Agent Cage Saves the World

**Agent Cage Saves the World** is an LGBTQ-themed spy action comedy-drama indie film.

## Synopsis

Insurrectionary organization IETO threatens the LGBTQIA+ community with chemical warfare and it's up to a secret division of queer soldiers, led by the recently-out Hasten Cage, to stop them. Cage must hold off seemingly unbeatable attacks and protect his community from violence and oppression, but will his uncharacteristic toxic masculinity and subsequent brutality shape the end of him?

## Summary

*Note: While the film is divided into five "episodes," these cannot be understood on their own and the division is simply because of the chosen aesthetic.*

On a parallel version of Earth called Venturia, the United Regions of Venturia are threatened by a zealous terrorist organization called IETO after multiple threats of chemical warfare are made, with the east of the country going on lockdown after sarin is used in a suicide attack that kills dozens. An anti-terrorist organization known as Venturian Battle has focused their attention on public safety as IETO makes threats to attack the western side next, but suspicious activity is yet to occur. Within Awhyae, the furthest region west in the United Regions, a Venturian Battle division known as the Deadly Sins lies in wait, their first division comprised exclusively of LGBTQ+ units, a significant target of IETO (gay couple Hasten Cage and Hence Tag, transgender bisexual man Gene Feat, asexual man Pew Sears, lesbian Jane Target, and pansexual Sue Afton).

## Quotes

"*Hence, it's only my family-family that would accept us, my relatives are... more regressive. (What? Did they give you a gender reveal party when you were born?) My parents had an 'It's a Boy' party and they had an 'It's Going to Marry a Woman' party.*"
- Hasten Cage (and Hence)

"*You're taller than me, you're stronger than me, and you're valid. (You're standing in front of me and you're telling me I'm taller than you?) You're taller than me! (I'm just done here.)*"
- Hasten Cage (and Gene Feat)

"*Look, maybe Hasten's love and life don't line up with what the Tome of Nazan says, but maybe we should start accepting ideas the text condemns upfront if they're what's best for this family and everyone else! (So abortion? I can't believe I agree with you but here we are, just a little too late.)*"
- Hasten's mom (and aunt)

## Parents Guide

Rated PG-13 for strong violence and intense action, language throughout, strong crude and sexual content, thematic material, and drug content.

## BBFC Rating

An LGBTQ+ vigilante counters a hate group's plans and takes them down one by one in this action thriller which features moderate violence, discrimination, language, sex, and rude humour, all of which which may be too intense for younger viewers.

12 for discrimination, violence, injury detail, threat, horror, implied strong language, sex, rude humour, suicide, drug references

### Discrimination (3/5)

Throughout the film, there are references to a hate group committing hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people and racial minorities but this violence is never shown onscreen. Verbal abuse is directed at the protagonist, his boyfriend, and other LGBTQ+ characters, including the terms 'f\*\*got,' 'fairy,' 'fudge packer,' 'dyke,' 'tranny,' 'pansy,' and 'sissy'. Discrimination is clearly condemned by other characters and not condoned by the work as a whole.

### Violence (3/5)

There are frequent gunfights with limited sprays of white-colored blood and other fight scenes featuring crunchy punches, kicks, headbutts, undetailed neck and bone breaks, blows with improvised weapons, and use of knives. Although heavy blows are landed, little is shown in terms of injury detail, with the focus instead placed on action. A man is impaled with bladed playing cards in a brief sequence. White blood is seen under a zombie's mouth as he bites off a man’s arm before biting into his head. After being controlled by a zombie parasite, a young man shoots himself in the head with white-colored bloody detail. Armored soldiers are possessed and jump into stationary laser beams, resulting in decapitation and dismemberment with some burn detail but no blood. There are brief sequences where characters have their throats cut and impaled with brief sight of discolored blood resulting. Evil zombies are decapitated, impaled, and bisected during fight scenes, creating sprays of white blood.

### Threat and horror (3/5)

There are frequent scenes of threat including people falling from heights, almost drowning, getting kidnapped, poisoned in a gas attack, and being confronted by huge armies of shrieking zombies. A woman threatens people with a knife and there are scenes of gun threat. The tension is usually broken up with action and dark comedy.

### Language (3/5)

Language includes uses of 'pussy,' 'prick,' 'bitch,' and frequent use of milder terms such as 'shit,' 'dick,' 'son of a bitch,' 'ass,' etc.

### Sex (3/5)

There is a comic scene of implied sex with partners shown thrusting under covers. A woman jokingly 'refreshes' her vagina with a candle before engaging in sex. There is a comic scene in which a man believes that he is about to be circumcised. There are also comic references to sex and genitals.

### Rude humour (3/5)

There are various scenes of crude humour, including a woman projectile vomiting over people and undetailed sight of a paperclip hidden in a man's buttocks being extracted, as well as scenes of people pooping and peeing their pants. There are also frequent fart, burp, and vomit jokes.

### Injury detail (3/5)

There is sight of fantastical, white-colored blood and injury detail in the aftermath of violence, as well as some sight of bullet wounds including in the foreheads of humanlike zombies. There is sight of bodies, some with white pools and splatters under them. A severed arm and an eviscerated body with white-colored innards are found and briefly shown. There is sight of white blood spray on a windshield. Robots are stabbed, decapitated, and cut in half with sprays of red liquid.

### Drugs (3/5)

There is a scene set in a drug lab with packages of cocaine and cannabis leaves that are destroyed but with no drug misuse.

### Suicide (3/5)

A characters takes his life by shooting himself, but the gunshot is only heard as the scene immediately cuts offscreen.

### Alcohol and tobacco (3/5)

There are montages and extended scenes of people drinking, and one brief moment when a child steals an adult's alcoholic drink and drinks it. A child takes an adult's cigarette and briefly smokes it before stopping. Adults are also shown smoking.