Is Rescue Dawn actually good?

Rescue Dawn sits in the 64.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 64.1% of them.

How does Rescue Dawn compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, Rescue Dawn lands in the 69.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Rescue Dawn's score based on?

205 calibrated reviewers stand behind Rescue Dawn's score.

2006

global pct

64.1

Film · 2006 · Films · 2000s

Rescue Dawn

Name: Rescue Dawn
Genre: Adventure, Biography, War
Released: 2006

Scored from 205 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

64.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

69.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

84.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

205 calibrated reviewers

Summary

During the early days of the Vietnam War, U.S. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler is shot down over Laos and captured by Pathet Lao forces. Held in a brutal jungle prison camp alongside other POWs, he refuses to break and begins plotting a daring escape through the unforgiving wilderness. Based on the true story of Dengler's survival and attempt to find his way back to friendly forces.

Rescue Dawn is a 2006 adventure, biography and war film.

The calibrated figure is built from 205 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 209 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 7,684 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Rescue Dawn (2006) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 205
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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