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We're Going to Eat You
Movie

We're Going to Eat You

1980 • Unknown

Woke Score
3
out of 10

Plot

A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.

Overall Series Review

The movie is a Hong Kong horror-comedy and martial arts film about Agent 999, a police officer on the trail of a fugitive who ends up trapped in a secluded village. The villagers, led by a despotic Chief of Police, are crazed, inbred cannibals who routinely capture and butcher outsiders. The film is known for its anarchic tone, over-the-top gore, and slapstick action sequences. The narrative follows the hero's struggle for survival and escape, complicated by a romantic involvement with a female villager who is also a cannibal. The film has been interpreted as a political satire criticizing a corrupt, lawless, and authoritarian patriarchal social structure through the metaphor of cannibalism and resource hoarding. It is an exploitation-style work that prioritizes shock and humor, featuring outdated and offensive comedic material in the process.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The core conflict pits a secret agent against a corrupt, cannibalistic village leader, focusing on primal survival and martial arts comedy rather than a lecture on race or privilege. All main characters are from the same broad cultural background, with merit being measured by survival skill and competence in a hostile environment.

Oikophobia2/10

The film critiques a specific corrupt and authoritarian village structure which a local film scholar interpreted as a reflection on a closed society and unchecked patriarchy. The critique is internal, targeted at specific societal pathology, and does not attack broader Western or civilizational heritage.

Feminism2/10

The male hero is portrayed as bumbling and often in danger, but he remains the active agent using martial arts to survive and escape. The female love interest is a damsel figure who requires the male hero's protection to escape, showing no signs of the 'Girl Boss' trope or anti-natal messaging.

LGBTQ+4/10

The film features an extended, problematic, and culturally dated comedic sequence involving a transvestite character who is an aggressor making unwanted advances on the male lead. The film does not contain any positive centering of alternative sexualities, but it uses non-normative gender expression for comedic relief and stereotype.

Anti-Theism6/10

The climax of the action takes place in a debased place of worship, and one of the cannibals is identified as a Taoist priest. The narrative depicts traditional religious figures and institutions as being fully corrupted and complicit in the village's evil, treating them with mockery rather than respect.