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DEI casting, especially silly given this is a Kiwi film that takes place in Kiwiland. I can't imagine that the number of black Africans living in New Zealand could be higher than a tiny fraction of one percent.

And the Zimbabwean character is described as a lion-killer! Talk about liberals using "racist stereotypes"...

Nothing else though.

This suffers the same woke fate as Gladiator II did. Rampant modern femenism. Again they cast Numidians as all black Africans. This is
complete B.S. They were North African and NOT BLACK but a Mediterranean people. Here in ancient Rome I swear half the damn cast is black and naturally they are an oppressed yet good people. The acting is pretty bad, the CG and green screen are an absolute eye sore, the sets
are way to clean, plastic and fake looking. Forget about any sort of historical accuracy this is pure fiction. I barely made it through 1 complete episode and pulled the plug on this complete garbage.

I like the general idea here but I feel like I've seen something similar before just not sure where. It's a look at a possible afterlife scenario and what happens when we die. The acting is up and down but the story is very poorly thought out. This is a horrible afterlife and I would say closer to hell. So you get to choose an eternity but only 1 and once you choose you are stuck there forever without a chance to change. All the choices are extremely specific and would get old very very quickly and become repetitive. You can't go see any friends or family because if you do you are stuck in whatever eternity they chose to be in forever with them. There are tons of rules and if you break them you are banished to a black void for eternity. This sounds miserable. I found this rather unfunny and more annoying than anything with some rather unlikable characters. I made it to 40 minutes and just didn't care to go any further. As for the woke there is the usual DEI casting including the obese body positive black female. Then there is the 'Eternity' choices, most of the them are extremely woke worlds. Including 'queer world-no straights allowed', 'man free world-you've dealt with your last man' full occupancy of course and and 'Aristocratic world that pushed colonialism as theft of resources and land from native people'. There were others but you get the idea, it's pretty eye rolling and clubs you over the head with the messaging.

Loosely based on a Florida serial killer in the 1970's. This is a very well made movie with pretty good acting and the 70's period is very well
done. However it's marketed as a thriller but that's really a secondary story. It focuses way more on the family dynamic and teen angsty romance drama than anything else. I's not really a bad movie just not a serial killer thriller. The only woke is some DEI including the child characters black best friend. Another one I would really say is more of a 2.5 but for me I just don't think it's a 3.

As accurate as you can be in a two-hour movie

Firstly, it was completely non-woke.
Secondly, it was very entertaining.

Historical accuracy? If you're looking for that, it's foolhardy to think it will be highly detailed in 125 minutes of movie. The facts are mostly intact. The movie was about the beginning of George Washington's military career.

George Washington was one of the most respected military leaders in history. That kind of respect is earned. It would be hard to overplay his heroism and determination.

The main point of contention in some early reviews is the "glossing over" of slavery. That's a completely different topic. Historical facts don't often stand up against Confirmation Bias.

All the usual DEI minority casting and feminism with women smarter and better than men. White female Clara's husband is revealed and to no ones surprise he's black. Just have to check that mixed race couples box they love so much. The acting is...average I guess though some of the kids aren't very good. The writing's not great and the dialogue's pretty bad. The main group of characters gets very annoying quickly.
This is another of those modern movies where they expect the viewer to root for and be on the side of a group of characters that are unlikable
and irritating. The original dystopian sci fi setup in the first 20 minutes gets totally abandoned for a standard 'group of characters takes shelter
in the wrong house' trope. This could of been set up in so many ways with the same results, group of delinquents rob a store and take shelter at a house, group of delinquents break down on the road, group of delinquents rob a house. The elaborate setup at the beginning seems mostly pointless and poorly thought out. While I did watch the entire movie it's nothing we haven't seen before. It's pretty horror lite but if you like those types of movies and can take the midlevel woke it might be worth a one time watch.

Initially I thought this French action movie was confusing and didn't make much sense. I didn't realize until 15 minutes in when the movie title in French came up on screen that it's actually the final
film in a trilogy. The original French title is Balle Perdue 3 but the English title gives no indication it's a sequel. The action sequences while
well done are reminiscent of 90's Hollywood. Every vehicles that explode into a fireball when crashed, fight scenes are highly stylized to look 'cool' while having no basis in reality. I can't say much about the story as it didn't make a lot of sense having not seen the previous movie. This just didn't interest me enough to go look them up though. For woke there is the usual DEI overrepresentation of minorities as well as having mostly females in authority roles. Overall maybe decent if you saw the
first 2 but average at best action movie. More of a 2.5 but rounded down to 2 for all the DEI junk.

Held my attention

After years of unwatchable cinema, this film held my attention for the duration. For the most part, the characters were plausible and I was able to forget that the 2 male leads knew one another as Thor and Banner...

Slight wokeness included female wish-fulfillment, where a mid Karen can make demands of the Aspy-Asgardian (an awkward Reacher-clone), who only wants to appease her. Also Banner-cop spreading the wealth and goodness despite being surrounded by corruption. We get no real explanation why these guys are the way they are despite the enormous pressure put on them to be jerks. The obligatory mulatto-chick didn't seem too forced, thanks to Halle Berry's portrayal of worn-out insurance exec and I didn't even recognise Jennifer Jason Leigh as the long-suffering Banner's wife. Her role was to twist the knife but he was just too nice to get Ruffalo'd.

Some plot-holes mar this otherwise enjoyable film, including unresolved fence (an ancient Nick Nolte) and hacker arcs, and why the otherwise cautious lead suddenly forgetting years of discipline and blowing his modus operandum. Oh and, of course, returning and risking life imprisonment for the entitled shrew in plain clothing... Seems like a lot of movies blow their wad in the last quarter - after you've paid and are trapped in your seat, naturally... Still, it's a pretty good watch after years of Tinsel-town tripe.

Love this movie

This is the epitome of 1980's cornball funny. It's total irreverent humor that should generate a negative Wokness rating. It couldn't be made today because of all the racial slur humor. That must be why it can't be found anywhere on streaming or DVD. If you can find it, watch it.

Not that woke

I feel like the movie itself isn't that woke, at least if we are ignoring its intentions.

On a purely logical level Bear has absolutely no reason to believe a random object from a shop has magical powers. He’s just making a wish that people make all the time. He's also obviously in constant denial that her sudden love for him is unnatural due to his desire for her to like him and because thats a natural reaction to experiencing a paranormal event. He didn't have control of the situation, to argue he took advantage of her, he was literally trapped in this situation.

But seeing how people reacted to it, and knowing how the movie industry works, we can guess it was intended for people to see him in a villainous manner. They know that the average watcher (especially women which are the target audience) will react based on feelings instead of logic (his harmless action caused a tragedy = his fault, he should have been fully aware of the unpredictable turn of events).

So it's kinda woke but still enjoyable.

The lead white female greets her white daughter, Spanish husband and black father. Sure, why not. The entire movie is populated by nothing but
DEI minorities and females. I think I might of seen 1 white male background character until the first one shows up at the 30 minute mark and he's a throwaway character in service to the black father. Actually other than the black father and Spanish husband there's almost no male characters. Every single character is female. Even the Spanish husband is a manbun wearing neutered emotional house husband.
The acting is decent but the writing is pretty bad. There is a secret bunker safe house with state of the art security cameras and defenses
to hide diplomats but all the cameras are hardwired in with large gauge conduit literally just laying everywhere above ground for anyone to
see. My internet provider buries hidden cable better than this nonsense. Most of this movie consists of noises and shapes in the dark with
the lead wondering around looking concerned. The finale gets even sillier and the creature design and CG are shockingly bad. Not recommended.

It's been a while since I watched the first one but I don't remember it having so many corny cheesy scenes in it. The FX are still great and the
story is ok as a follow up but this one just seems less fun somehow. I don't remember the first one having so much forced humor and pop culture references though I could be wrong. Also the woke is pushed significantly into this one as well. Norway is a vast majority white country yet there is DEI minorities everywhere here including crowd and background character shots. Of the six core main actors in the group there is 1 white male, 1 darker male that I couldn't find anything on, 3 white females. and 1 Iranian female. The feminist movement is very prominent here. All men are relegated to just standing around or making jokes until a much smarter woman tells them to do something. Even the white Prime Minister and his general are ineffectual idiots. The ending has the females suddenly turn into military grade arms experts firing grenade launchers with precision and rapid reloading without any training whatsoever. If you liked the first one this is worth a one time watch if you can take the heavy forced in feminism and DEI.