More gratuitous violence and less catholic girl home might have helped in making the movie more entertaining. OK to watch but nothing extraordinary. Maybe it would have worked better if I'd have seen the first one (https://trakt.tv/movies/the-woman-2011).
Goddamn, Al Gore was right...ManBearPig is alive and scary as shit
The Meg.
Alternative title: Everything wrong with contemporary Hollywood in 2 hours.
Alternative title II: This one’s for you, China.
Just shut up, Meg.
2/10
Once again, the actors doing impressions/playing against type is the best thing the film has going for it.
Jack Black stole the last movie, this time that award goes to Kevin Hart (first two acts) and Awkwafina (final third).
Having said that, the movie that's build around the impression comedy isn't as good, nor fun, as last time.
The story takes the T2 approach of making a sequel, i.e. switch the roles that everyone plays, and keep the story the same.
Unfortunately, the approach can't save the film from its own poor choices regarding the filmmaking.
The action in this is quite poor, to which some people will undoubtedly respond: well, it's supposed to be cheesy.
To be fair, I probably would've given a pass for it if there was an analog charm to it, but I just refuse to do that for lazy, digitized ugliness.
Moreover, the comedy isn't as sharp and witty as it was before.
Surprisingly, there's a lot of reliance on slapstick, which almost makes it feel like this was made for a younger demographic than the last one.
There's not a single scene that matches Karen Gillan's outstanding seduction scene from the previous film.
Also, there's a lot of expository dialogue that shouldn't be there.
Finally, the ending begs for comparisons to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , which makes me go: out of anything you could've done, why on earth would you willingly choose to go there?
4.5/10
Serious question ahead.
But first, the differences between Rachel the female operative and Jason Bourne / 007?
- Rachel betrays her oath because she falls in love
- Crashes her car when distracted
- Gets raped
- Gets an abortion which blows her cover and costs her handler his job
Now the question: is this film God awful sexist or am I reaching?
Please feel free to leave your answer in the comments!
A big pile of nothing. Waste of time.
Elena is perfect what gorgeous body
How many dogshit baad movies can Willis make in a year? Every month another steaming pile appears!
the beginning is a little slow but get better till the end . I. give a 10 could be a 9 .
but I liked this movie very credible ( very. real LAPD night life ) a hard job. Thank you LAPD to serve us
if you want a bit action American movie watch line of duty :) release today :)
I had a day to gather my thoughts and I think I need to watch this again. This movie is a hot mess. The script seems so bare bones, but with so many opportunities to be biased at the same time, combined with terrible actors.
The first death, Lindsey, is shown as the girl walking home alone at night, but when she is attacked she barely tries to escape, instead deciding to stick around instead of calling security or running away. Boom, dead.
Riley, an abuse victim, is studying at a university with a long history steeped in the appreciation of men. She was sexually assaulted 3 years prior by the former head of another frat house who drugged and raped her. Unfortunately she never sought therapy, and all her sorority sisters either don't acknowledge it or tell her in so many words to get over it, coercing her into joining their shit dance number as their 4th with the knowledge that her abuser is there.
Riley seems to have some history with her teacher who singles her out during class, blaming her for a petition to fire him. In reality it is her social justice warrior friend begging students to sign the petition. She is loud and proud, however, stomps all over riley throughout the movie. She's a terrible friend.
In the sorority house, there is evidence of strange happenings but no one except Riley acknowledges it. For almost the entire movie the cat is missing. Girls are bring attacked and going missing but no one takes it seriously. Riley goes to campus security and is almost comically shut down. The guard even tries to say, boys will be boys. We get it, the movie is feminist, but just stop shoving it down our throats.
The bodies of the deceased are hidden around the school but no one even finds them until the climax. The actual twist of the movie was pretty good. I really liked it, but the getting there was so terrible and garbage. Even the camera work is shit and I don't get whats going on with the sound and echoing.
There's one particular scene where the girl with the cat gets choked and when the bad guy pulls the christmas lights around her neck, the camera abruptly zooms in like it was done post production. The same effect youtubers use for comedy.
There's a bust of the school founder and when put in a specific frat house, it activates the spirit of the founder, who encourages men to behave like alphas. Their hazing ritual includes reciting a Latin inscription and smearing a black liquid on the pledge which possesses him with the spirit of the founder. Riley has an opportunity to destroy it but just chooses to do everything so slowly.
I feel like this movie is terrible but I'm not sure.
This is brilliant. One of the finest Australian dramas I've seen in years. Really beautifully made,and about a truly important part of our history.
This movie was awful! It started off great, thought they had a good plot, then they go into the "shimmer." It became very hard to follow, the story was going back and forth and sideways. I found myself wishing the end would just come lol. There are way better "end of the world" movies out there. How does this director go from 28 days and 28 weeks later, and Dredd to this crap. Will never watch anything with this director again, I should have known, wasn't that impressed with ex machina either. And Natalie Portman?????? Hasn't she been downgraded to a "B" movie actress yet? I can see that her acting as not improved at all since her days in "Star Wars."
Unforgivable. Horribly dull presentation of what could have been a fine Sci Fi idea. Fought off sleep and now wondering if I should have just taken a nap. 2/10
That Warren style well-worn story, those kids actors very well stories of others meaningless for what they do. It is clear that you do not have to play with the Ouija but you know what you do and even if you know it too
A rerun of 35 other movies. A lot of stuff didn't pay off...why did we see her take off her shoes if they were to magically appear on and off her feet whenever the script called for it? Mercifully not too long. 3/10
I like movies that only show their real meaning at the end.. and this one was brilliant!
damn, what a nice surprise. i sure hope the sequel doesn't take long....
Waste of time movie.. the storyline was very poor.. there’s no back story about the money.. it was just a waste of time
A fun, winning time, pure and simple. The cast is game and giving 100%, there’s some quality gags, a nice camaraderie, and a charming script. The story’s not as clever as it wants to be, but it doesn’t need to be, and seeing it in a theater with a bought in audience really completed the experience. Hope Tim Story gets to do more like this instead of FFs and Tom and Jerrys.
Hope it involves as much Patrick Wilson as possible with as little clothing as you can imagine!
Overall they do a good job with the characters and the place they are at feels natural for a family dealing with the fallout of the first two movies. Patrick Wilson is also surprisingly restrained with his direction, there are still some jump scares but a lot of it leans into the spooky, unsettling vibes. We are dealing with inherited trauma and mental illness but also FUCKING GHOSTS, unfortunately it kind of goes off the rails and stumbles through the ending.
I was sucked in by the poster, to be honest. I thought there would be more action. Having said that, I enjoy movies with good stories which this had.
[PÖFF'21] A thriller that speaks of the fears of our society, represented in classism. This rescue is reminiscent of "Knife in the water" (1962), in the development of relationships between characters in a small space from which there is no escape. Alfredo Castro is once again the face that reflects fear, but also hatred. And there is an excellent handling of tension in one of the most disturbing movies of this year.
We found the worst movie of 2022
I was really surprised by this movie. Nothing was entirely original. It was like ZombieLand meets Fall-Out. However the movie was ambitious, fun, sweet and exciting at times.
It was nice to see a dog used properly in a movie as well. I mean in most movies with monsters, the dog is predictably a goner. So that definitely was a nice change that he was utilized.
It’s strange to get a monster movie that I actually want to give a big hug.
Comparable to S7VEN and SAW but with more action elements.
This movie was not bad - it had a decent mystery running through it and keeps your attention - all the way up to the end where it kind of comes to a screeching halt and doesn't have a proper ending. But still watchable for most horror/thriller lovers.
The concept is fine, and the film is sometimes nicely shot. But thanks to wooden acting, direction that fails to raise the pulse, and a boringly slow pace, this is a film that inflicts tedious cruelty onto the viewer.
