What should be a competent yet fairly derivative film is put through the blender of the Stranger Things boom, completely upending the whole thing. Screeches to a halt every few minutes to force out an uninspired needledrop or hammer the audience over the head that this is the 80's with a Reagan portrait perfectly in frame. The animation and fight choreography is the strongest aspect, which makes everything else that's a stumble here hurt even more.
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation 2015
"Sir, Hunt is the living manifestation of destiny - and he has made you his mission."
Feels like the film in which Ethan Hunt as something more than man is most asserted so far. Some pretty visceral stunts in this and even the more fictitious stuff like the underwater server scene feels like it plays out with a real edge. Rebecca Ferguson is the closest anyone has come to stealing the show out from under Cruise since Philip Seymour Hoffman, an undeniably dynamic execution of a cornerstone archetype for spy films.
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Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
More of a cultural vacuum than a film, and hopefully, also the last, wheezing hurrah to the MCU. Continues the trend of the Deadpool films being a way to internalise the critiques of Marvel and repackage them with a side of condescending smugness, which feels especially frustrating as this franchise sinks into total collapse. Seeing Hugh Jackman be the only one actually trying to pretend there’s anything to these characters than vehicles to deliver unfunny jokes is painful. Just let the…
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Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
Unfortunately a second time around due to family wanting to see it. Really couldn't ignore how troubling I think the bro-y homophobia of Reynolds' fruity take on the character is. They should've fucked! Kissed, at least. Car fight remains the only interesting one because it's the only with a set piece to work around. Also, besides like, one joke at the very end, I can't help but feel all the edgy bite has been sucked out of the humour in this, a real indictment of how Disney needs everything nice and sanded down, no matter what.
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