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Laced (2023)
Mediocrity
There has been a trend lately (Wilderness Et al ) to portray that women if wronged in some way, percieved or otherwise, have the right to take drastic steps including homicide against their partners/husbands. The justification is that it still is a male dominated society and they wouldn't get justice from the system. The mere fact that it is the woman doing the killing, is suppossed to make the act somewhat justified and the audience are expected to empathize. Movies like this diatribe, will be forced down out collective necks till theat perception is generally acceptable.
However, on the other hand this movie tells a simple story of an emotionally vulnerable and mentally unstable person manipulated by a twisted character to harm her family. A tragedy that is much common in society. The way it tries to portray it is offensive in spirit and mediocre in craft.
Anatomy of a Scandal (2022)
Placid Political Correctness Equals to Rubbish
Mildly interesting plot is let down by cliché despite having some talented actors. The story telling conjures elements that it wants to preach against:
1. If you go to prestigious academic institutions you invariably end up in secret societies and doing
crimes
2. Men are liars and cheats (all male characters) while women are without fail virtuos and moralistic (even if they doing identity fraud and beach of prosecution laws)
3. You can "tell by looks" if someone is a sexual offender, so if someone looks one he probably is one
4. Governments can fall in a day by a solitary hearsay testimony to the press oferring no evidences
The series trivializes and abuses such important issues as consent and sexual violence by depicting them as subjective, shifting and ambivalent in its depictions.
Bimilui Soop (2017)
Tedious and Convoluted
Slow and tedious storyline with minimal character development and pretentious plotline keeps this in familiar K drama territory. The characters try to present themselves as more smart than the writing allows them to be and plot complexities are self fulfilling and ultimately amount to nothing. The male lead is a stoic character, very much in fashion in K Dramas, and the female lead (an actress of some international recognition) comes as an automaton instead of a strong female character. Ultimately nothing much happens and the ending leaves the viewer wary. Season 2 is more of the same with a little bit more product placements and equally unsatisfying. Long sections of episodes can be fast forwarded (recommended) and will take nothing away from the overall experience. Dialogues are rudimentary and amateurish for the subject matter. At the conclusion, there is no understanding of why the characters do what they do and frankly one doesn't care either.
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Instant Noodle Soup which aspires for a different flavor but comes as inauthentic as they come
The experience of the African American soldier in the quagmire of the American war in Vietnam is something that certainly needs exposure and further research, however, Da 5 Blood is not up to it. It announces headlines but never bothers to give them a detailed look that they deserve. Ultimately it never makes up its mind if it wants to be a war movie, a political satire, a treasure hunt thriller or something entirely different. Patchy plotting, sub standard production quality and shoddy direction keeps viewers from caring much anyway. As a 'Vietnam War Film" it fails due to its unconvincing set up of period scenes. As a memoir it does little justice by portraying the present Vietnam nation with a dishonest "Hollywood" eye. There are no child beggars in HCM night clubs (or any other city) and armed gangs are not found roaming around in the country which has excellent law and order situation. The Vietnam nation of today is a fast developing country with good infrastructure and a dynamic though inherently broken society. Mr Lee had a chance to explore some of that but he ignores it. It is disingenuous to make a film about one racism while portraying another through cheap stereotyping.