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Kraken
Movie

Kraken

2025 • Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Woke Score
1.6
out of 10

Plot

When a Russian submarine vanishes in the Greenland Sea, Commander Viktor Voronin leads a rescue mission to find his brother. Meanwhile, a Kraken monster emerges after a polar station's destruction.

Overall Series Review

The movie is a Cold War-era military creature-feature focused on a Russian naval commander, Viktor Voronin, leading a high-stakes search-and-rescue mission. The core drama centers on the commander’s bond with his missing brother and his duty to the fleet. The Kraken is portrayed as a colossal, external physical threat, with its emergence tied to either a polar station’s destruction or a secret military experiment. The film employs classic action and survival tropes, emphasizing military honor, sacrifice, and masculine competence against the elemental power of the deep sea monster. The narrative is driven by traditional concepts of duty, family loyalty, and national institutions, showing no evidence of modern political or social commentary.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The plot centers entirely on a Russian naval rescue mission, making race and intersectionality irrelevant to the conflict. Casting is ethnically authentic to the Cold War Russian military setting. Character merit is judged by military rank, skill, and the commander’s familial commitment to his brother and the mission.

Oikophobia2/10

The narrative's central conflict is Commander Voronin upholding his duty to a Russian military institution and his family, which stands against civilizational self-hatred. The danger comes from the external monster, the Kraken, which is awakened by an accident at a polar station or a secret weapon, framing nature's chaos as the true enemy, not the Russian state or its history.

Feminism3/10

The main hero, Commander Viktor Voronin, is the sole figure of authority and action, driven by the masculine imperative to find his brother and command his vessel. While a key female character, Diana Pozharskaya, is part of the main cast, the film's military and rescue focus celebrates the traditional male roles of protector, commander, and brother. The core story does not feature a female 'Girl Boss' usurping the male hero's central command or competence.

LGBTQ+1/10

The Cold War-era military submarine setting is a traditionally normative structure. The plot does not center on sexual identity, gender theory, or the deconstruction of the nuclear family. The hero's motivation is the immediate, traditional male-male family bond with his brother.

Anti-Theism1/10

The movie is a monster thriller focused on a military/science operation. The plot is concerned with physical survival and duty, not religious commentary. The moral framework is objective: the monster is evil, the mission is righteous, and the commander's familial duty is noble. There are no indications of vilification against traditional religious faith.