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The Walking Dead: Lockdown (2022)
Just let it end soon
With the finally coming up, I gotta say, I'm super happy.
I started watching this show in 2011 and my interest was good until 2019. I'll watch till the end, as a want to know the complete television version of the story, but it's just not very good anymore. Asia is currently dominating everything related to zombies, while The Walking Dead, the frontrunner of Zombie Shows are getting so trained "military personal" of Mercer crew, is so stupid he get himself killed in an open field of zombies and only 1 direction blocked...
So a person surviving for what, 15 years? Are now gonna die from what you would expect idiots in the first few days to die like.
The Umbrella Academy: Seven Bells (2022)
Idiotic behaviour
Imagine you're faced with a choice, option number 1 is certain failure and requires you to do nothing, the 2nd requires you do something extremely dangerous. If you succeed number 2, you might save the entire universe. However the first choice will no matter what lead to the end of everything.
No don't need to be very intelligent to realize only really second option can save your life, therefore going with option 1 is only acceptable, if you have already concluded yourself dead.
Now several characters, Viktor, Diego, Sloane and Luther all wants to live, however they still go with option number 1, as option number 2 requires you to risk your life. Yup, realize how stupid this sounds, as everyone would consider doing nothing and dying to also be a dangerous act.
The only person who can actually be excused from this stupidity is Fives, given his future self told him not to attempt any saving of the universe (bear in mind, he already did past this revelation, but it suddenly "matters").
Other than this, the episode is fine, it's just a hard pill to swallow, that the "saviours" of the universe is sub 60 IQ.
Jiok: Episode #1.6 (2021)
Overall first season review
When I first started this series, I was expecting some scares, IMDB doesn't promote it within the horror genre. However Netflix did at the time, my review will not criticize the series, as it seems to have been a misunderstanding on Netflix part.
Let's start with the good stuff:
Filming (8 stars): Hellbound despite it's short first season, actually makes use of abundance of location, the filming is done extraordinary, one scene involves Min Hye-jin being shoved out a window from what appears to be second or third floor, and the camera follows the fall, as you were shoved with her, but without causing motion sickness. Quite enjoyable to watch.
Acting (7 stars): This is a hit and miss, the main-cast specially after episode 3 is great, however you do have some characters from the pilot to third episode, that needed better detailing, I found myself always taking a break watching, while one or two members of the cast was in focus.
Story (8 stars): First season is super short, and therefore there's pretty much nothing that's skippable, everything has a place in the series, which is much appreciated. I much prefer a shorter season, over episodes that are straight up skippable.
Monsters (2 stars): I know that rating something this low, can come across obnoxious or cringe, but hear me out.
Imagine Hulk rushing towards you, punching you right in the chest, sending you flying in the air, what would you do after such punch? Probably nothing as your entire torso would have been complete shattered, and you would die either instantly, or from internal bleedings within seconds, well not here.
Here the characters takes serveral hits from big black Hulk sized monsters, and whenever they're doing their final move to dispatch you to hell, they always have to hold you down, so you can't flee. This totally kills the illusion of fear, they come across as nothing more than oversized 50 kilo monsters with the ability to send you flying with a layer of air around their first. Of course, they can drag you around like you're a cat, but not even smashing your head in the ground, while putting their entire weight into it, will kill you.
Triple Frontier (2019)
Plot was only written for the first hour
First of all the good stuff
The acting throughout the film was on point for what it is, can complain here, so the actors leaves this title with no career troubles, also the first 30 mins was a fairly good i would say 7/10. The next 30 mins also kept my interest, however after that it was just mistake after mistake. Why on earth with Catfish call out they're not going to be able to climb the mountain with the cargo, why on earth wouldn't they just find a somewhat safe area on both sides, have 2 men guarding each side and make it over a few runs, instead risking the only transport they got.
Also towards the end, could he not have ask the damm driver of the boat to move it out of city area, so they could safely get to it?