Box Office
Flop · 0.0xBudget$5M
Worldwide Gross$5.7K
The Vault sticks to classic heist-horror tropes with zero identity politics or social messaging, delivering safe neutral entertainment focused only on story and suspense for a 1/10 woke score.
The Vault is a straightforward 2017 horror-thriller centered on two estranged sisters, Leah and Vee Dillon, who rob a bank to save their brother Michael, only for the heist to unleash supernatural evil from the vault.
Its premise, characters, and narrative draw entirely from classic heist-gone-wrong and haunted-location tropes with no overlay of identity politics, systemic oppression critiques, or social justice framing. Casting includes Francesca Eastwood as Leah, Taryn Manning as Vee, Scott Haze as Michael, James Franco as Ed Maas, Q'orianka Kilcher as bank employee Susan Cromwell, and Clifton Collins Jr. as Detective Tom Iger; these choices reflect typical industry mix without any race- or gender-swapping of established characters or foregrounded diversity mandates.
No creator interviews, plot points, or subplots address patriarchy, toxic masculinity, queer identities, or related activist themes. Reception shows no notable backlash or praise tied to progressive messaging, with reviews focusing solely on genre execution, violence, and profanity.
We've run a full content analysis on The Vault and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). The Vault is rated 15. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
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