The Unholy
2022
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The Unholy 2
2025
Director
Charles Gozali
Runtime
115 minutes
Average Rating
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Ustadz Qodrat now embarks on the next journey to find his wife, Azizah and once again strike the revenge of evil powers.
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Overall Score
4.0/10
Fair
Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film centers on traditional marital bonds and religious faith. There are no queer narratives or non-cisnormative identities present in the story.
Gender Representation
Azizah provides a complex look at female agency through her psychological trauma. However, her strength is often framed through vulnerability and the need for spiritual protection.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The production offers a localized perspective by centering an Indonesian cast. It successfully disrupts Hollywood-centric tropes through culturally specific religious practices and settings.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The narrative prioritizes Islamic spiritualism and orthodox morality. It reinforces traditional religious institutions rather than offering a critique of these spiritual hierarchies.
Disability Representation
Mental health struggles drive much of the emotional plot. However, psychological instability is used primarily to heighten supernatural stakes rather than exploring neurodivergence.
Strengths
- Provides a non-Western, localized perspective that disrupts Hollywood-centric supernatural tropes.
- Features a high degree of ethnic authenticity through an Indonesian cast and specific religious practices.
- Explores complex emotional stakes through characters facing psychological and spiritual trauma.
Areas for Improvement
- Relies on traditional gender roles where female agency is tied to vulnerability and protection.
- Uses mental health struggles primarily as a plot device to heighten supernatural tension.
- Adheres to strict religious orthodoxy rather than deconstructing or critiquing systemic power dynamics.
AI Analysis
The film is a culturally significant work that challenges Western cinematic dominance by centering Indonesian spiritual identity. It provides a high degree of ethnic authenticity through its localized setting and cast. However, the narrative adheres strictly to traditional religious and gender hierarchies. It functions as a restorative story for traditional values, focusing on the preservation of the nuclear family and spiritual orthodoxy. While the film offers depth through its exploration of trauma, it often relies on established tropes regarding mental health and gendered roles rather than subverting them.
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