Movie review
February 10, 2022 · 104 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The movie opens with the government assassinating a women's and racial equality activist at a rally. The FBI runs Operation Unity to kill innocent civilians including equality advocates. A black journalist teams up with Neeson to expose the deep state conspiracy. The director frames the story around modern political relevance to BLM-era issues and COINTELPRO.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Blacklight.
Woke representation / casting
Black actress as journalist fits DC political thriller premise with no forced mismatch.
Woke political dialogue
Opening equality rally speech plus villain PC puppets line.
Identity-driven story themes
Government assassinates women's and racial equality activist; her death drives the whole conspiracy plot.
Western institutional / cultural critique
FBI deep state portrayed killing equality advocates and civilians in modern BLM-relevant framing.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Fringe social media calls out virtue signaling and biased agenda in opening activist scene.
Creator track record context
Director ties project to modern political issues in interviews; prior work is standard action thrillers.
