Reviews

I'm not sure how many more stories Statham can rinse out that can give him the opportunity to play the hero seeking revenge against baddies. This time it's cyber thieves who just happen to take all the money from someone who he is renting a shed from where he looks after his bees. Very formulaic but it's watchable enough as the said baddies are made to be so unlikeable that you can't wait for Statham to mow them all down. The crazy woman beekeeper was a particular highlight. It turns comical (though for some that point may have been reached earlier) towards the end as a bunch of mercenaries are hired and allowed to mingle along side secret service at a gala event attended by the president. These mercenaries look like they've just walked out of hipsters clothing store on route to save an incredibly unlikeable scumbag that Statham's after. After literally spitting his words out the lead mercenary gets the odd hit in but eventually succumbs to Statham's dodgy US accent when he realises he only has one leg. All's well that ends well as Statham's slinks away into the sea having served up his ultimate revenge. Up next for Statham - back to the UK to play a retired ex military captain now postman who realises that his friend who runs his local post office has been stitched up by a Japanese tech giant who are in bed with the government. The Postman's Justice out in 2024.

This is the issue I have with stories that span over seasons, they become tedious, one murder - amazingly everyone seems to be involved for a girl who hasn't been on the island for years, no-one wants to come forward with any information, like the sister in law. Seen the victim on the day of her murder but doesn't come forward for the poorest of reasons. Throw in red herrings (the drug side issue) which seems unconnected but tiringly will continue to be connected. It'll turn out to be the brother probably who had an issue with her when they were 10 and all the side stories will be pointless. This story isn't strong enough to span the season. It could have been a tight 3/4 parter.

Country and Western meets the Hunger Games with Dolly Parton in the starring role. Firstly this film is too long, I'm not sure the film needed the 3rd part, it could have been wrapped up and have created the antagonist Snow a lot quicker. Everyone played their parts perfectly well, Viola Davis was menacing enough when called for. A lot of the cast though just didn't have enough about them, and when they were chosen to be killed off whether they were tributes or otherwise it didn't hit any note of substance, you just moved on. Even Tyrion at the end, it was like oh well. Oh for a Stanley Tucci performance in this one. The oppulance off the city was missed as well.

A tough watch, it's a slow burn that just doesn't fire up or get going enough to keep the viewer interested. As many have said with the quality cast on board, though Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn has almost put me off watching her, you would have thought the screen would be lit up with a cracking plot and great performance. It doesn't, I could hear one bloke snoring further behind me. The demise of Taylor Swift's character was the most action we saw in the whole film. There was little action, no jeopardy, no real twists or turns of any note. A very flat film that I ended up wishing for it to end.

This film is not good, the plot is awful, the characters are simple. The music is the only good thing tbh. I couldn't get over the beginning where they see a inmate standing there so Donald gets out the car, the nurse has the window rolled down of course and allows Mikey to part strangle her. She drives 20m away doesn't roll the window up but gets out and allows Mikey to drive off all the while Donald is watching. It's all downhill after that. Mikey spends the next hour playing hide and seek while sounding like he's got breathing difficulties from having Covid 19. Donald is playing detective with all the grace of Chief Wiggum "hiding" outside his old house wearing a white raincoat hoping Mikey is going to show up. The last 20 odd minutes is where the action happens, Mikey takes forever killing 3 people and JLC uses her arts and crafts skills to take him down at least 3 or 4 times I think anyway, lost count. Thankfully Donald, having finally spotted Mikey's car (despite him being just down the road from it all night) legs it over to help JLC. Credits roll up. No suspense or tension just annoyance over Mikey taking ages killing, walking around do anything really. If you allow JLC about 15 minutes to get out of the kitchen despite being only 5 steps away then you deserve very little.

The plot twist with Ben Kingsley and what looks like a mop head is so so bad, film takes a nose dive after that, why? Who thought that would be good.