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Meh.

Years ago, I had a friend from the Laplands. He told me about his career in hockey. He couldn't play the game. His role was a Goon. He was about 5'6" and very stout. If it wasn't for him, I would think this movie was BS. I'm only a hockey fan during the Olympics (USA-Gold!!!). It's hard to accept that the role of Goon actually exists. Spoiler... it does.

The movie is a fictionalized biography based on a book that I now intend to read. ($20 Kindle) I may edit my review after that.

The basic plot:
- Simple minded bouncer has a chance encounter with a losing hockey team manager resulting in a "tryout."
- Bouncer is now a Goon who can barely skate but scares the daylights out of all opponents. Also, meets girl. Team starts winning.
- Big lead up to the final, big game where he must meet the about-to-retire goon of goons legend.

It's pretty predictable from there. It's raunchy with language, violence and a few R-rated scenes.

The Woke is due to his homosexual brother who plays a very minor role. There's no agenda that I could see. The man-on-man kiss near the beginning was a fleeting one and done. I think they just checked the DEI box with that one to get the movie released.

Great over-the-top violent, action mixed with humor.

Given the cast, I was expecting DEI-fest. I was pleasantly surprised. The "kill-the-bad-guys" action was John Wick level. Bautista and Mamoa worked great together. With all the fight scenes, there wasn't a single female performing bad-assery that ruins action movies and TV. Morena Baccarin did do some Ken Block level driving, but it worked. That was mostly CGI anyway. Perhaps Hollywood is getting the idea. (go-woke, go broke)

Delicious take on Kamen Rider that is too sweet on the messaging

Despite the cheerful and colorful appearance coupled with goofy candy motifs, the mature and sometimes dark undertones that undergird the themes are actually selling point. Furthermore, the bad guys are almost equivalent to human traffickers and drug cartels.

That said, it does try to sell the point that one should seek happiness the way one wants to, but sometimes our happiness actually comes from God and our relationship with Him who leads the way. Now, given this is Japanese culture, it’s to be expected that they would define happiness differently, but I just wanted to put that out there.

One downside for kids who want to emulate heroes like this Kamen Rider- don’t let them have too much sugar!

Top-tier anti-woke comedy

That's it!

He is the G.O.A.T. 🐐

Woke! with LGBT+, the rest of the alphabet and then some.

What can you say about Toni Collette? Brilliant actor? yes. Extreme activist who influenced her own children to be gender-confused for her own political confirmations? Absolutely.
Toni played these characters to perfection. It's a diverse group of personalities in one woman. The great acting is undeniable. If it wasn't for the LGBT+ agenda, this would be a great series.
The son is a homosexual. The response from dad when he tells him: "good for you." A lot of the plot is about him and his "self-discovery" in a strong agenda.

The story and acting is great. The agenda is overpowering. What a waste.

Straight-up popcorn movie

This isn’t woke and I went in ready to roll my eyes, thinking I was about to get smacked with a giant diversity lecture and a bunch of girlboss energy telling the male leads what to do. Yeah, there’s diversity in it, but it doesn’t feel forced. And to my surprise (a good one), it never turns into that. Sure, there are a couple moments where you’re like “STFU!” but it fits the story and doesn’t feel preachy.

Fun action flick, very 90s buddy-cop energy, Lethal Weapon vibes. It’s not top-tier or anything, but it gets the job done if you just want to switch off and kill some time.

Watchable series with an abrupt ending

The first year was a short season. I think that was from the writers' strike.

The second season was 23 episodes. It was the highest rated series on the network.

The third season went 10 episodes and ended. No cliffhanger, no resolution of story lines. Supposedly, the first two episodes had very bad ratings. There was some kind of extra episode published on the DVD set that resolved the outstanding plots. I haven't seen that.

The series had TV-level acting, directing and writing. I isn't outstanding, but it is entertaining. We enjoyed it and were annoyed by the abrupt end.

Wokeness: none. There's no agenda.

(possible spoilers)
Kyle wasn't born. He escaped a facility where he was genetically engineered. He's good-natured and kind with superhuman abilities learning to be human. Another one, Jessi, escaped later on. She's not so good-natured. She also had superhuman abilities, but without discretion. She could beat up (or kill) any man. I don't think that's woke. It's just part of the story. The series sort of morphed into a love-triangle between Kyle, the girl next door, and Jessi. It got a little over-the-top with the relationships in my opinion.

Worth watching? yes.

Must-see? not so much.

Tries to portray a violent criminal as a hero with a rightous purpose.

It has been years since I've seen this movie, but...

Transplant lists are larger than transplant supplies. It's a fact of life.

Younger patients are at the top of the list. There's more potential use of the organs.

Economic status is not a consideration for transplant committees.

This is all heartbreaking, but true. (You may want to update your Organ Donor Status.)

That said, the one line I remember in the movie: "You just tried to shoot an innocent man on live TV." or something to that effect. This was after a sniper took a shot at John Q. who was holding several people hostage. That's hardly innocent. He was using the threat of violence for his purpose.

The desperation is understandable by any parent. That doesn't justify the actions here.

The movie was hard for me to watch because the underlying agenda was overwhelming.

This is typical of modern late to the party sequels thought it's probably a little better than most. It manages to maintain the feel and atmosphere of the originals for the most part. All the usual tropes, cliché story, all the legacy characters show up for limited screen time looking old and just sad. Your enjoyment of this movie will probably heavily depend on your nostalgia of the originals, if you've never seen them then this will probably not be very good either. The director does a good job of capturing the feel of the franchise but it's painfully obvious he's in way over his head. It's another instance of an unproven nobody being handed a job he's unqualified for. This guy's sole directing credits are a handful of less shorts less than 5 minutes long then gets to direct a 150 million dollar action franchise movie? How does this happen?
Then there is the usual woke problems as well. Axel has a scene at the beginning that appears to make fun of the woke white liberal racists then 10 minutes later plays the police victimize blacks card. There are 2 ridiculous DEI female officers that are clearly there for a reason. There are multiple modern woke comments and mentalities scattered throughout. Axel's daughter hijacks a good portion of the movie and the constant whining about her dysfunctional family gets old fast and serves to just pad out film time. Her acting is not very good, she's not likable and she gets more annoying as the movie goes on. She is a defense attorney that takes on a case for an innocent Spanish male that she just believes immediately for no real reason and with zero evidence at that point. She is involved with a white male so we can check the mixed race box. There are multiple characters that appear to be gay or at least beta's based on speech and mannerisms. There is a very flamboyant obviously gay Spanish drug dealer in a weird gay bar with half naked
men walking around. At no point is any of this stuff the focus of the movie or is it preached about but it is present and it is there for a reason. This may be worth a watch depending on your tolerance for woke.

Pushes the free health care agenda

Surprisingly funny

A unique indie silent film, nothing like the usual, with a touch of classic film noir and some cartoony humor thrown in.

Great for all ages.

Absolutely nothing woke about it.

Instead of raising the bar, they somehow lowered it even more (if that’s even possible compared to the second movie, obviously).

Which brings me to the fans and defenders of this garbage who basically act like the second one never even existed 🤷🏻‍♂️ because not even they defend it. LOL. So there’s that, kind of incomprehensible, but totally in line with the movie’s level of writing.

It’s entertaining if you watch it just to have a good time with friends and treat it like one of those horror movies that are so bad they end up being funny.

⚠ SPOILER ALERT ⚠
Nothing is redeemable: the father-son dialogue happening during the initiation ritual, the obese zombies who can only afford to eat worms, the whole broken-family drama where, while the mom is dying of cancer, the husband cheats on her with the town’s schoolteacher, a mom who goes from bedridden to suddenly hiking with her son, the zombie’s dick that looks like Jason Momoa, an infected woman giving birth where we’re shown that women support each other no matter what and that a zombie apocalypse doesn’t matter at all. A Voldemort knockoff covered in iodine who collects bones and sees the mother as a nice skull to crown his masterpiece, a son who ends up climbing the pile of bones to place his mother’s skull on top (not before giving it a goodbye kiss) and a finale where the Power Rangers show up swinging nunchucks.
FOR GOD’S SAKE!!! WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH HAHAHAHAHA.