I was in the mood to turn my brain off witch an action movie I hadn't seen before, so did just that.
I won't do a full review since I'm only 30 minutes in, but the movie is Ambulance, 2022; Jake Gyllenhaal, some black dude, and some hispanic chick.
It's competent enough so far, generally. It's not doing anything too fancy, but I appreciate that from an action movie. But the Modern Audiences™ nonsense is unavoidable. I wish I didn't notice this but, once you know, you know.
Every black person is competent and in a position of power. Every white person is some combination of psychopath, loser, or incompetent. There's only been one woman in focus so far, but she's - no kidding - "the best paramedic in the city," and extremely competent. Hobbled with some newbie white dweeb...who's probably going to die or otherwise get damseled, at a guess.
Gyllenhaal and Black Dude are brothers. Black Dude was adopted by, wait for it, Gyllenhaal's psychotic criminal father. Black Dude is a patriotic veteran who's trying to get his life together, while his white brother is a criminal who drags him into shit. Gyllenhaal's criminal crew are, I believe, all white...and some of the most ridiculously incompetent or insane people around. Hilariously, they're also a very diverse set of whites for some reason; you have I believe an Italian, Irishman, and some sandal-wearing hippy hacker or something. It's bizarre.
It's all so tiresome.
"I'M NOT [A GOOD MAN]!" - Last words of last remaining Straight White Man in the movie, as his own black brother shoots him through the heart.
Dude, I'm...so...fucking...done.
I was already really fucking annoyed, but would have said it wasn't a "woke" movie, just a Modern™ movie for Modern Audiences™.
And then the only white survivors were the FBI Faggot and the Transfat.
Fuuuuuck yooooouuuu, Hollywood, you pieces of shit.
Sad part is, if you remove the race and sex aspects, this a a fine story. If you notice who is cast in what role...it becomes a very intentional attack.
If every character had been white, or every character had been black, this wouldn't be nearly as much of an issue. But they have to throw specific and dedicated casting choices into it.
Again, perhaps the worst part is that this actually isn't the worst movie. Certainly not the worst modern movie. I'm sure if you're not paying attention, it's a relatively enjoyable classic 'crime doesn't pay' sort of crime thriller.
But, as I started with...if you know, you know. White people bad. Blacks good. Whamen good.
I'd love to go back to when things weren't so fucking retarded.