True Lies (1994) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

12%

True Lies1994

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What We Think

True Lies is refreshingly non-woke by today’s standards, focused on adrenaline and humor, with classic roles and cultural values. If you’re tired of films packed with identity lectures and monoculture, this is a throwback worth rewatching.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

True Lies sticks to a straightforward narrative focused on action and comedy, not modern identity politics. Characters are defined by personality and skill, not identity checkboxes. The casting and character arcs reflect the era’s Hollywood priorities, with little evidence of contemporary woke trappings.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

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The film actually celebrates traditional gender roles, nuclear family themes, and macho heroics. Masculinity isn’t ridiculed, it’s front and center (hello, Arnold Schwarzenegger!). It doesn’t undermine religion, family, or classic morality; in fact, these values are essential to the plot.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

True Lies doesn’t dwell on ideology, let alone enforce a woke monoculture. Traditional and alternative views are present, if sometimes played for laughs. Villains are exaggerated, but not in a way that feels like an attack on non-woke viewers. No woke groupthink to be found here.

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