“It was Charlie.”
Slow build to a surprisingly effective mystery. For the most part, this managed to keep me engaged. The low expectations and coffee helped, I guess. There’s a bunch of red herrings and you can guess what’s coming, but some of the thrills along with Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning’s performances made it a solid enough watch.
"You promised me the drive. Not the win."
God damn. This was my most anticipated film of 2019 and it delivered on all fronts and then some. Christian Bale has always been my favourite actor and I'm not kidding you one bit in saying that this has become my favourite performance and perhaps movie with him. James Mangold has crafted such a well made movie that feels big, epic and yet, it didn't lose any intimacy or heart.
The racing…
John Preston and John Wick would totally be best friends. I mean, they both underwent life altering events due to a puppy.
Christian Bale makes this 10x better. I just find it insanely watchable seeing his character gradually feel emotion while undergoing an internal conflict. It's best not to take this too seriously. It's a slice of early 2000s dystopian cheesy sci-fi goodness and it knows it. If this got a higher budget, a bigger studio behind it and a more prominent director, this could've been on the level of other beloved sci-fi movies.
