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Kind of fun, bloody, indie horror

The acting actually isn't as terrible as I'd expected and at least The Demon Inside isn't made on a cell phone. The sound quality and lighting isn't amateur and the plot is serviceable. That's really cool. I wish more indie films were made with higher quality equipment and better caliber actors like this one. I even bumped my rating a little higher just for that. Don't expect a lot, but it's worth a watch.

I was surprised to learn that I think these indie films are mostly woke free because they don't have to bow to their corporate overlords for funding and have less need to appeal to everyone and anyone.

... Minor spoilers ...

It's mainly about a dude with a drinking problem who's house is possessed by a demon. He and his wife call upon a group of nutty ghost hunters to try and relieve the home of demons, but that doesn't work. There's a fair amount of blood, no apparent CGI and it's free of any and all woke aspects.

Not bad.

Wokeness: I didn't notice any agenda.
I love a good whodunit story. This one isn't too bad. The lead character, Benoit Blanc, seems to be a mashup of literary detectives, Poirot, Dupin, and maybe Holmes. The mystery is a play on a Dickson Carr story, The Hollow Man. That is, a locked room murder. They even reference the book in this movie. There are a few weaknesses in the basic plot, but, overall, it's worth the watch.
I will opine that this isn't Craig's best work.

While there are a few comments that could be considered wokish they are done in the context of a joke and for humor and not preachy or forced so I'm not marking it for that. This is another yearly watch for the holidays for us. Good acting and writing. While the jokes are good and well done it's more of a solid humorous Christmas movie than a laugh out loud one though there are some of those as well.

Rewatch after 40 years...(almost)

I saw this when it first came out. I remember liking it. It's definitely a '80's comedy. That is, cheesy, predictable, and kind of gimmicky: "That's not a knife. This... is a knife." I love fish-out-of-water stories. This was a pretty good one. There was a transsexual character that was the subject of ridicule, so, no woke there. Paul Hogan wrote and starred in it. He played heavily on the culture shock between the Outback and the big city. It's a fun movie as long as you don't take it too seriously.

Pro-family Christmas movie

One of the greatest family movies of all time.

This will not be for everyone but it's become part of the regular Christmas watching rotation for us for years now. The comedy is pretty good but it is a 90's movie so there's some sappy romance stuff mixed in as well. Cage and Lovitz work well together with their comedic timing. Carvey's performance is a little one note and while he has some decent comedic scenes his constant Klepto and over the top stupidity starts to get old halfway through the movie. The FBI agent and the mother have some great scenes as well. Whether or not you will like this probably will depend largely on your like of the 90's and the 3 lead actors.
There is nothing woke.

Not really woke. There is one 2 second scene of a lonely man in a window who has another man come up to him and give him a kiss
on the cheek and he smiles and they both walk away implying a gay couple. It's a very short scene and it's done in the context of a joke. The characters are never seen again or before this. I Don't see any reason to ding it for that one thing. This is a watchable Christmas movie despite Affleck's horrendous performance. I don't know if he was directed to do this or if it's his fault. His character is so annoying and his acting is terrible. He does this weird high pitched whiney high energy annoying voice that is awful. The strange thing is there are a couple of scenes were
he is a normal person and his acting is fine and his voice is normal. His character has some great jokes and lines that would be funny if not
for his bad acting and voice. The saving grace though and the real reason to watch this is the performances by James Gandolfini and Catherine O'Hare. Those two steal the show with excellent acting and hilarious jokes. Applegate has some good scenes but those 2 are by far the highlight.

So you're like a -- we don't speak of it

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Well, not really. Jack is shown with pigeon wings on the jacket, and the scars show up in the first scene.
The script plays fast and loose with the cainite origin of -- we don't speak of it.

Rollins is somewhat convincing as Jack; the rest of the cast is on par.

The movie suffers from a slow start, where it does a lukewarm job of building up its main character.

It then devolves into a lazy and slow-paced Terminator-like action ending.

Its cardinal sin, in my eye, is the lack of lore-building. It awkwardly hints, sometimes, but never really sparks interest.
It stretches the 15-lines background of a game character into a 90 minutes movie. Just not enough butter for that much bread.

Well, Krawczyk (writer and director) apparently wrote a sequel with even less substance (She Never Died, I guess they'll need a dog to round up the trilogy).
So, as good as he gets.

Hard sci-fi with fantasy elements, no forced political messaging.

First things first: the person writing this analysis has actually read the material people usually reference when they talk about DEI policies tied to the cultural movement called WOKE.That includes things like Executive Order 14035 (DEIA, 2021), Executive Order 13988 (gender identity and sexual orientation, 2021), EEOC guidance on Title VII, court decisions like Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), and state-level laws such as Florida’s HB 7 (2022), along with similar measures elsewhere. These policies were widely criticized for encouraging identity-based hiring and training frameworks that, according to critics, created bureaucratic overhead, legal gray areas, creative constraints, and in some cases counterproductive results within the entertainment industry.

That said, those executive orders, laws, and court rulings did not create the WOKE movement. That movement has much broader cultural roots: academia, media, corporate culture, social platforms, and earlier activist currents. In short, legal and administrative actions helped institutionalize certain ideas, but they weren’t the sole drivers, or even necessarily the primary ones, behind what people now label as WOKE culture.

What’s being criticized here, specifically in audiovisual storytelling, is the WOKE approach itself, not the presence of a gay character, a trans man, a non-binary character, or a lesbian. In film and TV, “woke” usually means something else entirely: narrative choices that feel forced in order to push a political message, where an external agenda overrides story logic. Something becomes woke when it’s shoved into the narrative, poorly integrated, breaks internal consistency, feels out of place, or exists mainly to serve a message instead of the plot or the characters.

Quick but necessary clarification before moving on: if someone reading this can’t tell the difference between cultural criticism and political positioning, I genuinely don’t recommend continuing. This is about storytelling, industry context, and narrative decisions—not about telling anyone how to vote or what ideology to adopt.

Now, something you don’t usually see on this site: a very clear warning that heavy spoilers are coming.

⚠ SPOILER ALERT ⚠

In Episode 1, it’s established right away that the protagonist is a woman in a relationship with another woman. If that’s part of the setup from the start, that is not woke—it’s just the foundation of the story. I am not anti-homo; I am anti-woke (and if anyone reading this is anti-homo—meaning that seeing two people of the same sex being attracted to each other bothers you—that’s your issue. You always have the power in your hands: you can switch shows, change the channel, or just turn the damn thing off. No one is forcing you to watch this. And if you get worked up over it, you already lost).

So, as I was saying, her partner dies very early on, but if the character is attracted to women and you’re presenting her as potentially "the last human on Earth", then yes, you’re obviously going to show romantic moments between them. Expect that kind of content. It’s not subtle, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone.

ℹ SAFE TO READ ℹ

That said, the first episode itself is fairly weak. Like a lot of viewers worldwide, many people probably kept going mainly because Vince Gilligan is behind it—the same Vince Gilligan who created what a massive chunk of the planet still considers the greatest TV series ever made: Breaking Bad. Otherwise, I’m honestly not sure I would have kept watching, since the inciting incident leans a bit too hard into the fantastical and everything moves extremely fast. The episode feels more like a setup vehicle to establish the apocalypse so Carol’s story can start, which isn’t exactly Gilligan’s usual pacing or style.

From that point on, though, the show steadily improves. I won’t repeat what other comments have already covered about the plot, because I mostly agree with them: after Episode 2, everything becomes much tighter, well structured, and genuinely organic.

⚠ STRONG SPOILER ALERT ⚠ (important political reference)

However, there’s a specific moment I want to highlight. In one episode, she asks to speak with someone outside her house. A man steps forward—someone who, before becoming part of the hive mind, was the mayor of Albuquerque. Out of several people present, he volunteers, and she flatly says: “No. No politicians.” And that, right there, reads as a very clear “I’ll play by the rules, but I don’t want politics running the conversation” signal in the script—and that, yes, that is a good sign.

ℹ SAFE TO READ ℹ

The reason this stands out is simple. If we’re watching a show of this scale now, finished, almost in the last quarter of 2025, it’s because it spent years in production beforehand. That means that when it was being shot, the creators were operating under the rules, expectations, and legal frameworks of the time. Filming started in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in November 2023, and that context matters.

Zooming back out, Apple TV’s official synopsis was always very clear: “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.” With a premise like that, you shouldn’t expect a charming or heroic lead. Don’t expect warmth. She’s a selfish person—apathetic, stubborn, short-tempered. You might recognize pieces of yourself in her, sure, but this isn’t a story designed for easy identification or emotional comfort. You’re not meant to fully like her. In many ways, that’s the entire point.

So, anyone who’s curious should just watch it chill. There’s no forced message here, SO FAR. The pacing is slow and, honestly, it can get annoying at times. It feels like it drags more than it needs to, but that’s just how the show is built. Still, it pulls you in because the core of the story works. The characters feel grounded, with real flaws and real attitudes, and the protagonist, more often than not, ends up being her own worst enemy.

Enjoy.

A masterful action film

The show doesn't have any woke elements, besides the common token black character in the background or expendable kills for the T-800 unit, other than that, a masterclass in action movies from start to finish.

I would even argue that it has a pro-life subtext, see the movie to understand so I do not spoil the whole concept and story.

The almost perfect action masterpiece

Other than the common token sub-saharan african man who invented an AI so smart that destroyed humanity, despite the fact that in average sub-saharan africans have an IQ of 76, below the level of mental retardation in Western countries, the movie excels in every single aspect.

The cinematography, the script, the pacing, the set pieces, the score, the acting, the concept makes up for a masterclass in action movies.

A pet lover’s heartwarming movie to warm the heart for Christmas

Biblical lessons are abounded in this movie for Great American Family Channel, that truly keeps the promise of keeping things biblical with none of the wokeness. God brings us on paths we did not expect and James 1 speaks of how God will put us in trials to strengthen us. This is what happens when a veteran forced to retire after a career ending injury meets a pet adoption center owner and starts a partnership that blossoms.