IMO not as good as the other "XYZ explained" shows but still interesting. I guess one of the issues is that it is US-focused and that some of the topics/details vary a bit depending on the country (though it might often still be surprisingly similar).
Too many cliches and way too many plot holes
They're stuck in a bunker , they can't call 911?
This is a story of incompetent CIA agents.
Agent Quaker should be fired. After an experimental brain wave transfer, executed first time on humans, he expects patient to remember everything right after the surgery... And when he doesn't, he just decides to give up instantly. Now that is top notch management skills there...
Jerico was secured in a top-level prison with chains and everything and brought in to the surgery unconscious. But when the surgery "failed", Agent Quaker decided to sent him back in a causal police car without any precautions this time... Now that is top notch management skills v2.
Jill triggers the silent alarm and they call to verify. And the dead guy, Jerico causally talks like Bill. No one on the receiving end gets suspicious or thinks about the fact that the guy is dead.
Jill is also not that smart, after a break by entering pin code, she fails to change the pin code and Jerico revisits. :facepalm:.
Agent Quaker is incompetent enough to put some guards to the door for Jill, in case Jerico visits again. He should get a raise, really.
And finally Jerico/Bill... Why are you not smart enough to check if Martha is dead after the explosion, like really? Of course the same goes to Martha as well...
Long story short, CIA is not the smartest agency in the world which makes it a bit painful to watch. :/
Being a complete idiot must have been part of the job description for people who wanted to take part in that mission.
I really hate the actors setup nowadays; so politically correct and so unrealistic. We need to have a Latino, Black, Asian, women, gays, etc. Just make an crew of logically apt people, not the 'representation' of your viewers or somekind of neutral political agenda. As if a movie portraiting the KKK would have any of forementioned diversities on their side of the fence 'to fulfill somekind of moral code'. Please Netflix stop doing this, most of your viewers are not dumb, linear or narrow-minded people.
I was really into this until the last 10 minutes or so when it went off the rails. It doesn't help that this has come so close on the heels of Netflix's* Nightflyers which is an extremely similar concept, but straight away the characters and storytelling here are better (but that's not a high bar to beat). This obviously doesn't have much of a budget, but the writing is fun enough to not make that a big issue.
Right now it's just a bit bizarre. That final moment was nonsense. Just as with Nightflyers, why send a crew of clearly emotionally unstable people on such an important mission? Staging a mutiny on the first day? Beyond ridiculous.
This must be the most millennial and useless crew ever assembled for a critical mission to "save humanity". Fortunately they will die one by one, and let Niko do her job.
If there's a 4th season, I won't bother. It's gotten too weird. Not as bad (yet) as Lost (which I quit watching), but fast on it's way.
How many random people is Ben going to tell they had a calling & they understand it like it’s an everyday word? WTF!!!
How many time is Ben going to say lifeboat? We get it, it’s a fucking lifeboat.
omg now the computer has emotions too...
its an "organic" evolution says the machine :D
I hear nothing... put it on speakers... still nothing...
5 teenage mutants and the doctor talking much of the movie and in the end they fight, 2 years of waiting for this, the worst of the FOX mutant saga
This movie was painfully boring, and didn't contain a single likeable character. It was like watching a whiney CW teen drama. What wasn't boring, was borderline nonsensical.
Don't waste your time with this one, especially if you are a fan of the previous x-men movies.
Netflix really perfected the high budget yet low budget boring but just watchable action movie.
-Smart boy: We should try again with small objects, and then bacteria, plants..
-Hot girl: Nah, let's try it ourselves!
-Smart boy: Ok!
The power of boner is stronger than reason.
For those familiar with Reilly's books, this hits all the usual hallmarks of his work.
An early start to frenetic action. The classic ticking clock countdown to beat. A badass lead who just won't quit no matter the odds. And a nice smattering of humour and emotion throughout to complement it all.
Hopefully, this will convince Hollywood to take another look at his extensive series of work and finally get a movie adaptation of Ice Station and Seven Ancient Wonders in the works. To see some of those set pieces on the big screen would be truly epic. With Charlize Theron playing the role of Mother please.
So let me gets the right. They want to drop nuclear bombs on America, but they want to persuade people to help them by giving them US dollars. Where they going to spend that ???
I loved living vicariously through these people. I do wonder why this mission wasn't more in mainstream media tough. I mean Challenger was everywhere back then. But Netflix is pretty much the only mainstream platform I heard about this. Maybe it's just because I'm not in America.
Speaking of America tough I didn't really like how 'Americanized' and dramatized the show was. Wish it would have focused more on the mission itself. Maybe that's just me tough.
Severely overrated film. Aged horribly because of the way it was filmed, acting isn't great, the story is severely unrealistic and it's pretty darn boring to be honest.
I really don't see why this gets so much love.
I love how damn easy it is for Billions to be stolen... moved... and then re-stolen. You have to wonder just how effective 2FA is? Maybe criminal types don’t use it :face_with_monocle:
When Jillian shared her acceptance on everything dying, even love, I actually felt that...
Wanted to watch an "easier to digest" comedy this weekend, so I ended up watching Game Night in theaters that just came out with Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and I really enjoyed it. There were a lot of good laughs and a very solid and honestly relatively unique premise for a comedy. In action, the "Game Night gone wrong" premise worked out a lot better than I thought it would from seeing the initial trailers, mostly due to a good balance of varied semi-believable comedic situations, a nice brisk pace over 1.5 hours, and a dash of "real life" themes for good measure (but not too much, of course).
There was great chemistry between the two leads of Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams, and the supporting characters were all very fun and unique in their own rights (yay for Sharon Horgan from Catastrophe). Honestly, the specific interactions between each of the couples was done very well, and each couple gave off a distinct vibe that worked to keep the movie fresh. Most of the jokes hit ("Hey Denzel!!"), and things never got too overly "ridiculous" or completely "unbelievable" where all common sense gets completely thrown out the window (aka later Hangover movies). I thought that maybe Max "the stalker cop" would be a little too overboard, but things got concluded quite nicely in the end and worked out for the better (definitely stay to watch the ending credits and the post-credits scene).
I didn't have the greatest expectations coming in, but I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. A very, very solid 7/10 from me. If you want a nice comedy to enjoy with some friends and get some good solid laughs (this one will have jokes for everyone), I definitely recommend checking Game Night out. Or if tickets to Black Panther are sold out... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Genuinely genuinely genuinely funny comedy without having to resort to drugs in every otheother scene. Not a bad bit of mystery as well, but the characters carry the film. Good time at the movies. Jason Bateman strikes again. 9/10
“Stop splashing! You have a life jacket on.” Lol. That girl is the single best thing about the movie.
It should have ended in season 3, now it is just a waste of time.
Bob Odenkirk gets his John Wick moment (albeit lesser stakes) and it's pretty frigging awesome. The most fun film I've seen in a while. Also the best movie that Christopher Lloyd's been in in ages
:zap: Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny...
:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: That was the funniest scene I've seen since Joey Tribiani came up with the moo point.
