Kim Jee-woon orchestrates some of the best action sequences I’ve seen in any Western. Funny, action-packed, and even rich in historical and geopolitical detail. I wish we could have more cinema like this.
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Barely qualifies as a thought-starter or even mere provocation. Viewing this confusing and confoundingly vague journey through the eyes of such one-dimensional war correspondents shows just how hollow the whole concept is. The world Alex Garland has built is not only implausible but uninteresting. Both the ethics of war journalism and the exploration of America’s divisive politics are thrown out the window in this tensionless and didactic road trip in favor of glossy action and random acts of toothless violence.
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