Black Plague (2013)

Step deep into the 21st century and discover the complexities of artificial combat soldiers.

Since Season 2 of Peacemaker is currently airing, let’s revisit the movie that started it all.

Gay representation is out there, but to portray a character who's gay as a big, happy brute is a rare treat.

My review’s title is a nod to Shakespeare and is entirely deliberate. The original movie portrayed the high-end fashion world as a brutal arena of plotting, backstabbing, and betrayal, and most Shakespeare’s plays depend on these plot devices. The Devil Wears Prada 2 uses the same formula, and is, plot-wise, almost identical. Once again, we plunge into the cutthroat world of Runway, where to get and stay at the top, you must let go of your principles and moral sense. The only thing different is that due to the digital era, Runway is not a print magazine anymore, but one that is running online.

Although Christmas is a time of year for love and cheer for all, holiday cinema has not always represented diverse communities. Being a holiday with Christian origins, much of its media consists of straight white families or straight white romances. Luckily, modern years have been bringing with them plenty of POC and LGBTQ+ representation that the holidays so desperately need.

While this film thinks that it is diagnosing the cause, it is merely diagnosing a symptom instead.