This is the kind of gem you would discover on TV at 3am, slightly under the influence of something.
I’m continuing to be enamored with the Girls with Guns subgenre and just this era of Hong Kong action films in general. It’s just so Looney Tunes-esque while still maintaining real life stakes and hyper violence, making for a fun, over the top viewing experience. I thought I’d miss Michelle Yeoh more in this one, but Cynthia Khan is perfectly serviceable…
What you want you, a house? You, a car?
830k and a baby? A piano, a guitar?
Anything, see my name is Leo, I'm your dog
Motherfucker, you can heist at the mall
I can see the evil, I can tell it, I know it's illegal
I don't think about it, I deposit every other zero
Thinkin' of my partner, put the candy paintin' on the Regal
Diggin' in my pocket, ain't a profit big enough to feed you
It’s…
Seems like Bong Joon Ho had a bone-spur to pick with a certain commander.
Ultimately, I thought it was a pretty good movie. I wasn’t head over heels with it like I am with many of his movies (Parasite, Mother, and Memories of Murder come to mind), but this settles more in the realm of Snowpiercer and The Host.
I really dug the aesthetic, the tone, and the world building of this movie. Pattinson was brilliant and super fun to…
Hooptober8.0 - 22/31
Ok so this was my worst part 2 movie that I haven’t seen and that I have access to category pick. I cross referenced Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd, and IMDB and this was one of the worst part 2 movies based on a decent sample size of ratings that also fit the category’s criteria. And you know what? I kinda liked it. It wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever seen, not even this month. Thanks for that…
