Engaging and fun onscreen reunion of long-time Hollywood buddies. It's too bad it was dual released (basically) on AppleTV. Maybe it would have made a bigger ripple in the film community than it did. I honestly forgot it existed until I subscribed this month.
There are some tonal shifts throughout that don't always fit or make sense with the story as a whole. I'd say maybe writer-director Jon Watts might not have been the best choice to direct his own…
This movie was a failure from its conception. The character of Snake Eyes has a back story that this movie completely ignores. Sure, the original back story is farfetched, but nothing here is any more believable. But what's worse is this story is generic and boring. If someone said this story was created from A.I., I wouldn't be surprised. This is such a jumble of scenes from other movies slapped together with little thought as to how they make sense…
It's a big-budget Lifetime Channel movie, basically. Based on the novel by Susan Isaacs, this a fluff WWII spy drama with a good cast (though the lead role is very questionably cast, which is kinda a big deal) and an engaging story. The movie looks authentic, and overall I find it has been very rewatchable over the years. As long as you go in knowing it's more romance novel than WWII fact-based, I think you get a pretty decent escapism…
Meh. I give a lot of credit to Jake Gyllenhaal, not just for being in this silly remake of a silly 80s cult classic, but also for being so dedicated to the role that he got shredded to look the part of an MMA fighter. Unfortunately, his actual performance is a bit wooden. And the script is just all over the place. The original movie moved along quickly and didn't bother trifles like "backstory" for characters. Not only do we…
