Film · 1999 · Films · 1990s
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Two parallel scores from 263 z-qualifying reviewers and 271 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 4,082 peers in Films · 1990s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.272 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.33 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.37 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.170 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 263 / 271 |
Summary
An African-American hitman in an East Coast city lives by the ancient code of the samurai, communicating with his Mafia handler only by carrier pigeon. When a contract goes wrong and the mob turns on him, Ghost Dog must reconcile his rigid bushido loyalty with the crumbling criminal world that employs him.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
263 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.272. DB2 raw mean = 7.37.
90% CI-floor = +0.170. Thin samples penalized.
Global 72.7 / cohort 72.6. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1990s
