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This was disappointing. The writers took a fun-popcorn-movie concept and infused it with needless DEI/CRT which ruined the movie. For those who may be new to the RIPD concept, either not having seen the first movie or read the comic book, the RIPD concept is that law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty are recruited by heaven to go back to earth and kill demons, demons who take over human bodies and pose as human; these demons are called "Dead-Os" by the RIPD.
So it's now standard operating procedure in Hollywood that you insert DEI/CRT in every movie regardless of how clunky is presented, or how much it completely stops the movie and its tracks.
The movie. So, of course the lead RIPD male is a bumbling fool (Think Chris Pratt's character in the MCU Guardians of the Galaxy movies), his RIPD partner "girl boss" shows up immediately and of course is excellent and competent at everything, to contrast his personality. Within the RIPD concept when you come back to earth you're in a different identity and appear as a different person to humans. These two RIPD law officers appear as black women in the 1870s west, so we get a little speech about how you may know Black people in the west, but you've not experienced their experience. Also, this theme is shown throughout the movie. Wow, thank you, Hollywood. I now can contemplate the evil of prejudice and slavery. I never would have come to that conclusion without this movie. (insert sarcastic emoji here) Also, within the RIPD concept, the Dead-Os are demons, the ultimate evil. But of course, here, because one of the Dead-Os is Asian, he has to have a redemptive storyline and turn out good in the end. You know, a virtuous, kind, honest demon. (insert eye-roll emoji here.) At the end of the movie, we learn that the RIPD "girl boss" was the famous Joan of Arc when she was alive, having died almost 500 years earlier. This makes the movie even more frustrating because we could've had a separate RIPD movie about her being Joan of Arc within that time period, and also one that takes place in the American West, versus muddled preachy predictable mess.
In the end, what should've been a fun movie is a platform that bludgeons you with its DEI/CRT, and misses so many opportunities to take advantage of the concept. A positive about the movie is that both the lead actor and actress are very likable. Again, makes you wonder what this movie could've been without Hollywood's always present axe-to-grind.
This was disappointing. The writers took a fun-popcorn-movie concept and infused it with needless DEI/CRT which ruined the movie. For those who may be new to the RIPD concept, either not having seen the first movie or read the comic book, the RIPD concept is that law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty are recruited by heaven to go back to earth and kill demons, demons who take over human bodies and pose as human; these demons are called "Dead-Os" by the RIPD.
So it's now standard operating procedure in Hollywood that you insert DEI/CRT in every movie regardless of how clunky is presented, or how much it completely stops the movie and its tracks.
The movie. So, of course the lead RIPD male is a bumbling fool (Think Chris Pratt's character in the MCU Guardians of the Galaxy movies), his RIPD partner "girl boss" shows up immediately and of course is excellent and competent at everything, to contrast his personality. Within the RIPD concept when you come back to earth you're in a different identity and appear as a different person to humans. These two RIPD law officers appear as black women in the 1870s west, so we get a little speech about how you may know Black people in the west, but you've not experienced their experience. Also, this theme is shown throughout the movie. Wow, thank you, Hollywood. I now can contemplate the evil of prejudice and slavery. I never would have come to that conclusion without this movie. (insert sarcastic emoji here) Also, within the RIPD concept, the Dead-Os are demons, the ultimate evil. But of course, here, because one of the Dead-Os is Asian, he has to have a redemptive storyline and turn out good in the end. You know, a virtuous, kind, honest demon. (insert eye-roll emoji here.) At the end of the movie, we learn that the RIPD "girl boss" was the famous Joan of Arc when she was alive, having died almost 500 years earlier. This makes the movie even more frustrating because we could've had a separate RIPD movie about her being Joan of Arc within that time period, and also one that takes place in the American West, versus muddled preachy predictable mess.
In the end, what should've been a fun movie is a platform that bludgeons you with its DEI/CRT, and misses so many opportunities to take advantage of the concept. A positive about the movie is that both the lead actor and actress are very likable. Again, makes you wonder what this movie could've been without Hollywood's always present axe-to-grind.
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