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Film 'Onslaught' features military super soldiers attacking a trailer park

Adria Arjona stars as a veteran managing the park, while Dan Stevens plays the scientist behind the soldiers.

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Adria Arjona stars in "Onslaught," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of A24

What this story says

  • The film 'Onslaught' centres on Celeste, a military veteran managing a trailer park, whose life is disrupted when escaped super soldiers attack.
  • Dr. Kammler, a scientist at a nearby military research station, is experimenting on super soldiers who break free and head towards the trailer park.
  • Adria Arjona plays Celeste, and Dan Stevens portrays Dr. Kammler in the film.
  • Supporting roles include Reginald VelJohnson as Josiah, Eric Wareheim as Kovacks, and Drew Starkey as Cyrus.

Who covered it

Left 52%(13)Centre 40%(10)Right 8%(2)

Percentages are shares of the 25 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 13 of the 38 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

57/100

Hype

41/100

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Missing from the right

Only 2 of the 25 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

The film 'Onslaught' features Adria Arjona as Celeste, a military veteran who manages a trailer park. Her daughter, Daisy, is brought to her by her ex-husband. Meanwhile, at a nearby military research station, Dr. Kammler, played by Dan Stevens, is conducting experiments on super soldiers. These soldiers escape and begin moving towards the trailer park. Reginald VelJohnson appears as Josiah, a Vietnam veteran, and Eric Wareheim plays a local police officer named Kovacks. Drew Starkey is cast as a fixer named Cyrus.

Disagreement on film's focus and tone

UPI describes 'Onslaught' as a bleak, violent horror movie reflecting modern anxieties, where the violence creates genuine discomfort. The outlet notes that the soldiers represent the fear of mass shootings and that the film takes Celeste's post-traumatic stress seriously. Variety, however, characterises the film as a 'fun but scattered military slasher' and an 'elevated, razor-wire genre romp,' suggesting it is more of a 'fun bookend to a jam-packed movie summer.' This outlet also notes that the film's snappy opening montage maintains a focus on Operation Paperclip, hinting at Dr. Kammler's Nazi ties.

What the coverage left out

None of the left or centre-rated reports mention Reginald VelJohnson's role as Josiah, Eric Wareheim's role as Kovacks, or Drew Starkey's role as Cyrus. No right-rated outlet ran this story at all.

Tags:#Onslaught#AdriaArjona#DanStevens#AdamWingard#HorrorFilm#ActionMovie

Coverage settled. We checked this 29 times and stopped on 6 Sept 2026, 01:15. The figures above are what it finished at.

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

13 rated outlets

  • Left-rated reports focused on the film's action and horror elements, often highlighting the performances of Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens. Variety described the film as a 'fun but scattered military slasher' and noted its 'aesthetically accomplished' nature. The Wrap's digest stated the film 'makes a lot of exciting promises, then it breaks them.' Inverse called it a 'wild, pulpy action thriller for today’s America,' and Gizmodo's digest noted Adria Arjona stars in the latest film from the team behind 'The Guest' and 'You're Next.' The Hollywood Reporter's digest mentioned Adria Arjona shines in an 'intriguingly colorful, ultimately underwhelming action thriller,' and IndieWire's digest described it as Adam Wingard going 'back to basics with a lean military slasher.'

Centre

10 rated outlets

  • Centre-rated reports highlighted the film's genre and thematic elements. UPI reviewed 'Onslaught' as a 'bleak, violent horror movie about a military offshoot out of control,' reflecting 'modern anxieties' and creating 'genuine discomfort.' IGN's digest stated that the film 'rips,' calling it Adam Wingard's 'ode to '80s action movies' with 'stellar performances, cool villains, and a down-and-dirty feel.'

Right

2 rated outlets

We have not written our reading of the right coverage of this story. The right-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Film 'Onslaught' features military super soldiers attacking a trailer…?
Of the 25 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 52% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 8% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 38. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Film 'Onslaught' features military super soldiers attacking a trailer… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 25 rated outlets on this story, 52% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 8% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Film 'Onslaught' features military super soldiers attacking a trailer… biased?
Film 'Onslaught' features military super soldiers attacking a trailer park is one event reported by 38 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Film 'Onslaught' features military super soldiers attacking a trailer…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Film 'Onslaught' features military super soldiers attacking a trailer…?
38 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who are the main actors in the film 'Onslaught'?
The film 'Onslaught' stars Adria Arjona as Celeste, a military veteran managing a trailer park, and Dan Stevens as Dr. Kammler, the scientist experimenting on super soldiers. Other cast members include Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, and Drew Starkey.
What is the basic plot of 'Onslaught'?
The film follows Celeste, a military veteran managing a trailer park, whose life is disrupted when super soldiers, created by Dr. Kammler at a nearby research station, escape and head towards her park. Celeste must then defend herself and the residents.
How did the left-rated outlets describe the film 'Onslaught'?
Left-rated outlets generally focused on the film's action and horror elements, often highlighting the performances of Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens. They described it as a 'military slasher,' an 'action thriller,' and sometimes noted it was 'underwhelming' despite its colourful aspects.
How did the centre-rated outlets describe the film 'Onslaught'?
Centre-rated outlets focused on the film's genre and thematic elements. UPI described it as a 'bleak, violent horror movie' reflecting 'modern anxieties,' while IGN called it an 'ode to '80s action movies' that 'rips' with a 'down-and-dirty feel.'

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