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A -{ BIG }- Screen Micro Review .

I'll readily admit it. I set out to watch 'Black Widow' -{ again 😅 }- , had the film's timings wrong, and ended up watching 'Birds ....ooops.... I mean 'Gunpowder Milkshake', ( 'GM' for short ), instead. But no, really, watch the -Official- trailer, and you'll see what I mean ; the similarities, which permeate the ( -Entire- ) movie, are, 'to put it mildly' ...really, really, really... -{ Stark }- . "Mentions-of-note" : 1 : The utterly -{ ADORABLE 💜 }- pint sized thespian, Chloe Choleman ( "8¾ year old Emily" ) . . . She's Twelve in real-life, and is simply a lovely, -Effusive- bundle of utter delight, and of course . . TALENT. 2 : { Mild-spoiler } : Keep your eyes peeled for the "Dracula gets killed by . . . ( why, a -Stake- Of course❗)" scene. In the classic Dark-comedy sense ; it simply could -{ Not }- have been executed more perfectly .

"Downsides" : I guess I'm just going to have to put this one down to a -{ Simple }- case of : "not very good timing, at all". In other words, on the one hand you have the USA being -Utterly- battered by a -Very- Deadly Pandemic . . . { 'no offence' to Covid-19, but right now I'm actually referring to the ( TRULY ) Horrific 'summer spike' in American - GUN 🔫 - violence } . . and on the other, you have a -US- ( 'Gunpowder's' Country-of-origin is listed as 'France, Germany, USA' ) picture that -altogether- glorifies a -{ "seemingly endless" }- spree of 'Vividly gratuitous slaughter' . . the likes of which I haven't seen in a -serious- while. Not to mention the rather -glaring- "Birds Of Prey déjà-vu" aspect of exposing an -Actual- , innocent, young 12 ( -13½ in the case of 'Birds Of Prey'- ) year old -BABYGIRL- ( and in a "prominent, Starring-Role", at that ) to -that- level of Darkness & Violence, albeit thematic. And of course, the film -Does- have its fair share of "wanton" profanity, and the young child is -{ by no means }- deaf, let's not forget. Seriously . . . What kind of message does that send❓.

Summation : "Save some money". Sure, the movie has its moments, & is even "SUPREMELY" funny in -Atleast- 2 or 3 places, let's be clear. But in my humble opinion, if you're -Not- 'particularly' crazy about this sub-genre, then 'GM' is, I'm afraid, -{ Not ⛔ }- worth a special trip to the cinema, -Especially- with the 'delta variant' of Covid 19 -Still- wreaking some Serious "Mayhem" in so many, many, many parts of the world. So if you feel like this is a 'must' watch for you, then you should be -Just- fine streaming it on, { say }, Netflix, which, by the way, PRODUCED IT . . 'ANYWAY' . -All- things considered, then, that's going to be an 'Honest-to-goodness' 7.00 Marks Out Of 10.00 from me, because that's -{ REALLY ✅ }- . . . As far as high as I can go with 'Gunpowder Milkshake', all things considered .

This looked good from the trailer but the film itself let me down. The script is poor and way too derivative and the over the top comedy is way out of place given the violence elsewhere. The story is too obviously copied from JOHN WICK and the substitution of the library for the hotel doesn't really work or feel legitimate. Some solid acting talent is present here but Karen Gillan has bitten off more than she can chew as the lead and her doubling is too obvious and too often. Some good fight choreography is lost between the over editing and over cutting. Overall, I expected more but didn't get it from this film.

Everyone in America has a gun, except half the henchmen in this movie. And if your job is guarding a literal armory under attack by a busload of them, why would you pick an ax and a chain to fight off a busload of them? And bright red Porsches are apparently hard to see in nearly empty parking garages. I had high hopes with so many excellent actresses in one film. Unfortunately the writing was hokey and didn't give them much to work with. I have no idea how the producers got so many big names to go along with this. The cast was the only reason I didn't rate this movie a 3.

Don't overthink it. That's the best advice I can give. Sure, there are a lot of things that don't make sense, but if you come to this looking for something cerebral, you're bound to be disappointed. The fight scene between the paralyzed Sam (Karen Gillan) and the three goons sent by Nathan (Paul Giamatti) will only prove that point. The clichéd dialog can be a distraction too, but it's spaced out fairly well enough to get by with. Me, I thought the title was a blast, and that's what brought me to the film. I wouldn't have expected anything more than a mindless action flick and got pretty much what I bargained for. Besides, any diner brawl backed up by Janis Joplin belting out 'Piece of My Heart' is going to win me over.

I can only assume the director of this movie is related to someone with pull in Hollywood.

This movie is a fun concept, with great actors, good production design, and clearly has quite a bit of budget. $30M according to the internet.

I imagine in the production meetings the director said things like "I want this fight to look like John Wick" and "I want this to be like Kill Bill". Part of me wonders if this movie was actually initially setup to be an action comedy or if the studio decided to call it a "comedy" so that the audience would be more forgiving.

The bowling alley fight was an insult to stunt sequences. The choreography was trash, it was poorly shot, predictable, and boring. The set was beautiful though. The DP and G&E team did a nice job lighting the scene. If you have 30M to spend on your movie perhaps convince your lead to train with a stunt team for a few months before prep starts.... Like Keanu did with 87eleven before Wick...

Lots of money was spent on techno crane and steady cam shots. These are my favorite tools of the trade. It's a shame to see them so poorly executed and overused. Also, framing matters.

Sergio Leone style mariachi music can be fun but not in this movie where it was overused and felt gimmicky.

"Mom always has a plan". Great. My guess is the scene that sets this up either got cut or the director couldn't make his days and they just wrapped and said the hell with shooting it.

What a waste of Michelle Yeoh's talents. She is an amazing performer. She is literally the closest thing the world has to a female Jackie Chan and she's an amazing actor.

Quentin Tarantino does bad process car work in his films intentionally. It's fun. This guy's poor attempt at doing this was annoying.

The bad back lot feel of the diner didn't come off as stylistically cool. It came off as lame.

Bad ass assassins don't drive red 944s with automatic transmissions. Also, the fact that the car was fully armored was a really weak choice.

All in all this movie seems like it was directed by a talentless hack who fanboys over better directors with vision and attempts to poorly imitate their art.

This movie doesn't do anything groundbreaking, but it's a decent enough action flick that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Although some parts seemed to drag on a little bit, especially the first half, it's fun and the action sequences are fairly well done.

The music choices seemed a little odd to me at first, but it works. One good thing I can say about it is it didn't use the same old tires music that's been done to death.

The acting was decent and the young actress playing Emily did a great job.

Pretty enjoyable overall.