Possible coordinated and policy-violating reviews on Desert Warrior

Hi,

I would like to report a concerning pattern of user reviews on Desert Warrior:

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13570066

The film has not yet been released, however a significant number of 1-star reviews have already been submitted. Many of these reviews appear to be based on assumptions rather than actual viewing.

In addition, several patterns raise concerns about policy violations:

Multiple reviews appear to be duplicated or highly similar in structure and wording
A number of accounts seem newly created and used immediately for posting reviews
Several reviews include statements suggesting the users have not seen the film

More importantly, a number of reviews contain language that appears to target casting choices based on ethnicity or race, for example:

questioning why an “African actor” is cast
statements rejecting actors based on skin color or origin
repeated claims that certain ethnicities should not represent specific roles

This type of content appears to go beyond normal critique and may fall under IMDb’s guidelines regarding inappropriate or discriminatory content.

Given the combination of:

pre-release reviewing
repeated / coordinated patterns
and potentially guideline-violating language

Could this title please be reviewed for:

inauthentic or coordinated activity
possible review removal where guidelines are violated
and rating stabilization prior to release

Thank you for your time and review.

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Maya

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16 days ago

Hi ahmetyavuz-

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

We are aware that there are people who may vote for the sole purpose of trying to inflate/deflate the rating for a movie. We have several safeguards in place to automatically detect and defeat this type of ballot stuffing: even though we count and display all unaltered votes in the rating breakdown, we apply several countermeasures against all attempts to skew the rating for the weighted rating you see displayed on the site. We will review the title in question to ensure that the weighted average is displaying as intended.

For more information on our abuse detection methods, or details about IMDb ratings and weighted averages, please refer to our Ratings FAQ.

Cheers!

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Hi Maya,

Thank you for the response, really appreciate you taking a look.

I just wanted to add a bit more specific context that may help with the review:

A number of reviews appear to be duplicated almost word-for-word (including repeated paragraphs and identical phrasing across different accounts)
Several accounts posted reviews immediately after creation within the same short time window
Some reviews explicitly indicate the users have not seen the film, yet are rating it 1/10
There are also instances of the same review text being posted multiple times by the same user

Additionally, some reviews include language targeting casting choices based on ethnicity (e.g. rejecting actors based on origin or skin tone), which may fall outside standard review guidelines.

Given these more specific patterns, it may be worth a closer manual review of:

duplicate reviews
newly created account activity clusters
and reviews that do not reflect actual viewing

Happy to share specific examples if helpful.

Thanks again

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