Pha-Q woke's Reviews
No Woke But Very Odd
No woke here. This is not a very good movie though. The acting if fine but the story is not well thought out. There is almost no dialog in this. The idea is a revenge film after the father's son is killed in a drive by and he is shot in the throat losing his voice. The problem though is nobody has any dialog. It makes sense for the father but everyone else just stands around not talking for no reason. It's just silly and awkward. If you wanted to do a silent film then maybe make him deaf as well. This should have been a high energy mostly action film to make the lack of dialog make more sense but other than the opening scene there is no action until an hour in. Up to that point it's more of a drama and it really makes the silent characters everywhere seem very odd. The action when there is any is kind of dull and unimpressive. Surprising for a John Woo film but it never really feels like one of his movies. It's not horrible but don't expect a John Woo action film because your not getting it.
Created: 01-08-2024
Dull, Boring, And In Its Own Way Woke
As others have stated the only actual woke in the film is some female racers when there were none. However, the premise of the film is that this kid is some sort of racing genius and the game makers came up with the idea of the academy and sent out select invitations to a very few and this kid won and was the first ever gamer to become a real racer. None of that is true. Everyone knew about the academy and anyone could enter and try to win a spot. Jann wasn't even the first one to win, or the second, but the third. The first and second were both very white looking males. One from Spain and one From France. In fact Lucas Ordóñez who was the first one to do it placed 2nd at Le Mans. He did it first and placed higher. Plus Jann's career as a pro is unimpressive and mediocre at best. It's not like he went on to be some incredible racer. So while the contents of the film itself aren't woke the fact that the movie was made the way it was with Jann instead of the actual first person to do it is absolutely woke! The film itself is rather poor. The acting is generally not great with the actor playing Jann and his friends in particular being pretty bad. The dialogue is not good the race scenes are boring and the writing in general is just poor. There is no flow or natural progression to anything, it all just happens. The way some of the things are portrayed are so unbelievable they just can't possibly be accurate. If you really like Gran Turismo or just like racing you may enjoy it. Personally I was bored the entire bloated 2 plus hours runtime.
Created: 01-03-2024
Actually Fairly Good
Woke consists of a large amount of background and secondary characters being black. If you don't mind the animation (i kind of liked it) this is actually a pretty good batman themed Christmas movie. Voice acting is good, the story is good. Surprised I enjoyed this as much as I did. Worth a watch.
Created: 01-01-2024
Not Good Woke Holiday Movie
Mixed race, gay couple and one of them is deaf. Checked a lot of boxes on that one. Also used the race card several times. Acting is pretty good but it's not really much of a comedy. It's a dysfunctional family holiday movie without the fun. Pretty much everyone in this is a horrible unlikable person. Unless you like watching terrible people being terrible to each other pass on this one.
Created: 01-01-2024
None Woke Christmas Movie
No woke. One of the best Christmas movies out there. Great acting, the characters are excellent and the humor is spot on. Must watch every year!
Created: 01-01-2024
No Woke War Movie
No woke here. Good war with some inaccuracies that can be overlooked. Well acted with good cinematography. This is not a typical Guy Ritchie movie nor is it a typical big budget Hollywood action war movie so don't go in expecting that. This is more a look at the relationship and loyalty built between American military and interpreters. Well done and worth a watch.
Created: 12-31-2023
No Woke, Low Budget Zombie Film
No woke in this one. This is a low budget zombie film with good cinematography and acting. Unfortunately that's all it has going for it. While the acting is good they are given nothing to do with the characters. Nothing really happens and it's very slow and gets boring. There are very few zombies and they are so slow they're almost stationary. They pose no real threat resulting in no tension. The few kills are all offscreen with virtually no SFX. So if there's no blood and gore, the characters aren't engaging or interesting and there's no scares then what's the point. It's not the worst low budget zombie film just know what your in for.
Created: 12-29-2023
An Actually Decent Film
As other have already noted, the only woke is the DEI good black priest and the white bad priest. This is a very small amount of screen time and easily looked past. Good acting and generally good FX other than some weird cheap looking VFX at the finale. Not really scary but it is a well done entertaining film.
Created: 12-28-2023
Die Hard Rip Off With Some Woke
Mixed race couple again. The white male in that relationship is a total whimpering beta douche. Rich white people bad. In fact everyone in this are selfish terrible people. Except the mixed race couple of course. Typical Hollywood feminist matriarch. Loud, aggressive, unhinged. A good bit of DEI hires mixed in. The comedy is not funny and there is way too much of it. Comes of as a bad slapstick parody attempt at die hard done poorly. Lots of reviews talking about the violence, blood and gore. When I turned it off at the 1 hour mark the violence is almost slapstick, the blood minimal and no gore to speak of. The writing is terrible. Exterior perimeter guards who stand facing the house leaving the perimeter and there backs wide open. One of the thieves who have shown no problem murdering everyone is clearing rooms and gets his weapon taken by Santa but can't use it because the safety is on. Why the hell would he have the safety on? 2 armed security guards are standing 10-15 ft with weapons trained on one of the thieves who is standing still only armed with a baton. They both run toward him without firing a shot and get killed. My god this is stupid. Just go watch Die Hard instead. Any of them really. Even the worst Die Hard is better than this.
Created: 12-26-2023
Maximum Woke
Season 1-3 feature some woke DEI casting and comments but are generally able to be overlooked and the underlying story is rather interesting. However season 4 starts to turn up the dial and season 5 is just complete unwatchable woke garbage. The DEI casting goes all the way up to 10 with the only 1 straight white male main character left by season 5 and he is a secondary comic relief character. Every straight white male that shows up is either a villain, a bumbling idiot or a complete moron. The vast majority of characters are non white. Pretty much everyone is gay by season 5 particularly the male characters. Also by season 5 every single female character is the typical leftist version of a strong feminist, extreme anger, aggressive, constant screaming, violent and basically unhinged. These are the most vile disgusting, unlikable group of female characters ever put to screen. There is constant leftist political comments, and male and white bashing. The few male characters that are left are secondary background supporting roles. Every problem is figured out and solved by females. The writing in general by season 5 is complete garbage. It's like they jammed several seasons worth of story into 1. What seems like major plotlines are introduced and then just instantly solved or forgotten in less than one episode. The weird constant attempts at injecting pulp culture references are out of place and cringe. The first 3 seasons aren't bad but if your going to watch it's best to stop after 4.
Created: 12-21-2023
