Movie review
January 11, 2018 · 104 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The Commuter is a 2018 action thriller about a former NYPD officer turned insurance salesman who loses his job and gets pulled into a deadly conspiracy while on his daily train commute home. He must identify a specific passenger and stop a larger plot while protecting his family. The story focuses on personal stakes, moral choices under pressure, and physical action with no visible identity-driven themes or activist messaging.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Commuter.
Woke representation / casting
Background passengers include typical New York commuter diversity that fits the realistic setting, with no emphasis, signaling, or identity-focused choices in lead or central roles.
Woke political dialogue
Brief nods to financial crisis hardship and official corruption serve as plot setup without lectures or activist framing.
Identity-driven story themes
No plotlines, character arcs, or messaging centered on race, gender, sexuality, or identity politics.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Conspiracy involves corrupt authorities and betrayal as classic thriller elements without modern activist reinterpretations of systems, norms, or institutions.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. The film is an original story.
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No public complaints accused the film of pushing woke, DEI, or identity politics content.
Creator track record context
The core team has careers in commercial action cinema with no documented patterns of left-leaning activism or identity-driven work.
