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Fall
Movie

Fall

2022Action, Thriller

Woke Score
3
out of 10

Plot

When a high-rise climb goes wrong, best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves stuck at the top of a 2,000-foot TV tower.

Overall Series Review

The film centers on a harrowing survival ordeal experienced by two women, Becky and Hunter, after a climb goes disastrously wrong. The story focuses on their mental and physical resilience in a high-stakes, minimalist environment. The core conflict is a personal drama about grief, betrayal (Hunter's infidelity with Becky's deceased husband, Dan), and self-rescue. The movie is a physically intense thriller that is divorced from broader cultural or political issues. Becky’s journey is one of overcoming depression and trauma through sheer force of will and ingenuity. The resolution is grounded in the repair of a fractured familial relationship.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The casting is functionally colorblind, focusing entirely on a story of personal survival. The plot contains no discussion of race, privilege, or intersectional hierarchy. Character value and conflict are determined solely by individual actions and personal betrayal.

Oikophobia2/10

The setting is a dilapidated American broadcast tower, but this serves as a narrative device for danger, not a critique of Western infrastructure or civilization. The film concludes with the healing and reconciliation of the relationship between Becky and her father, respecting the family institution.

Feminism6/10

The narrative is a 'Girl Boss' survival story where the female leads are the sole agents of action, planning, and resilience. One primary male figure, Dan (the husband), is dead and revealed to be a moral failure (an adulterer). The female protagonist, Becky, is shown taking charge and using extreme resourcefulness to secure her own survival, displaying protective and strong masculine traits. She is ultimately rescued by her supportive, protective father.

LGBTQ+1/10

The narrative centers entirely on the emotional fallout of a heterosexual marriage and the husband's infidelity with the best friend. There is no presence or lecturing on sexual ideology, alternative sexualities, or gender theory. The traditional family structure (father and daughter) is affirmed in the conclusion.

Anti-Theism4/10

The movie operates in a purely secular, materialistic survivalist framework, with no religious or spiritual elements present to be affirmed or attacked. There is an absence of faith and transcendent morality, but not active vilification of religion. Morality is subjective, confined to the personal dynamics of betrayal and survival.