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The Beekeeper (2024)
Ruined by B-list support
The premise for the film was quite reasonable but the film was totally ruined by a host of substandard supporting cast who lack conviction and plausibility and are given way too much screen time. I presume they used up all the budget on main cast and action set pieces. The attempts to make the bad guys all into caricatures also didn't work.
Jason statham and Jeremy irons do their best to hold it together but wasted amongst the rest of the film. Which ended up being a hybrid of Taken, Wolf of Wall Street and John Wick without being close to any of them.
An easy but frustrating watch, which should have been much better.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
The post End Game decline of MCU continues
I blame myself as everytime I think I will give the MCU another go I end up even more disappointed with their latest cash in on the brands they successfully established prior to the End Game.
The previous ant man films were fun with plenty of humour, the latest offering was in the main devoid of humour and followed a dull formulaic plot which felt like a poor rip off of many films that had preceded it including Star Wars. There is some great acting talent in the film all of it was wasted though. Jonathan Majors was decent in it though, albeit the post credits scene almost ruined that. All in all it suggests that it's about time that Disney ended the continued pursuit of the MCU which has long been past it's best. Sadly until audiences stop buying into it they will continue to roll out the same rubbish.
Traces (2019)
Ok first season terrible second season
The first season was ok and interesting at times. The second season was woeful, they decided to flesh out some of the smaller characters from the first season and became more of a soap opera than crime drama.
Stay Close (2021)
Terrible
I don't often leave reviews but felt compelled too after watching this pile of rubbish. Terrible acting from usually capable actors and a poor and far fetched plot, once of the worst things I have seen in years. Was compelled to see it through just by how bad it was.