy' Rice
- Rozonda Thomas as Lilly
- Peter Greene as Det. Artie Pluchinsky
- Kevin Gage as Pooch
- Michael Halsey as Vershbow
- Norbert Weisser as Dugger
- Romany Malco as T.J
- Joe Spano as Captain Winters
- Mimi Rose as Bev
- Tish Daniels as Angie
- Linda Castro as Bag Lady
- Vanessa Branch as Redhead
- Simona Williams as Booking Clerk
- Laurie Rose as Shannon
- Brandi Brandt as Cocktail Waitress
- John Thompson as FBI Agent
- Stacie Randall as SWAT Team Commander
- Ron Roggé as SWAT Team
- Joey Meyer Rosenblum as Pooch's Son
- Yuji Okumoto as Embassy Consul
- Jerry Rector as News Reporter
- Billy Preston as Blues Band Organ
- Leland Sklar as Blues Band Bass
- Kimberly Brewer as Blues Band Singer
- Ice-T as Terrorist Commander
- Fumiyasu Daikyu as Embasy Attaché
- Jenny McShane as Nettle's Wife (uncredited)
- Mariah O'Brien as Desperate Woman
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 101
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 to 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 56 |
| 13 to 15 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 to 24 | 1 | 49 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 to 30 | 2 | 17 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 26 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 18 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 24 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 18 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 7 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 22 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 13 |
| 55 to 57 | 5 | 15 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 2 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 11 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 8 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 2 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 21 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 2 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 4 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 45 |
| 100 to 101 | 1 | 4 |
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, 5 are women's.
23 lines from women, 463 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
13 women and 18 men in the cast. 3 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 7 of 548.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 148 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 4% of the words (176), men 96% (3,916). Women have 5% 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
45
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 12% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Albert Pyun (man)
- Written by
- Paul B. Margolis (man)
- Produced by
- Ken Aguado (gender not listed), Randall Emmett (man), George Furla (man), Albert Pyun (man), Paul Rosenblum (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Philip Alan Waters (man)
- Edited by
- Ken Morrisey (gender not listed), Cari Coughlin (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
0 women, 11 men, 6 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 9 men
-
Sound
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men
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Editing
0 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
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Art
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jaime Pressly 23, Rozonda Thomas 30
Men
Nas 27, Peter Greene 35, Tom Sizemore 39, Kevin Gage 42, Steven Seagal 49, Norbert Weisser 54, Dennis Hopper 65
Exhibit G: the money
It made 5% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $379,739
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 101 scenes and 548 lines of dialogue. How the test works
