Movie review
August 16, 2017 · 118 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
The Hitman's Bodyguard is a 2017 action-comedy in which a disgraced professional bodyguard must protect a notorious hitman long enough for him to testify against a genocidal Eastern European dictator at the International Criminal Court. The narrative follows their high-speed chases, ambushes, and profane banter across Europe while both men confront personal failures. No audience-visible woke elements such as identity politics, activist dialogue, forced diversity signaling, or modern institutional critique appear in the story, casting, marketing, or production choices.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Hitman's Bodyguard.
Woke representation / casting
Standard 2017 action-comedy casting with classic racial buddy contrast; no visible forced diversity, quotas, or unnatural fits to the story world or character logic.
Woke political dialogue
Completely absent; dialogue is limited to profane banter, action quips, and personal conflict with zero activist, political, or identity content.
Identity-driven story themes
None present; the engine is redemption and survival against tyranny, not identity politics, representation arcs, or social-justice messaging.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Dictator villain is a classic genocidal tyrant; no modern activist reframing of capitalism, patriarchy, whiteness, gender roles, or Western institutions.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant; fully original screenplay with no source-material alterations or legacy IP changes.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Total absence of backlash accusing the film of pushing woke, activist, identity-political, or left-wing messaging; audience embrace was apolitical.
Creator track record context
No relevant prior work by director or writer shows any pattern of activist or identity-driven projects.
Production
