Body Cam (2020) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictWoke

75%

Body Cam2020

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What We Think

Body Cam leans heavily on woke messaging regarding policing and justice, sometimes at the price of well-rounded storytelling and pluralistic characters. It’s not the wokest of the woke, but it certainly steers in that direction, prioritizing message over movie magic.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Woke

What is this?

The film’s focus on police brutality and racial issues often seems to overshadow deeper character development or genre innovation, at times feeling more like a commentary vessel than a traditional horror narrative. While not outright preachy, themes sometimes override suspense and plot cohesion.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

Body Cam puts heavy emphasis on critiquing policing and portrays institutions as corrupt or lethally flawed, a familiar woke motif. Traditional values like duty and heroism take a backseat, replaced by moralizing about systemic injustice, though not quite as heavy-handed as some peers.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Hyper Woke

What is this?

The film gives little sincere voice to alternative perspectives: dissenters or skeptics are mostly sidelined or depicted as part of the problem. There’s little nuance, police are either complicit, victims, or morally shaken; a definite lack of ideological diversity is noticeable.

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