Pha-Q woke's Reviews
Mild Woke, Not Really Horror
Established early that the female in the group is the smartest most capable best interrogator there is. Also some male bashing comments at the beginning as well. This is not really horror but a psychological look at PTSD the aftermath of war. Very slow and mostly just a group of people talking in a single room the entire movie. Acting is decent and FX are ok but the VFX are not so good. Also these people are way to old for the part. Supposedly they were in WWII and the movie takes place in 1945. All the actors are late 50's early 60's and the average soldier was 26 with the vast majority in there 20's to 30's. This should of been set 10-15 years later to make sense.
Created: 10-19-2023
Woke casting, Network Quality
Based on the first 2 episodes only. Lots of diversity casting, rebel leader is the typical 'female badass" POC. Father makes lots of mistakes and son is a bit of an idiot while the mom is smart and the daughter is a genius. Otherwise some pretty bad acting and questionable FX even for 2011 standards. Story is very cliché and it's obvious a large part of it will focus on the usual stupid kids doing stupid things. No surprise this was cancelled after only 1 season.
Created: 10-19-2023
Not Really Woke, Just So Very Corny
So at the 1 hour mark I gave up but didn't notice anything really woke up to that point. Although there is a very heavily black cast it takes place in New Orleans which is majority black so wouldn't really call that woke. The acting is not very good. The writing and dialogue in particular are so corny and cheesy and none of the jokes are funny. Although it's PG-13 there are no scares and the whole thing is played as a slapstick comedy, it just doesn't work.
Created: 10-18-2023
Low Budget Badly Made Horror
Mixed race couple again with token black character, woke remarks about gender politics. Horrible acting, dialogue and FX with a generic story make this one to skip.
Created: 10-18-2023
No Woke But Not Good
I didn't notice any woke. Low budget horror that's not scary or fun. Robert Englund, Bill Moseley and Danielle Harris are barely even in this. The child actors aren't very good. The kills are weak with hardly any blood and gore.
The writing isn't very good or thought out. The stolen copper wire value for instance is so laughably far off it's obvious nobody bothered to check anything. Best to skip this one.
Created: 10-16-2023
Wasted Potential
Nothing overly woke though there is the now cliché 'badass' female character. Started out interesting with some decent acting but as it went on the writing seemed to slowly fall apart. FX are mostly good. The way the illusion casting works is not very clearly defined and sometimes seems to contradict itself.
Created: 10-16-2023
Another Woke Unfunny 'Comedy"
Gay character, men stupid, aggressive anti male girl boss, rampant anti-white racism. Badly written, stupid unfunny attempt at comedy.
Created: 10-16-2023
DeNiro Will Do Anything These Days
Full disclosure, I only suffered through about 30 min of this nonsense. Pro immigration, rich white people bad and entitled, slaves built everything, one scene with a gay couple early on. The woke is definitely there. Other than that this is a terrible, painfully unfunny movie with bad acting and really just a ripoff of much better films with the same plot.
Created: 10-15-2023
Decent despite the woke casting.
Lots of diversity in the casting. Only 2 male characters in the whole film and both are overly emotional, irrational and ineffectual while the females are strong, rational and capable. This is a decent PG-13 horror movie with everything you would expect. No blood or gore with the scares being about atmosphere and movement in the shadows with minimal jump scares. Pretty good acting and writing make this one worth a watch despite the wokeness.
Created: 10-15-2023
No Woke, Average Ending to an Average Trilogy.
No Woke. About on par with the other 2 with some questionable writing. The entire CIA story should have been cut out as it is unbelievable and badly written. Dakota Fanning is completely miscast as a CIA agent and never believable in the role. The villains are never really threatening. The entire ending sequence was one big anti-climactic nothing.
Created: 10-11-2023
