Awake not Woke!

Loosely based on a Florida serial killer in the 1970's. This is a very well made movie with pretty good acting and the 70's period is very well done. However it's marketed as a thriller but that's really a secondary story. It focuses way more on the family dynamic and teen angsty romance drama than anything else. I's not really a bad movie just not a serial killer thriller. The only woke is some DEI including the child characters black best friend. Another one I would really say is more of a 2.5 but for me I just don't think it's a 3.

As accurate as you can be in a two-hour movie

Firstly, it was completely non-woke. Secondly, it was very entertaining. Historical accuracy? If you're looking for that, it's foolhardy to think it will be highly detailed in 125 minutes of movie. The facts are mostly intact. The movie was about the beginning of George Washington's military career. George Washington was one of the most respected military leaders in history. That kind of respect is earned. It would be hard to overplay his heroism and determination. The main point of contention in some early reviews is the "glossing over" of slavery. That's a completely different topic. Historical facts don't often stand up against Confirmation Bias.

All the usual DEI minority casting and feminism with women smarter and better than men. White female Clara's husband is revealed and to no ones surprise he's black. Just have to check that mixed race couples box they love so much. The acting is...average I guess though some of the kids aren't very good. The writing's not great and the dialogue's pretty bad. The main group of characters gets very annoying quickly. This is another of those modern movies where they expect the viewer to root for and be on the side of a group of characters that are unlikable and irritating. The original dystopian sci fi setup in the first 20 minutes gets totally abandoned for a standard 'group of characters takes shelter in the wrong house' trope. This could of been set up in so many ways with the same results, group of delinquents rob a store and take shelter at a house, group of delinquents break down on the road, group of delinquents rob a house. The elaborate setup at the beginning seems mostly pointless and poorly thought out. While I did watch the entire movie it's nothing we haven't seen before. It's pretty horror lite but if you like those types of movies and can take the midlevel woke it might be worth a one time watch.

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.