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Assassination
Movie

Assassination

2015 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

Overall Series Review

The film is a patriotic, anti-colonial thriller set during the Japanese occupation of Korea, focusing on a national independence movement. The narrative structure is a classic moral conflict: the valor of resistance fighters versus the depravity of foreign occupiers and domestic collaborators. The main assassination team includes a highly skilled female sniper who is the central character, but she works with capable male comrades. The action and plot are driven by a universal sense of honor, duty, and justice, not by a modern social ideology. Themes of national loyalty, moral courage, and ultimate accountability for betrayal and collaboration are paramount. The story is a celebration of national heritage and the sacrifices made to protect it. The plot clearly defines good and evil based on transcendent moral law: those who fight for freedom are heroes, and those who betray their nation for self-interest are villains, regardless of their gender or background.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

The conflict is based on a national struggle: Korean independence fighters versus Japanese oppressors and a Korean collaborator. The plot focuses on moral choice and professional merit; the protagonists are judged by their dedication to the cause, not by an intersectional hierarchy. The concepts of 'whiteness' or 'privilege' do not apply to the central dynamic, which is anti-colonial.

Oikophobia1/10

The entire premise is an act of national affirmation, honoring ancestors who fought for freedom and seeking justice against those who betrayed their homeland. The film celebrates the Korean nation and its resistance against a foreign power, directly opposing the concept of civilizational self-hatred.

Feminism3/10

The team's leader and central figure is a highly competent female sniper, Ahn Ok-yun. Her competence is established through her skill and resolve, not by depicting all men around her as incompetent, which prevents a 10/10 'Girl Boss' score. The male members of the team are also capable heroes, and the film includes a compelling romantic subplot, which is not anti-natalist or anti-family messaging.

LGBTQ+1/10

The narrative makes no mention of sexual ideology or gender theory. The focus is entirely on the historical, military, and political struggle for national liberation. The traditional male-female pairing is present in the form of a heroic romantic subplot, and the nuclear family is referenced in the backstory as the target of the villain's greed and betrayal.

Anti-Theism2/10

The movie operates on an explicit moral framework where good and evil are objective truths. Traitors and collaborators are punished for their greed and betrayal, with the narrative underscoring the necessity of justice, even decades later. This alignment with a transcendent moral law stands in direct opposition to moral relativism.