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Post by Valhalla Erikson on Jul 31, 2024 1:13:41 GMT
Normally this would be the kind of review where I'd give a spoiler warning as what I am about to discuss involves the key twist in the movie. But I don't give a crap about spoiler warnings. Especially regarding a movie that is a few years old. Also if you're familiar with the director's style the twist in question, while interesting, isn't as shocking as the movie depict it. Now on with the review! You're familiar with your usual revenge films where a family member or a family of the main protagonist is killed and said protag embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.This is the movie's concept in a nutshell. With a refreshing twist. The twist is that the person doing the roaring rampage of revenge just so happens to be a crime boss. As someone who has seen a lot of movies and a lot of revenge movies, I come to find this concept pretty refreshing. You don't often have a revenge movie that stars a villain going after bad guys who killed a member of his family. In the Villain Protagonist case it's his son. I won't go as far as to call Statham's character a good guy. The dude's a freking crime boss. But you don't feel sorry for the guys he's going after so it does make it easy for you to root for him. Plus how often in films where the villain go Papa Wolf on somebody who hurt their family? It's one thing when a protagonist go Revenge Mode but when a villain does it he becomes pretty scary. Homeboy in this film was in pure Terminator mode and I am talking first Terminator movie here. It's not a cinema masterpiece. It's an old school revenge action flick. One I'd highly recommend. |
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Post by superkamiguy1 on Jul 31, 2024 2:10:44 GMT
Normally this would be the kind of review where I'd give a spoiler warning as what I am about to discuss involves the key twist in the movie. But I don't give a crap about spoiler warnings. Especially regarding a movie that is a few years old. Also if you're familiar with the director's style the twist in question, while interesting, isn't as shocking as the movie depict it. Now on with the review! You're familiar with your usual revenge films where a family member or a family of the main protagonist is killed and said protag embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge. This is the movie's concept in a nutshell. With a refreshing twist. The twist is that the person doing the roaring rampage of revenge just so happens to be a crime boss. As someone who has seen a lot of movies and a lot of revenge movies, I come to find this concept pretty refreshing. You don't often have a revenge movie that stars a villain going after bad guys who killed a member of his family. In the Villain Protagonist case it's his son. I won't go as far as to call Statham's character a good guy. The dude's a freking crime boss. But you don't feel sorry for the guys he's going after so it does make it easy for you to root for him. Plus how often in films where the villain go Papa Wolf on somebody who hurt their family? It's one thing when a protagonist go Revenge Mode but when a villain does it he becomes pretty scary. Homeboy in this film was in pure Terminator mode and I am talking first Terminator movie here. It's not a cinema masterpiece. It's an old school revenge action flick. One I'd highly recommend. It was a beautiful movie and Jason was absolutely fun in it! I'm sure I said it before but I could easily see it taking place in the Wickverse. Just another story in the universe in a different city that has nothing to do with John's shenanigans. It's actually refreshingly down to Earth in comparison and the ending is absolutely beautiful. Jason definitely gets one hell of a revenge on the main asshole of the movie. It's honestly something of a morality tale for heist movies: Just leave the psycho home and focus on being simple and pragmatic. Because you never know who you might piss off my going all trigger happy. |
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on Jul 31, 2024 2:24:55 GMT
The movie is a textbook example on why you shouldn’t bring someone who is clearly unhinged for a heist.
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Post by superkamiguy1 on Jul 31, 2024 2:29:38 GMT
The movie is a textbook example on why you shouldn’t bring someone who is clearly unhinged for a heist. I know, right? Like, have they not seen the opening of Dark Knight? If they avoided killing anyone and just focused on getting the job done they probably would've avoided the majority of their problems for at least a while. |
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Post by Valhalla Erikson on Jul 31, 2024 2:52:44 GMT
The movie is a textbook example on why you shouldn’t bring someone who is clearly unhinged for a heist. I know, right? Like, have they not seen the opening of Dark Knight? If they avoided killing anyone and just focused on getting the job done they probably would've avoided the majority of their problems for at least a while. Heck Reservoir Dogs is the poster child of could have been avoided if they didn’t hire a psychopath |
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Post by superkamiguy1 on Jul 31, 2024 3:06:54 GMT
I know, right? Like, have they not seen the opening of Dark Knight? If they avoided killing anyone and just focused on getting the job done they probably would've avoided the majority of their problems for at least a while. Heck Reservoir Dogs is the poster child of could have been avoided if they didn’t hire a psychopath I read this years ago and this conversation made me remember it. See Mistake #5!  |
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