Pha-Q woke's Reviews
It's been so long since I've seen this I forgot a lot of it. It's a classic and is still watchable with some good tension and unsettling scenes. The camera work is incredible and worth watching for that alone. The biggest issue is it depends largely on if it's your first watch or not. There have been so many copycats since it was made that a lot of the scenes seem cliché now and you can see what's coming a mile away. The other big issue is the 'hero' is so unlikable and such a pathetic whiney idiot who constantly does the dumbest things. The ending also is a bit of a letdown. There is nothing woke and it is never boring but if it's a first time watch it may not seem as good as it was when it first came out.
Created: 03-02-2026
Pretty much every woke trope you can think of. Way over the top with the DEI overrepresentation. White is most definitely a minority here.
A large amount of women in leadership and positions of power. Actually there was an exceptionally high female casting in general in this for
the type of movie this is intending to portray. Multiple mixed race couples. Beta househusband. Of course the president is black. The only thing I didn't see was any alphabet mafia but honestly by the one hour mark I was bored out of my mind and paying little attention so it's possible I missed it. This is one of the most boring movies I've watched recently. This is not a thriller or at least not a well done one. The idea is actually pretty good but the execution is terrible. The entire movie is basically close ups of people talking and looking at computer screens and readouts. Nothing about this is realistic in any way. There is so much melodrama and overacting is almost comical. Then there's the fact that you are really only watching the same 30 minute movie 3 times on repeat just from 3 different perspectives. There is virtually nothing new presented in the 2nd and 3rd retread and it's boring and pointless. Then on top of all that there is no ending. It's a lazy copout use your imagination ending.
Created: 03-02-2026
Low budget very bland boring 70's brit horror. An anthology movie wrapped by a story about a psychiatrist interviewing patients at an
asylum. Average to bad acting, no scares and in some cases scenes meant to be 'horror' are just silly and comedic. It's all very tame and bland PG horror. Nothing woke but not really worth watching either.
Created: 02-24-2026
A slightly above average slasher from 1989. The story is standard, the acting is pretty bad and it's fairly obvious who the killer is. The standout is the very well done for it's time gore FX and inventive kills. It should be noted I watched the uncut version. There are several different versions of the this with some being very heavily edited and containing almost none of the gory scenes. Nothing woke and watchable if your a horror or slasher fan.
Created: 02-24-2026
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.
Created: 02-19-2026
I'm giving this a one woke for the absolute nonsense that is the annoying black daughter for white father Ian's character. It's so stupid and pointless and is responsible for one of the more laughably bad sequences in the franchise-the gymnastics scene. So cringe. Other than that a great sequel thought he CG is showing it's age in a couple of the shots but still mostly great. Excellent acting and story and almost as good as the first but not quite. There are a few problems with characters
doing dumb things or acting stupid and just standing there when they should know better and be running away or escaping. But these are minor things and I still love this one.
Created: 02-16-2026
Had to give this a rewatch after the awful Rebirth fiasco. The only thing that could be considerd woke is some DEI overrepresentation but it's set
on an island in the middle of nowhere as a global attraction and employees so maybe not really. Also the rich new head of the company is the good wholesome Indian guy and the 'villain' is a militaristic white guy so there is that. Race is never brought up and there's no feminist nonsense. The last great Jurassic park movie. Unlike the new ones this actually feels like a Jurassic park film. The atmosphere the characters, the story, it all makes sense from a plot progression standpoint. Strong white male lead. The female lead starts weak and goes through a natural progression and character arc to become a stronger person without the superhuman aspect or belittling the men around her. Well worth a watch in my opinion.
Created: 02-16-2026
This one's a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand the acting is pretty good and it's a well made film. However it's all rather boring and almost
nothing happens until an hour into the movie. Even than there's almost no blood, the kills are bland and the story is not really very interesting.. While there's nothing woke I really wouldn't recommend this unless you like your horror very tame.
Created: 02-13-2026
Considered to be an influential early slasher from Italy. I watched the subtitled version and the acting is not great but about on par for
1970's horror. Several of the kills are later copied almost exactly in the original Friday the 13th. There are some pretty inventive kills for the time and a couple of very brutal gory deaths with great FX. I found the movie to be a bit boring overall but it's worth a watch if you're interested in the beginnings of the violent gory slasher genre to come. Nothing woke.
Created: 02-12-2026
This is completely pointless and has virtually nothing to do with the previous movies. It's a standard slasher set in the 80's with none of the
supernatural overarching themes. The acting is terrible and worse than the previous entries never gets the 80's right. Using music and props alone doesn't do it. The clothes, the hair, the dialogue the attitudes everything is wrong. The story is garbage and nonsensical. The kills are boring and bland. There is the usual to much DEI overrepresentation and of course the white female lead is attracted to the mixed Spanish boy. Even if for some reason you like the original trilogy this is much worse and nothing like those.
Created: 02-11-2026