Awake not Woke!

Okay, I started watching this one with zero expectations, and honestly, it was pretty easy for me to rate it for this site. Right from the beginning, the protagonist kicks off with that heavy moralizing: the classic "this is what you should do, and this is what you shouldn't" stuff you see in militant-style writing that tries to lecture you on how to behave. But the character quickly slams into reality, and that actually made me want to keep watching. It's not a high-quality movie by any means. It’s got a ton of plot holes, but it’s decent enough to just kick back and kill some time with. Is it woke? Yeah, it is. But not in that unbearable, preachy, "let me educate you" way. The main character is a messed-up person, and you're not really supposed to identify with him. As for the quality: This is obviously subjective, but for me it’s a pretty mediocre popcorn flick. Some parts are actually immersive and make you think (if they’d gone deeper with it, it would’ve been way better), and other parts are funny. Though you’re not sure if they meant it to be or not that way. I wouldn’t recommend it because there’s nothing really new or fresh here, but it’s watchable for a one-time viewing.

More like SHE-MAN 👎

Nasty girlboss all the men are terrified of and is smarter than all the men. Actually all the men seem to be idiots or overemotional, while the females are smarter and rational. Flamboyantly gay flight attendant. The usual DEI casting choices. Tiny females holding there own against large men is a theme here. The script thinks its clever and funny but the dialogue and jokes are just eye rolling. The entire plot is ridiculous and silly and the writing isn't much better. By the halfway point everything devolves into silly slapstick stupid comedy. Spoilers...... The all powerful genius terrorist 'Ghost' is exactly what you would expect from a woke script and I guessed it within 2 seconds of screen time. A tiny 5' 100lb 29 year old Indian female. She is again an annoying arrogant snarky unlikable character. No surprise she's not really bad and just a victim getting revenge while the real villains are the American white girlboss gov agent and her white male beta American gov agent. These woke movies are so predictable.

Not too shabby!

For a production on a shoestring budget, I haven't heard a single bad word about it. All the BTS we've been getting is fascinating, too. Markiplier really knows what he's doing when it comes to all this, and he does it well. With close ties to the original designer of the game, it has a solid premise and sticks with it well. I'll be the first to admit the nonlinear storytelling can get a bit confusing, and that can be a turn-off for some audiences. I'm not gonna go around showing this to my kids or my grandparents. It might even take a few watches before you catch the whole plot- but that was what people praised classics like inception for, so I don't see it as a real problem in my eyes. It's not a traditional horror, it's more like a suspense/cosmic horror situation. That's one of my favorite types, honestly, though I wouldn't have minded a few more overt scares. Mid-high wokeness for white-passing male cowering under the thumb of a bossy woman, and for themes of god being evil.