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The Nile Crocodiles
Movie

The Nile Crocodiles

2022 • Unknown

Woke Score
1
out of 10

Plot

During a Nile cruise on a boat, an unexpected swindle occurs to one of the passengers, after which comical situations follow to reveal the truth.

Overall Series Review

The film is a localized, mainstream Egyptian comedy centered on a crime caper during a river cruise. The entire cast and setting are Egyptian, focusing on a storyline about a swindle and the subsequent investigation. The narrative structure revolves around comical situations and solving a mystery, rather than promoting any specific social or political ideology. The film adheres to the traditional cultural norms of commercial Egyptian cinema, which generally steers clear of the social and identity-based themes prevalent in Western media. All five categories of the "woke mind virus" are essentially absent from this production due to its cultural origin and genre focus.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

Characters are defined by their role in the swindle—victim, perpetrator, or side character—and their personal merits or flaws, not their immutable characteristics. The film, being a mainstream Egyptian production, does not engage in vilification of whiteness or forced insertion of diversity, as the cast is naturally homogeneous to the setting.

Oikophobia1/10

The plot takes place on a popular Nile cruise route, showcasing Egyptian landmarks and promoting the local setting. The film's primary focus on an internal crime does not frame Egyptian society as fundamentally corrupt, but rather uses the setting as a backdrop for a comedy of errors. The narrative avoids hostility toward its own home culture.

Feminism2/10

The crime-comedy genre centers the plot on action and mystery, not gender dynamics. Any female characters involved are likely integrated into the caper as victims, investigators, or accomplices without resorting to the 'Girl Boss' Mary Sue trope. The film adheres to traditional non-Western gender representation, which avoids anti-natalist or widespread male emasculation messaging.

LGBTQ+1/10

Mainstream Egyptian cinema, operating under cultural and governmental standards, avoids centering alternative sexualities, deconstructing the nuclear family, or engaging with gender ideology. The film retains a normative structure without political lecturing on sexual or gender identity.

Anti-Theism1/10

As a commercial Egyptian film, the narrative relies on a clear, universally understood moral structure where the swindle is clearly wrong and its unraveling is the objective truth. The plot is driven by a simple moral code of right and wrong, and it is highly unlikely to include any anti-theist sentiment or vilification of traditional religion.