I watched this with family and to be honest, it's effective as a time-er and Netflix action slop. This is on the level of Extraction, where the action choreography is the main selling point and an A-list actor is just the facilitator. Similarly, it's mindless, there is no emotional investment into the characters, the plot is forgettable and I stopped trying to track who is doing what as most of them seem self-interested. It is still refreshing to see the…

The Old Guard just came out on Netflix. It's a pretty decent action film, much better in of characterisation (except for a cartoony big pharma villain), pacing, and world-building than say the recent Extraction which felt like a white saviour and slightly racist action film that had a cool one-shot action sequence as its main positive. The plot is pretty standard here. However, the diversity is done well. Other than Men In Black International, I can't come up with…

It really feels this was outlined first with the action sequences and locations, with the macguffin only needed to propel from one action scene to the other. The film has little to say about AI algorithms other than they can be dangerous, and there's no thematic connection. The film just has nothing to say in general, which is a disappointment especially when there are plenty of action blockbusters now that can leave something more to chew on past the usual…

"What's wrong with you isn't wrong with me."

Leave No Trace, much like this year's Lean On Pete, is an inspiring but also heart-wrenching tale for the comion in others during these post-recession times towards people who have little along the tragedy of when some run away from it. Odd comparison but much like a post-apocalyptic film, the reason for why exactly the father and daughter live in a park is never given and isn't particularly needed as enough is…