Saturday, June 1, 2024

Summer Gone Mad, Max Girls, Fall Guys, Saints, Sinners, Apes and Monkey Men


BOY KILLS WORLD

ACTION/COMEDY 

PLOT:   In the future The Van Der Koy rule the country and a young boy sees his family slaughtered and vows vengeance.

WHAT IS GOOD:  The fights scenes are bloody, messy, and very good!  It is like a graphic novel come to life!  Many plot twists!

WHAT IS BAD:   It does have strange moments and the audience wonders are you in a video game or graphic novel.  It does become confusing at times.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  If you like mindless but amazing fights and wild situations by all means YES!

 

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

ACTION/SCI-FI 

PLOT:  How Furiosa became buzz cut one armed female warrior in the wasteland.

WHAT IS GOOD:  Anya Taylor Joy (Furiosa).  She doesn’t talk much but she is tough, clever and resilient!  Chris Hemsworth is fantastic as Dementus who wants to take over what is left of civilization.  He is funny, evil and arrogant! His ride is fantastic too!  A chariot driven by three motorcycles!  The action sequences are great!

WHAT IS BAD:  It is not bad but it helps if you watch all of the Mad Max films .

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  If you enjoy the Mad Max franchise you will enjoy this!


FALL GUY

ACTION/ROMANTIC/COMEDY 

PLOT:    Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling, Barbie) is a stuntman but after an accident he is a bounty hunter who is on a case but can still be a stuntman and be with a female director Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt) who he has always loved.  Based on the TV series The Fall Guy.

WHAT IS GOOD:  The stunts are AMAZING!  Gosling and Blunt are cute as a couple for he is awkward and she is ambitious.  The supporting cast is also very good.

WHAT IS BAD:   Much CGI that is excessive.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  If you like great stunts and romance then YES!

 

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

SCI-FI/ACTION 

PLOT:   The future of the apes are in peril generations later.

WHAT IS GOOD: Special effects are fantastic!  Promxius Caesar voiced by Kevin Durand as the villain is fantastic and has a great catch phrase “What a wonderful day!”  Freya Allan as Mae, a human who is more than meets the eye.

WHAT IS BAD:  The film is long because when there is action, it is very good.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  YES!  If you enjoyed the franchise so far you WILL enjoy this new addition.  The franchise has been around but it is improving with each movie.


CIVIL WAR

SCI-FI/DRAMA 

PLOT:    In the not too distant future cities and states are divided and a few people of the press want to talk to the President of the United States.

WHAT IS GOOD:  Kristen Dunst as Lee Smith, a weary photojournalist who has to show the world how horrible the United States is becoming.  Jessie,  Cailee Spaney, a young woman who wants to be like  Lee.  Action is very good when it happens.  Some images don’t get out of your head!

WHAT IS BAD:  California and Texas team up to go against US and the President. Seems strange for they are both very opposite.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  It is rough viewing!  NOT A POPCORN movie even with the action.


THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES

SATIRE/ROMANTIC COMEDY 

PLOT:   Aren (Justice Smith) is a struggling artist who finds a job with the help of Roger (David Allen Grier) to make white people feel comfortable but love gets in the way. 

WHAT IS GOOD:  Actor David Allen Grier is a good actor who mentors Aren.  There is a lot of truth to the meaning of the film.  When it does talk about race it is very good but romance part not so much.

WHAT IS WRONG:  I am sure the title turned many black people off and the plot.  The film was pulled after three weeks and now on demand and with good reason.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  Mixed.  It is great and funny when talking about the “magical negro” that many black people really don’t want to be.  The romance part okay and it would be better if you see it ON DEMAND.

  

IN THE LAND OF SAINT AND SINNERS

THRILLER 

PLOT:    Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) is an aging hitman who wants to retire and grow plants but a young girl forces him to take out one more person but the scumbag has a sister, Doireann (Kerry Condon) who is also a terrorist!

WHAT IS RIGHT:  The two leads Neeson and Condon are fantastic!  Condon  loves her horrible brother and her country but she is smart, sassy and violent! Neeson is great as kind man with a bad past. Jack Gleeson as Kevin a funny up and coming assassin is good.  The scenery of Ireland is beautiful.

WHAT IS WRONG:  Neeson is great in action movies and he plays the same type.

SHOULD YOU WATCH:  YES ONLY if you’re a Liam Neeson fan?


MONKEY MAN

ACTION 

PLOT:  Del Patel,(Slumdog Millionaire) a young fighter in India wants revenge on the people who killed his mother.  Patel also wrote and directed the film.

WHAT IS GOOD:  The action scenes are amazing!  Ashwini Kalsekar as Queenie is evil as madam and drug dealer.  She is wicked and got a foul mouth!  Priceless!  Sikandar Kher as Rana, the main villain and you can’t wait for the two to fight!

WHAT IS WRONG:   Strange, dreamlike  spots!

SHOULD  YOU WATCH:  YES!  He is the Indian John Wick!

  

 

 


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