Box Office
Flop · 1.1xBudget$78.5M
Worldwide Gross$89M
The Wrecking Crew scores a tiny 2/10 on wokeness: organic Hawaiian casting, zero politics or lectures—just pure bromance, action, and escapist fun.
The Wrecking Crew is a straightforward buddy cop action-comedy featuring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista as estranged half-brothers—a loose cannon Hawaiian cop and a disciplined Navy SEAL—reuniting in Hawaii to uncover their father's death amid family secrets and conspiracy.
The diverse casting, including Polynesian and Pacific Islander actors like Momoa, Temuera Morrison, and Frankie Adams, feels entirely organic to the Hawaiian setting and family dynamics, with no evidence of race-swapping, forced DEI quotas, or clashes with source material (as it's an original story). Storytelling sticks to classic tropes of bromance chemistry, explosive action, and light-hearted comedy without injecting social justice lectures, systemic critiques, identity politics, or overt progressive messaging.
Reviews universally praise the stars' fun rapport and retro vibe, akin to 80s/90s films, with no mentions of political agendas. Creator interviews focus on entertainment and Hawaii filming, not activism or inclusion mandates. Audience reception shows no backlash labeling it 'woke' or citing ideological intrusions; it's celebrated as pure escapist fun prioritizing story and spectacle over preaching.
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We've run a full content analysis on The Wrecking Crew and scored it 2/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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