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 was re-watching The Shield and it's basically the same thing, but came out in the early 2000s.
All white males are corrupt and/or pieces of shit. The one competent white male is a clown that everyone makes fun of (and whose wife left him/cheated on him).
There are two pure good cops in the precinct; one is a black woman who is a genius and honorable (wants to root out corruption). The other is a black man who is also a repressed gay Christian (fucking hell lol). He's not as competent, but along with the lady, is one of the only two cops trying to do good and push back against corruption.
So yeah... Once you notice "black characters and women good; white characters and men bad (or at least comic relief/a joke)"; you may realize it goes farther back than you thought.
On the other hand, the tall black cop (who goes gay) is now -- in real life -- in jail for brutally beating (murdering?) his wife.