Movie review
June 11, 2023 · 125 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Tales of Babylon is a 2023 British indie crime thriller about two young siblings fleeing their abusive mobster grandfather and teaming up with a pair of theatrical hitmen in London's underworld for a shot at escape and redemption. The story mixes bursts of violence, dark humor, banter, and personal loyalty arcs in a Tarantino-inspired caper structure. No identity politics, activist dialogue, or social-justice framing appears in the narrative, casting, or marketing.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Tales of Babylon.
Woke representation / casting
Prominent roles for non-white actors as hitmen and a female assassin in a modern London crime story with no visible forced diversity, identity signaling, or mismatches to setting or character logic.
Woke political dialogue
No activist, political, or social-justice dialogue; all conversation stays within crime jobs, banter, pop-culture references, and personal stakes.
Identity-driven story themes
Family abuse, sibling escape, hitman loyalty, and child protection arcs contain no modern identity politics, gender wish-fulfillment, or racial framing.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Mobster grandfather's abuse and underworld violence stay personal and genre-specific with no reframing into toxic masculinity, patriarchy, capitalism, or systemic oppression messaging.
Woke character or canon changes
Production
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Total absence of backlash claiming woke, activist, or left-wing messaging; no complaints about diversity, girlboss elements, or propaganda in any coverage.
Creator track record context
No cited prior work by director or team involves activist, political, or identity-driven projects.
