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Freedom Fighters: The Ray

By Renee Longstreet, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Animated superhero tale has action, violence, mature themes.

Movie NR 2018 72 minutes
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Community Reviews

age 12+

Based on 4 parent reviews

age 13+

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Violence (3/5): Comic book action. Romance (not present) Language (3/5): A few uses of "a--hole," "s--tty," "hell," "goddamn," "Jesus," (as an exclamation) "penis," "douchebags," "bulls--t," "holy s--t," "son of a bitch," and one use of "f--k."
age 13+

Cyclops TV Show Review by Tucker Martin

Violence (3/5): Comic book action. Romance (not present) Language (3/5): A few uses of "a--hole," "s--tty," "hell," "goddamn," "Jesus," (as an exclamation) "penis," "douchebags," "bulls--t," "holy s--t," "son of a bitch," and one use of "f--k."

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (4):
Kids say (1):

Crisp animation, lots of crash-bang action, and the reveal of a gay superhero (whose alter ego is a tireless worker for the poor) bring this 1940s comic book stalwart into the 21st century. Director Ethan Spaulding and his team have managed a seamless merging of the 12 six-minute webisodes. Sorting out the Freedom Fighters and their alter egos on two different Earths is challenging at times, but the filmmakers have done their best to tell us who's who. As the series continues, which is expected, fans should adapt to the "quick-change artist" feel of Freedom Fighters: The Ray. And having the Nazis to fight again gives superhero buffs a powerful old enemy as well as another popular "What if?" concept.

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