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Oh gosh. How dated films cab become over less than two decades. There’s certainly something to be said for deciding on a premise that relies on “modern technology”. Otherwise, a cheese-ball kidnapping film with heavy hammy performances. Not too bad, not too good either. Just a lot of “I can’t believe (s)he was in this […]
MoreA smartly contained low-budget affair that gripped for the most part. There seems to be a constant issue with many films of what I refer to as Bad Guys get Stupid. It happens around the end of act two when we need the protagonist to turn their fate around but often isn’t convincing. This one […]
MoreThis review may contain spoilers. All in all, I enjoyed this as a fun watch. Not flawless, but well-paced and engaging. THE POSITIVE: 1. With protagonists that are conniving people who do terrible things, getting the audience on their side is a tough sell, but I feel they did it well here, using two particular […]
MoreThe sort of film I’d want to like for digging the genre but is a mismatch of what story and genre. It feels like a battle between plot and subplot. Unable to decide which should be taking precedence. Eventually, the subplot takes the higher ground and well, the results are evident, It delivers on genre […]
MoreAn overnight look into a couple on “the most important day of his life” shows the fragility of the relationship, delving into its foundations of megalomania, grief, addiction, guilt et al in words more than actions. It see-saws between bouts of aggression and passion between the two which felt like a verbal boxing match, with […]
MoreLiving in a shell, I came into this blind, neither having seen this previously nor the version Scorsese made. For that reason, I probably enjoyed the ambiguity that it begins with. A guy out for revenge, yet remaining within the limits of the law, so that he wouldn’t get any legal trouble interested me more […]
MoreThis film is a lens into the patriarchal injustices that women endure in the garb of traditions and responsibility in Indian society. It’s a slap in the face that comes packaged as a subtle slow burn which should leave men disgusted, but sadly is a drop in the turbulent oceans. Worth the watch, but you’ll […]
More“It’s the little things that rip you apart. It’s the little things that get you caught.” As usual, Denzel brings out a character as few others can. Rami Malek may be broadening his horizons in what he does and leaves a mark, particularly in the latter portion of the film, while Jared Leto does what […]
MoreCould have been a Facebook post, or an Instagram reel, but that would’ve been too meta. I guess streaming it off Netflix was the right balance. The messaging in it is clear and a fair assessment of where we’re at. Much like the offline world, the online world too has been juiced for all the […]
MoreLiams elusively particular set of skills seem to do the trick once again. Short and snappish. Delivers on the promise of the premise satisfactorily. No frills, no surprises. You’ll know if it’s your jam right from the offset a d if so, it scratches that particular itch. source https://letterboxd.com/jun6lee/film/honest-thief/
MoreGreat action choreography, but it does get old after some 10 of them. One staged fight to the next, the plot plays out like a 90’s beat-em-up, working up to a boss with a thin weaved plot to reach that climax. All fair and well, but the emotional journey and stakes seemed too contrived and […]
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