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El mal
Movie

El mal

2025Thriller

Woke Score
1
out of 10

Plot

“El mal is basically a suspense story, where the audience senses that something disturbing is going to happen, but doesn't know how or when. But it also aims to get the viewer to question their own certainties, their capacity to love and to accept their own dark side.”

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Overall Series Review

Juanma Bajo Ulloa's psychological thriller 'El mal' rejects modern progressive tropes in favor of an intense, atmospheric examination of human ambition and moral decay. The story centers on an ambitious writer who receives an offer from a confessing serial killer to document a life of crime. Rather than lecturing the audience on privilege or systemic oppression, the film focuses on personal responsibility, dark human impulses, and ethical choices. The narrative avoids forced diversity, identity politics, and contemporary political agendas, sticking strictly to character merit and auteur storytelling.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

Casting relies entirely on merit rather than identity quotas or forced diversity. Characters are evaluated based on their actions and moral choices rather than race or intersectional victimhood hierarchy.

Oikophobia1/10

The narrative contains no civilizational self-hatred or attacks on Western heritage. It remains a localized, character-driven story about evil and conscience.

Feminism1/10

Female characters are presented with realistic human flaws, vulnerabilities, and moral dilemmas rather than being depicted as invincible 'girl bosses'. The story features traditional relationship subplots and avoids preachy gender politics.

LGBTQ+1/10

The plot focuses on traditional relationship dynamics and personal ambition. It does not incorporate queer theory or lecture audiences on gender ideology.

Anti-Theism1/10

The film treats evil and morality as serious, objective realities rather than subjective power dynamics. It explores conscience and corruption without vilifying religious faith or tradition.

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