Awake not Woke!

This is a slow moving folk horror movie so if you looking for fast paced action horror this isn't it. The highlight is the great acting from the Liz character, the other 3 are ok but not great. I think the movie would of benefited from casting a better lead male. This is a very unsettling eerie film that uses atmosphere, shadows and editing to great affect. The FX are great but I feel like the use of CG in some scenes was unnecessary and actually hurts the movie a bit. It can be a bit confusing at the start but it all comes together in the end. I think it could of used a little more story at the begging for character setup as well. It just starts at the cabin with a couple that's been together for a year and is apparently very serious yet they seem very unsure of each other and uncomfortable. They are also very suspicious of everything right away and we aren't given any context as to why. These are relatively small things overall and still a great movie if you like folk horror. As for woke, this is really hard to say anything about without giving away major spoilers and I don't want to for a movie like this. I can see where the ending could be taken as a possible feminist statement and female victimhood and speaking against male dominance. Given nothing leading up to it is woke I don't think it's meant to be taken that way but I'm really not sure. I think this one could be taken on how you view it but I can't deny there seems to be something there. I'll give it a one woke since it's only at the very end and it's more subtle.

I haven't seen the original foreign film this remakes. Basically a dark comedy about a dysfunctional couple going to a cabin each with a plan to kill the other, but their are escaped killers hiding in the attic. Another movie where everyone is unlikable. Your supposed to root for the couple to escape and get back together but why? The wife is a horrible nasty selfish mega bitch and the husband is a pathetic weak, beta coward. The husband is an overly emotional buffoon while the wife is smart, calm and in control. She cheats on her husband and treats him like trash than blames him or everything and says it's all his fault she acts like she does. 3 out of 4 main male characters are dumb as rocks. There is an attempted gay rape scene and the female criminal is borderline girlboss material. The acting is ok but the characters are written horribly, despite attempts at dark humor it's really not funny. The final 40 or so minutes devolves into a ridiculous over the top gore fest that could of been an ok payoff if the first three quarters of the movie had been better. I finished it and it's sort of watchable just not great.

Zero politics. Very non-commercial film, slow paced and atmospheric. Superior photography coz it's reminiscent of the 70s where the plot is set.

Feminist anti-male trash. Hilariously bad.