If I had a parallel life, I’d want to be Steven Soderberg. Just consistently making solid movies, and juggling between larger studios projects, and small indies ones which he also shoots and cuts.
Black Bag is engrossing and confidently made by a group of talented filmmakers, behind and in front of the camera. Everyone’s having fun bringing their A-game.
I’ve always had an affinity to Renny Harlin; unknowingly at first - my initial Renny Harlin experience being Die Hard 2 (1990) with my dad at the age of 10, and later Cliffhanger, which happened to be one of my first (if not THE first) R-rated movie I weaseled my 12-year old self into watching at my local cinema.
I’ve enjoy most of his flicks over the years, and when Prison came up as part of Serena Whitley’s programming at the…
The lead was fastastic and the movie had good atmosphere but as the viewer, you’ll figure out the mystery long before our protagonist does. After this, you’re watching the same beats over and over again waiting for her to catch up.
