Police Story (1985) | How Woke Is It?

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Police Story1985

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What We Think

Police Story is a time capsule of non-woke, pure action filmmaking. It’s more concerned with gravity-defying stunts than ticking any modern ideological boxes. If you’re hunting for wokeness, you’ll need a magnifying glass, and even then, you’ll come up short.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Police Story is laser-focused on classic action and stunts, not identity politics. Characters are defined by personality and skill, not by their demographic background. There's no sense of casting or storylines being warped to shoehorn in modern ideological agendas. You get old-school action, not a checklist of representation.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film actually strengthens traditional values like duty, honor, and courage. Masculinity is celebrated via Jackie Chan's heroics without being mocked or undermined, and there's no eye-rolling revisionism or subversion of family, tradition, or cultural values. It feels refreshingly free of modern preaching.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

There's no heavy-handed ideology here, just cops, crooks, and wild stunts. The movie doesn’t even engage with modern political debates, much less mock or villainize traditional values. It’s blessedly free of the ideological monoculture found in recent Hollywood fare.

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