'Bad Guy' focuses on gritty, deeply flawed characters and avoids shoehorning in identity-based narratives. The storytelling prioritizes atmosphere and plot over social commentary, so there’s little evidence that ideology trumps character or story development. Forced representation or invincible 'Mary Sue'-style protagonists are nowhere to be found.

This film delves into dark themes but isn't particularly concerned with mocking tradition, religion, masculinity, or family. Its themes, while edgy, come off more as a bleak character study than a comment on traditional values, perhaps a bit nihilistic, but not 'woke.'

There’s almost no sign of overt ideology or uniform groupthink. If anything, viewers get a raw depiction of morally gray characters rather than one-note morality or demonization of certain worldviews. No agenda-heavy dogma here.