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Dangerous Game
Box Office
Flop · 0.1x
Budget$10M
Worldwide Gross$1.3M
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Dangerous Game

Dangerous Game

movie·R·Nov 19, 1993·
Box OfficeFlop · 0.1x
$10M
Budget
$1.3M
Gross
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Dangerous Game

movie
R
November 19, 1993
Wokeometer Rating
0Based
Audience Woke Score
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TL;DR Verdict

Dangerous Game stays laser-focused on personal guilt, addiction, and moral collapse with no identity politics or social messaging. It earns a perfect 0/10 woke score as straightforward, neutral storytelling.

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Detailed Analysis

Dangerous Game from 1993 is an original Abel Ferrara drama whose premise rests entirely on personal guilt, addiction, infidelity, and the collapse of boundaries between fiction and real life.

The film contains no adaptations of established characters, no identity-based casting alterations, and no thematic engagement with identity politics, DEI frameworks, or critiques of traditional norms. Its central conflicts remain confined to individual moral failings and the psychological toll of artistic immersion. Director Eddie Israel oversees the making of the film-within-a-film Mother of Mirrors, which portrays a marriage destroyed by drugs, infidelity, orgies, and the wife's eventual turn to Christianity.

Eddie simultaneously conducts an affair with actress Sarah Jennings that mirrors and accelerates the breakdown of his own marriage. Concrete sequences such as method-acting sessions, a simulated rape, direct confessions of adultery, and an overdose all serve as vehicles for personal reckoning rather than social commentary, leaving the work free of any progressive ideological overlay.

Key Factors

  • Original 1993 film with no adaptations or established-character changes
  • Themes limited to personal guilt, addiction, infidelity, and art imitating life
  • No identity politics, DEI casting, LGBTQ+ normalization, or critiques of traditional norms

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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Is Dangerous Game Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Dangerous Game and scored it 0/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of woke content is in Dangerous Game?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Dangerous Game's overall score.

Is Dangerous Game family-friendly?

Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Dangerous Game is rated R. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.

How does Wokeometer score movies?

We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →

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