Awake not Woke!

Held my attention

After years of unwatchable cinema, this film held my attention for the duration. For the most part, the characters were plausible and I was able to forget that the 2 male leads knew one another as Thor and Banner... Slight wokeness included female wish-fulfillment, where a mid Karen can make demands of the Aspy-Asgardian (an awkward Reacher-clone), who only wants to appease her. Also Banner-cop spreading the wealth and goodness despite being surrounded by corruption. We get no real explanation why these guys are the way they are despite the enormous pressure put on them to be jerks. The obligatory mulatto-chick didn't seem too forced, thanks to Halle Berry's portrayal of worn-out insurance exec and I didn't even recognise Jennifer Jason Leigh as the long-suffering Banner's wife. Her role was to twist the knife but he was just too nice to get Ruffalo'd. Some plot-holes mar this otherwise enjoyable film, including unresolved fence (an ancient Nick Nolte) and hacker arcs, and why the otherwise cautious lead suddenly forgetting years of discipline and blowing his modus operandum. Oh and, of course, returning and risking life imprisonment for the entitled shrew in plain clothing... Seems like a lot of movies blow their wad in the last quarter - after you've paid and are trapped in your seat, naturally... Still, it's a pretty good watch after years of Tinsel-town tripe.

Love this movie

This is the epitome of 1980's cornball funny. It's total irreverent humor that should generate a negative Wokness rating. It couldn't be made today because of all the racial slur humor. That must be why it can't be found anywhere on streaming or DVD. If you can find it, watch it.

Not that woke

I feel like the movie itself isn't that woke, at least if we are ignoring its intentions. On a purely logical level Bear has absolutely no reason to believe a random object from a shop has magical powers. He’s just making a wish that people make all the time. He's also obviously in constant denial that her sudden love for him is unnatural due to his desire for her to like him and because thats a natural reaction to experiencing a paranormal event. He didn't have control of the situation, to argue he took advantage of her, he was literally trapped in this situation. But seeing how people reacted to it, and knowing how the movie industry works, we can guess it was intended for people to see him in a villainous manner. They know that the average watcher (especially women which are the target audience) will react based on feelings instead of logic (his harmless action caused a tragedy = his fault, he should have been fully aware of the unpredictable turn of events). So it's kinda woke but still enjoyable.

The lead white female greets her white daughter, Spanish husband and black father. Sure, why not. The entire movie is populated by nothing but DEI minorities and females. I think I might of seen 1 white male background character until the first one shows up at the 30 minute mark and he's a throwaway character in service to the black father. Actually other than the black father and Spanish husband there's almost no male characters. Every single character is female. Even the Spanish husband is a manbun wearing neutered emotional house husband. The acting is decent but the writing is pretty bad. There is a secret bunker safe house with state of the art security cameras and defenses to hide diplomats but all the cameras are hardwired in with large gauge conduit literally just laying everywhere above ground for anyone to see. My internet provider buries hidden cable better than this nonsense. Most of this movie consists of noises and shapes in the dark with the lead wondering around looking concerned. The finale gets even sillier and the creature design and CG are shockingly bad. Not recommended.