After the Dark (2013) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictMildly Woke

25%

After the Dark2013

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What We Think

After the Dark is refreshingly non-woke. It’s more interested in deep philosophical dilemmas than in pushing identity politics, offering a rare cinematic space where debate and classic themes come before ideology.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

After the Dark focuses on philosophical thought experiments rather than identity-driven narratives. Character selection in the film’s bunkers is based on skills and survival logic, not diversity quotas. There's very little emphasis on traits outside of intellect and personality, keeping the story grounded in its speculative setting.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

While the film toys with morality and societal constructs in hypothetical scenarios, it treats religion, tradition, and classic social roles more as philosophical ideas up for debate than as backward relics. There’s some deconstructing, but it feels thoughtful, not agenda-driven.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Philosophical pluralism is actually the whole point here: the film openly debates differing worldviews (utilitarianism, faith, art, etc.). No one worldview is strictly lionized or demonized; if anything, the characters’ flaws and values are treated with surprising balance.

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