POSITIVES…
If you can help it, go into this movie without knowing anything about it. Just know that Bob Odenkirk is so excellent in this as Hutch Mansell, and just know that this is for the action genre movie audience. With all that said…
This is one of those movies where fantastic unsuspecting things happen. Unsuspecting things that can get very bloody violent.
That opening six minutes.
That scene where that guy had to lock the door behind him.
That bus scene. Woo Hoo! That bus scene!
That introduction scene for Aleksey Serebryakov's character.
That sequence where Hutch had to say "Don't call 911."
You know what? Let's just say that there's a lot of incredible scenes and well directed action set pieces in this. Just Bravo! Bravo!
Wait wait wait. One more mention. That Christopher Lloyd scene. Hold up. All those Christopher Lloyd scenes.
I truly truly appreciated this movie's dark humor sensibilities.
Loved the subtle but efficient world building and character expositions.
The soundtrack. Mwah. Chef's kiss.
Shout out to Connie Nielsen, Araya Mengesha, RZA, Colin Salmon, and Michael Ironside.
Can we make this a franchise? It’s just too entertaining and fun not to.
NEGATIVES…
There's going to be a lot of comparisons with a certain other character from that certain other movie. In other words, this is a familiar genre film, with some expected plot devices. Don't hold all that against this movie too much.
This isn't exactly a deep movie.
You know. If you heard gun fire next door, you'd probably call for law enforcement right? Right?
May be criticized for it's outdated and gratuitous thematic commentary about violence and masculinity.
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