The King's Man
Witness the bloody origin.
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Wokeness: 40%
Overall Score: 50%
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cheezyveritas
Get through the first hour and you'll be rewarded
Without giving away any spoilers, there are several elements in the first hour that are fully woke: neofeminism, revisionist history, GWMS (guilty white man syndrome), hyperpacifism - all while being perfectly fine with a social structure of royalty/inherited superiority and subjugation of people into classes or stations of work w/little to no advancement. So there seems to be some confusion and conflicted values at play. But make it past this point and one could argue that some enlightenment takes place, or even redemption from a couple of those initial portrayals. The bits of history, action sequences, special effects, and pretty good acting make it an enjoyable movie - and one of those worth discussion afterwards.
Created: 09-25-2022
Pha-Q woke
Inferior Prequel With Minor Woke
This is a far inferior film that doesn't even feel like it belongs in the same franchise. Woke elements consist of some modern feminism, and comments containing white guilt. While the acting and SFX are well done the story is lacking. The first 2 films blend humor and over the top action scenes and are an enjoyable parody of Bond spy films. This is a serious boring mostly drama with bland action scenes and questionable writing that jumps around and frequently makes no sense.
Created: 04-27-2023
45trump47
Mild woke
Token black and female character have a lot of decision-making power in 1914. Both save a white character. The movie combines some factually accurate history from WW1 to make things interesting. US saves the day. Again. Decent prequel.
Created: 07-12-2023
NoWo
Real history nuggets drowned in woke sludge
The time-lapse of the Battle of the Somme is nice.
The women pining white feathers on men (young or otherwise) to try and shame them into joining the senseless slaughter of WW1 is accurate. And excusable, considering how, at the time, women showed great courage and prowess, and themselves joined the armed forces by the billions. Sarcasm on my part, obviously.
The rest has all the accuracy of an English general quoting Patton in 1914. Yup, this happens, within the first half hour.
Good actors, expensive production, tepid result. Except maybe for Rasputin. Portrayed 1/3 drunken master, 2/3 sex-crazed maniac. And it does get better in the final third.
Also, Gemma Arterton, still alluring, well in her forties. But girlboss.
In every scene she's in, girlboss as far as the eye can see.
Created: 07-19-2024
