I had somehow either forgotten I'd watched a trailer for this movie, or not watched one at all, and I'm so glad; not knowing anything about this one made it so much better. This movie was pretty damn good!
The leadup to a turning point in the movie was excellent. You could tell something was wrong, but you quite couldn't tell what. The opening narration of the movie has you thinking about one thing, so when something else is revealed,…
This movie's dumb as hell, but I had a lot of fun. They manage to keep a movie set almost entirely in a small cargo plane interesting for the whole runtime. Heck, this is one of this rare instances where I was like "woah wait, they're already ending it?"
I was also shocked to learn Mark Wahlberg shaved his head for his role here,because maaaaaan, it sure looks like he's wearing a bald cap most of the time. Guess he just has a weird head!
This movie isn't good, but it sure was entertaining. I was pleasantly surprised!
This movie is super fun an accessible to most people, but as someone who both knows a lot about games and the video game industry, there was so much that didn't make logical sense, it wasn't funny. Also, the movie wasn't that funny.
It feels as if the writers of the movie played Grand Theft Auto (and only GTA), and then decided to make a movie about it. No further knowledge of video games. It's just... Such a letdown.
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I reeeeeeally liked this movie a lot. I went in knowing nothing, and was surprised at just what sort of movie it was.
The setting was one of my favorite bits of the movie. This Japanese town set in the not-so-distant future was a really good choice to tell this sort of story. There's small bits of worldbuilding that add to the believability of such a place existing.
I do think it gets a bit melodramatic at times though, and…
