All User Reviews

Very clever and entertaining multi-plot film

There were only a few scenes that illustrated woke themes but they dissipated quickly and were not forced as a backdrop or continuously throughout the movie. Plenty of intrigue, suspense, action, comedic scenarios, and clever plot twists. Very enjoyable.

Entertaining action with skillful camera work

Quite a good movie with decent dialogue and a script that's fairly easy to follow - even with the frequent cuts/flashbacks to the past. Some of the action is flagrantly bombastic, but it doesn't destroy the positives of the film.

Beautiful filmography and intriguing action plot in this 3rd of the Equalizer series. Highly recommend seeing the prequels first. No wokeness detected, some good lessons in character and communication, and admittedly requires a bit of suspension of belief/reality. Still very good.

Methodical, well-built, suspense and drama thriller

I'm a sucker for great cinematography in place of nature around the world, so putting that bias aside - or at least into context - this film did a great job of building the characters and telling the viewer about them at a decent pace while the story develops. There's realistic and sensible dialogue, kinetic action scenes that engage, and a crescendo to the final reveal that is rewarding. The attention given to native tribes and lessons from the past isn't preachy or overt victimization haranguing, but more a somber nod to factual faults and mistakes of a different era. Didn't detect any real wokeness. Beautiful movie.

Strong script/show idea, very weak fulfillment

I rated the show as 'poor' because the acting is incredibly subpar and seems either desperately forced or disconnected at times - especially by some characters. The plot has many and repeating holes and impracticalities that are difficult to simply ignore and overlook in order to accept the situations or premises.
The major factor of 'wokeness' is the heavy emphasis on 'girl boss' roles that chronically belittle, shame, correct, outperform their male counterparts. That wouldn't be acceptable if roles were reversed and as is makes for a very impractical and 'false reality' version of a plot and series. Wondering if my perception was biased or off, I checked. Nope - it was intentional and forced: https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2023/03/23/hong-chau-on-gender-dynamics-and-tropes-in-netflixs-the-night-agent/
https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/the-night-agent-showrunner-reveals-the-one-old-trope-he-wants-to-break-every-season-3037703/

Totally DEI based

I'm not going to spend much time writing these lines since the movie isn't worth it. However, for anyone seeking an objective take on the woke content, it can be summarized as follows:

- Gay marriage has nothing to do with the plot; it's just there for the sake of being there.
- The villains are portrayed as NRA members.
- The bad guys are consistently depicted as following the "white supremacist" trope.
- Meat consumption is portrayed negatively, and the inclusion of graphic slaughterhouse scenes feels completely irrelevant to the plot, appearing more like vegan propaganda.

Not woke

Not the best movie ever but rather entertaining. It revolves around the occupation of germany by the allies which is a topic rarely treated by cinema. The movie shows some pretty shocking stuff, which is accurate to represent the nightmare that was post war Germany, although there’s some romantisation.

The movie is not woke and believe it or not it used to be standard in the pre pandemic world 😢.

Great show

Just tells a story. The characters are organic. If it's woke it's buried under enough story to take away the bad smell of wokery

Horrible

Just a vehicle for Neil Gaiman to be invited to more lefty parties

Gets into the woke atraight away

Main hero is an incompetent white male. They conflate trying to limit immigration with fascism half way through thebfirst episode.

Could have been interesting but it sh*t the bed straight out if the posts.

Mixed race couple, white people racist. The lead black female is annoying racist character. The acting is bad, the fx are bad,
the lighting and cinematography is bad. Everything about this screams no budget armature hour. Also at the 38 minute mark when I
gave up there is absolutely nothing that would make this a horror movie as advertised.

White People and America Racist, Blacks Innocent Victims.

Flag smasher in the comics is a large Swedish white male while here he has been race and gender swapped into a small bi-racial
female. Typical DEI extreme casting everywhere. I lost count of the amount of mixed race either couples or immediate onscreen
attractions there were. Some instances of girl bosses. A completely out of place nonsense scene involving white police officers
harassing Sam for no reason other than being black. The villains are basically a bunch of immigrants who believe they should have the
right to be in whatever country they want and there should be no borders with one world government. We are repeatedly told they have
the right idea and really aren't evil just misguided and going about it the wrong way. Despite murdering at will and causing widespread
destruction and terrorists activities like you know......TERRORISTS!! The main villain Flag Smasher is a complete joke, not threatening in the least
and has no charisma or real plan at all. It is unbelievable this many people would follow this lunatic so blindly. She is a whiny liberal brainwashed college student who throws a tantum and gets violent anytime she doesn't get her way or someone disagrees with her. Despite these things the production values are excellent and the fight choreography and CG look great. The idea behind the story isn't necessarily bad with the displacement of people after the bling and return it's just bathed in liberal wokeness and drowned. Sam and Bucky are actually great onscreen together and are fun
to watch for the first 4 episodes. Then comes the final 2 episodes. Number five is about 90% percent woke racist trash and almost completely skippable. The long anti-America racist white hatred black victimhood rant Isaiah goes on in just vile disgusting garbage. This is then repeated in episode 6 by Sam at the end after assuming the mantle of Capt America. These last 2 episodes are just pure America and White hating propaganda that completely destroy any fun and enjoyment this series had up until that point.