Awake not Woke!

Initially I thought this French action movie was confusing and didn't make much sense. I didn't realize until 15 minutes in when the movie title in French came up on screen that it's actually the final film in a trilogy. The original French title is Balle Perdue 3 but the English title gives no indication it's a sequel. The action sequences while well done are reminiscent of 90's Hollywood. Every vehicles that explode into a fireball when crashed, fight scenes are highly stylized to look 'cool' while having no basis in reality. I can't say much about the story as it didn't make a lot of sense having not seen the previous movie. This just didn't interest me enough to go look them up though. For woke there is the usual DEI overrepresentation of minorities as well as having mostly females in authority roles. Overall maybe decent if you saw the first 2 but average at best action movie. More of a 2.5 but rounded down to 2 for all the DEI junk.

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.