I'm really not sure about John David Washington. The man is the silent protagonist of video games but for movies and that's really not a compliment. He is a blank canvas on screen and he never really puts in a performance that convinces you of anything. That worked for Tenet, but here it sticks out like a sore thumb. While the premise is gripping enough, I found Beckett to be all the running of a Bourne/Bond movie, but without the bite of the action set pieces found in those movies. It tries to increase the scope of the narrative with a large international political scandal, but it all just comes off a little contrived and not thought through. That being said, I still found the core premise intriguing enough to see through to the final credits, but I was neither blown away nor underwhelmed by the whole thing. It was just ok.
Shout by XiofireBlockedParent2021-08-22T12:13:05Z
I'm really not sure about John David Washington. The man is the silent protagonist of video games but for movies and that's really not a compliment. He is a blank canvas on screen and he never really puts in a performance that convinces you of anything. That worked for Tenet, but here it sticks out like a sore thumb. While the premise is gripping enough, I found Beckett to be all the running of a Bourne/Bond movie, but without the bite of the action set pieces found in those movies. It tries to increase the scope of the narrative with a large international political scandal, but it all just comes off a little contrived and not thought through. That being said, I still found the core premise intriguing enough to see through to the final credits, but I was neither blown away nor underwhelmed by the whole thing. It was just ok.