Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) | How Woke Is It?

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Death Wish V: The Face of Death1994

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What We Think

Death Wish V is refreshingly non-woke. It clings to old-school action tropes, traditional masculinity, and a simple morality. For anyone allergic to modern ideological messaging, it’s practically vintage relief.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Death Wish V sticks to its straightforward revenge narrative, focusing on Charles Bronson's Paul Kersey. There’s little emphasis on identity politics or forced representation, and characters are developed around the story's vigilante themes more than anything else. If anything, it’s almost nostalgically non-woke.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional values such as family, self-reliance, masculinity, and old-school justice are not undermined here, they’re basically the movie’s entire engine. The film treats Kersey’s quest for justice seriously rather than as something outdated or toxic.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

There’s no obvious mocking of alternative worldviews here. The film doesn’t shy away from presenting vigilantism as a legitimate (if extreme) response to evil, and it doesn’t preach modern ideological uniformity. It’s almost the opposite of today’s Hollywood template.

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