Summer Sunsets---Trains, Beasts and SuperPets

BULLET TRAIN

ACTION/COMEDY

PLOT:    Brad Pitt (Ladybug) has a simple assignment: retrieve a silver case on a train but of course a few assassins want the case too.  It is like Smoking Aces on a train.

WHAT IS RIGHT:   Brad Pitt, the supporting cast and special guests.  He is a former hit man who takes no-violent tasks but this is not one of them.  The kills are crazy and there is a lot of humor.

WHAT IS WRONG:  The film is long even though there is much mayhem going on.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  If you like action, Brad Pitt and elaborate deaths-then YES.

BEAST

THRILLER 

PLOT:    Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) is a doctor.  His wife died and decide to bond with his two daughters and go on a trip to visit his friend Martin Battles (Sharito Copley) in South Africa but they are trapped as a lion is trying to kill them.

WHAT IS RIGHT:  Its Jaws on four legs!  They are using every method to survive a furious lion!  Elba goes from mild manner doctor to using his wits and weapons to make it out alive.  It also has Elba regretting he wasn’t there for his family while being a doctor.

WHAT IS WRONG:  The lion is CGI but it is not the best and it does have many clichés you see before in these kinds of movies.

SHOULD YOU GO:  If you like Idris Elba and the lion-YES!

NOPE

SCIENCE FICTION

PLOT: Brother and sister own a ranch and there are UFO on their land and want to take a picture as proof.  Why did he call it the title of the movie?  It stands for NOT OUR PLANET EARTH.

WHAT IS RIGHT:  The music, the humor, cinematography and the acting of Daniel Kaluuya as Otis Haywood Jr. or OJ for short and Keke Palmer as Emerald Haywood.

WHAT IS WRONG:  It is a slow burn which means it takes a long  time to get going! Special effect of the alien ship not impressive.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  Nope-unless you like Jordon Peele way of directing a story.  This is his third movie as director.  The other two were the successful Get Out and US.  Hope the fourth movie is better than this one.

 

DC LEAGUE OF SUPERPETS

3D ANIMATION/COMDEY ADVENTURE

PLOT:    Villain Lux Luthor finds an orange space rock he wants to destroy  Superman but it only works on pets.

WHAT IS RIGHT:  The cast featuring Dwayne Johnson as Kyrpto, Kevin Hart as Ace and the evil Lulu Luther’s hairless guinea pig voiced by Kate McKinnon.  She is silly and sinister at the same time.  It is also a satire of superhero movies.

WHAT IS WRONG:  Lots of juvenile humor.

 

 

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  YES! It is amusing for kids and well made.