Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare
Cinematic Sommelier
7.4
It took me a while to find my bearings with this one. I never realized how much a character being able to feel pain and be vulnerable in some fashion played into the overall experience. Once I acclimated, I was all the way in and loved this one! It was a fun action flick with a nice couple twists and a love story woven in. Jack Quaid really makes this one, with the perfect mix of quirky to make the wacky premise work at it’s fullest potential.
7.9
Hard to believe this comes from the guy who made “Magic Mike.” I’m here to tell you, there’s a hidden genius in those films under the veneer of male strippers. But I digress…
A well done, tight runtime, razor focused whodunit that Michael Fassbender was made to lead. It’ll keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end and scratching your head throughout. Extremely well done and a welcomed breath of fresh air amongst what has been a ROUGH start to the year, movies-wise.
6.8
I was excited to see the under 2 hour runtime… until I discovered it’s because they only half finished telling any potential story here. What could have been an incredibly interesting story with great action became a watered down amalgamation of “meh.” It’s ok… but that’s become the MCU now… Mediocrity at its finest.
7.8
Didn’t expect this one to be quite THIS good. I’ll be damned, it was a solid action thriller! And Beast Mode can act! A pretty standard story, but some of the tightest action and fight scenes you’ll see on the big screen this year. Definitely can tell it’s the same team as “Nobody.” If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it…
6.3
This movie was insulting. If you think Marky Mark’s accent is bad, you just wait…
There were moments where things almost took off, but then they go right back to “oh no… I totally didn’t see that coming” (in the most sarcastic tone imaginable.) Just… why did I feel so talked down to by this dumb of a movie? It pained me to make it to the end. Then they try to do the M. Night fake-out ending 2-3 times as a last sharp stick in the eye… Just, no. This is the backwards hat of movies.
Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare 