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Total bollocks, and a waste of Bryan Cranston’s talents. What was he thinking when he took the gig? More lead in the air at any one time than all the A-Team episodes put together, and more gratuitous violence than John Wick.
Loved it, 8/10.
Disjointed, messy sequel of the original, which was excellent. Some cracking moments here and there, but overall I was left wondering why they bothered making it.
5/10
You mean Saul.
My unerring gift for picking out a dud led me to this "thriller" on Amazon Prime. It's a sort of low-rent Panic Room in reverse, with a woman trapped in her own pantry while her two young kids are in the house being menaced by a couple of ne'er-do-wells. Actually it's not that bad... the direction and performances are OK, it's just very obviously 50 minutes of plot stretched out to 90 minutes.
It caught my attention mostly because it's got Vincent Gallo in it. He achieved a bit of fame and notoriety as an actor and director about 20 years ago, but doesn't seem to have done much since, certainly not in the last decade. I wonder if he's fallen on hard times? He looks pretty much the same as ever - i.e. like Joe Perry's junkie kid brother.
(Edit: I've just Googled the film and apparently it was made by The Daily Wire, "an American conservative news website and media company". I guess there is a bit of a don't do drugs, turn your life around message here, but it's not too heavy-handed. There are quite a few moments of odd religious symbolism, and for a while I did wonder if it was going to turn into a full-on Christian message movie, but it doesn't.)
I finally watched it after all these years. I'm sure it's a great film, but I didn't exactly love it. I suffer from a lot of empathy which means that I don't enjoy watching some scenarios - several of which were in the film. I'm sure everyone knows the film anyway but I don't want to add spoilers. I didn't really like the end either. Had a nice 80s vibe though.
What did amaze me was that the chunky kid (Vern) was Jerry O'Connell, Who I knew as one of the main characters in the 90s tv classic Sliders. As a kid he looks nothing like he does older!
I know everyone else watched this months ago, but it happened to catch my own pale blue eye when I was scrolling around the streaming channels list night...
1830. A civilian detective is called in to West Point military academy to investigate the murder of a cadet. He's aided in his investigations by another young cadet, a certain Edgar Allen Poe.
The story's framed as a murder mystery but our heroes actually do very little detective work, all the clues and suspects just seem to fall into their laps. It also veers into slightly incongruous horror territory occasionally. The film has a look which I quite liked - all the indoor scenes are very dark, all the outdoor ones very bright, with a snowy backdrop. And there's some spectacular scenery which may or may not be CGI (I hope not).
There are a lot of familiar faces in the cast, and many British actors doing strange American accents... but hey, maybe they talked like that in the 1830s. Rather than waste time on character development, everyone seems to have been instructed to overact wildly - Gillian Anderson and Timothy Spall are particularly guilty of this. This makes it hard to care about any of the characters. Christian Bale himself is unusually restrained, I thought, but the best thing about the film is Harry Melling's performance as Poe.
Overall, it's alright.
The three hours just fly by. Spectacular fighting and dancing (with CGI assistance) as our heroes fight the evil English Empire.
9/10, deducted one for the dubbing, otherwise brilliant. Would highly recommend.
A lot better than I expected. Given that it’s a Jason Statham film I expected the usual brooding loner with either a dodgy criminal past or a dodgier ex black ops past looking to rebuild a life somewhere quiet, but has to off a load of bad people from his previous life.
I really enjoyed this, almost against my will. Got a feeling there will be a sequel. Spoiled a bit by rather a high body count but apart from that it’s not a bad distraction for a couple of hours.
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Bit of trading feedback here.
Renfield - 9.5/10
Woman escapes abusive husband and attempts to build a new life with her two young daughters, up against a difficult housing situation.
Very slow. Lots of dialogue some shonky CGI and not what I thought it was. Loved it
9.3 recurring
A Quiet Place Part II
Since the sequel is now on Netflix and it's been a few years since I watched the first film, I decided to watch both.
The original is good, but a bit sillier and less exciting than I remembered. I still got confused, as I did originally, by all the different buildings and basements the family have on their property. Next time I'll draw a map...
Part II has, I would assume, a bigger budget so there are more locations, more monster FX and more action scenes. The pre-credits sequence showing how everything began is great. But for most of the film the main characters are separated, which makes the whole thing seem disjointed as it chops and changes between locations. It all feels very much like just another chapter in the story, with more to come... which is fine, I guess.