Watched for the Nextlander Watchcast.
Man, what a fun and silly movie. This is up my alley.
Never once did I ever think that Jonathan Pryce could be a leading man but he does great and imagine my surprise that Robert De Niro was in this, a Terry Gilliam film! The set designs and props just fun to look at and totally absurd (which of course is the point). Really enjoyable! Holm, Palin and Hoskins are fun additions as well.…
Totally unconventional action movie that is a decent romp.
You’re not really here for the plot but what they have works pretty well. The highlight is obviously the action and how they work with the no pain gimmick. For the most part, it’s great. Some smart ideas that end up being a bit more gorier than anticipated. Ends pretty much how you expect.
Fun popcorn movie.
Kinda meh. Last ~20 minutes of the movie kinda took away from the overall plot. Would have been better to leave it a bit more mysterious.
Direction was OK, not bad for M. Night’s daughter. For the small cast, they got mostly good performances.
Story was a liiiiittle predictable, but still effective until that previously mentioned 20 minutes and then it just felt a little awkward after that.
Special effects were OK, I don’t have much else to say about it.
Wait for streaming.
For an M. Night movie, didn’t have his usual twists. Pretty straightforward. Movie’s only 100 minutes long so at least it was paced OK. If it was longer than I would have had a problem. I’m aware it’s very different from the book but I haven’t read it so I can’t really compare.
Big Dave still is a solid actor and was great as Leonard. Wish he was my 2nd grade teacher. Everyone one else did pretty alright too but…
