Captive State focuses primarily on gritty science fiction and resistance themes, keeping its characters grounded in skill and story rather than overt identity politics. Casting appears driven by narrative needs, not forced representation. The film doesn't fall into the usual modern tropes of overemphasized identity or perfection in diverse leads, so narrative integrity is largely preserved.

While family ties and themes of rebellion are present, the film doesn't overtly mock or undermine traditional values, nor does it go out of its way to pathologize masculinity or other cultural bedrocks. There’s minimal subversion or forced moral messaging, with more focus on high-stakes survival instead.

Though it's critical of authority, alien and human, it doesn’t reduce dissenting views to crude caricature or villainy. There’s some lack of ideological diversity, but it stops short of the heavy-handed monoculture seen in more ‘woke’ productions. Slight hints of resistance romanticism, but nothing extreme.