Broken City (2013) | How Woke Is It?

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Broken City2013

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What We Think

Broken City is about as non-woke as it gets in recent Hollywood output, more interested in scandal and gritty intrigue than in checking any identity boxes. If you want classic detective drama without a lecture, this one delivers.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Broken City mostly sticks to genre conventions, focusing on character flaws and gritty urban storytelling. There’s little sense that characters were selected for diversity over fit or realism. Identity issues aren’t central, making this a by-the-numbers neo-noir thriller, not a platform for social commentary.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film doesn’t go out of its way to subvert traditional roles or mock institutions like family, religion, or masculinity. Classic tough-guy dynamics dominate, and the narrative largely leaves contemporary cultural debates at the door.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative perspectives exist within the story’s political and moral conflicts. While the film leans into the corruption of urban politics, it doesn’t push monolithic modern beliefs and allows for some moral ambiguity among principal characters.

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