The Last Witch Hunter 2015 by AverageMansReviews

The Last Witch Hunter 2015 by AverageMansReviews

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Well this film almost put me to sleep: briefly; we meet Kaulder [Vin Diesel:] he is a man that has been made in mortal; by an immortal curse roughly 800 years later, he works for the Axe and Cross; capturing and imprisoning mystical individuals alongside Dolan 36th [Michael Caine:] he also works for the Axe and Cross; as on some level his assistant with knowledge and the paperwork side of things, but he is very close to retirement as he himself is not immortal and has been doing this job for 50 years.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is very much an origin and subsequently revenge, character developments; exposition of what is says on the side of the tin, the framework and pacing of this 106 minutes film is extremely pedestrian; if we are being honest with one another it this whole section of the storyline/script, character developments, framework and pacing may indeed fulfil that purpose; but it is all pretty much dull and lifeless.

Art, character developments and action; the set designs, wardrobe and memory components with more exposition and action; make things look okay or/and functional for their purpose, the action sequences with spells they are good and not forgetting this artistry telling of this history of these characters known as Dream Walkers; this may be a very short sequence of events; but it is the only artistry that sticks out in this film, sword action are pretty much meh for me

Character developments and performances; I know I have already said this; but if I say it again, it really should/does drive the message home that these characters are moments are very formulaic; yes absolutely they serve this purpose to a solid standard and likewise the performances are either a reflection of those character developments or/and on their own merits a paint by numbers level performances on what they should be for this movie.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; after everything is said and done this mark is the right outcome, everything about this film is either as I have already referenced in one way or another slow and drifty or/and formulaic, I mean I know what they were trying to do but man this film is a lot of man, they are also working on the sequel to this project which having an educated guess so I could still be a little bit long, roughly the sequel could come out 12 years or more after this project which I believe could be possibly way too long between instalments; considering this film isn’t actually that stronger begin with as something that stands out or you know comfortably engages you enough to say that I want to see a sequel of this; even though full disclosure the person that I watch some this content with has said we will see the sequel; as we have both already said hoping it is somewhat quicker than this film or a bit more enthusiastic would be nice and for those that like random knowledge; there is a cameo by Kurt Angle as Bodyguard #4: now I didn't see it, but I looked up the cast listing and consequently scene photo and there he is and finally yes this film has a single accredited award to its name in the form of; 1 Nominee Golden Trailer Awards 2016 Golden Trailer Golden Fleece

 

Average Extra of: Supergirl 2026: The Hypocrisy is Off the Scale! & I Will Show You How to Criticise Properly by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Supergirl 2026: The Hypocrisy is Off the Scale! & I Will Show You How to Criticise Properly by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Superman 2025 Link  https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/12/superman-2025-by-averagemansreviews.html, Masters of The Universe 2026 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/06/masters-of-universe-2026-by.html , Supergirl 2026 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/06/supergirl-2026-by-averagemansreviews.html and then Average Extra of: Clayface | Official Teaser Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/05/average-extra-of-clayface-official.html

Warning: there is going to be some censored adult language and references

Let's just get down to business shall we?: I have given it enough time now before creating this content; I am sorry, but not sorry there are a good selection of content creators that should stop creating content and actually go and find a 9-to-5 job and not forgetting analyse every single one of their life choices, because I am not directly criticising their opinion of Supergirl 2026; because everyone is entitled to their opinion, but however I am criticising these individuals for broadly speaking whingeing and complaining like female doggies; when the related content individually or both were no exaggeration here 4 or 5 times worse than anything Supergirl actually has to offer as a movie; I mean on the woken scale; Supergirl gets a 4/10, when Superman is easily 10/10 and Masters of The Universe is 10/10 on the scale.

So if for some strange reason you can't understand what I am saying; by comparison Supergirl woke themes were pretty much there and thereabouts, which if you again for some strange reason didn't expect some kind of woken component to this film... where have you been for the last decade? But by comparison to the other two projects; their woken component and it was and is a component where front and centre booming maximum level of volume from a stereo and most of you were saying on average positive things or/and high praise for Masters of The Universe in particular; you should be embarrassed with yourself, simply because you have now put yourself in a position where; you can now get highly criticised and you may be thinking what for? Oh just a little detail of not being unbiased towards woke projects; based on you could like/been positive about Masters of The Universe 2026 and then being outraged by Supergirl 2026 when in reality they are both woke; I mean I am fed up of dancing around the elephant in the room; being two of these characters have a penis and the other has a vagina.... convenient isn't it?

So now let's talk about Supergirl as an individual project; DC whatever they like to call themselves nowadays frankly I care! They don't know their nostril from their buttonhole at the moment... no change there then it has been this way for years.

They failed this movie; from the advertising making Supergirl look like a cheap prostitute with leaning against a wall with her supporting her; with her jacket on waiting for the next bit of business to walk on by, or are looking aggressive or possibly happy as if she could be on steroids or some kind of drug, any picture of Lobo really undersells him as a character and now including Ruthye Marye Knoll; any form of physical advertising outlay was and is ghastly.

But the head of DC Studio's Filmmaker James Gunn and Producer Peter Safran; fast tracked this movie; because they liked the script from Ana Nogueira: when as I made reference to in the review of Supergirl; the script is an outdated outlay of superhero films and the only saving grace about it is the fact that we haven't had a standalone Supergirl film since 1984.

Now finally if this wasn't enough Milly Alcock [Kara Zor-El/Supergirl;] has been in a nutshell outspoken about basically why this movie/her movie is going to do badly/has been doing badly and broadly speaking because I don't have the fudgin' energy to talk about this complete and utter manure show; before I continue it isn't personal with Alcock, but with that being said and the best place to start is; we need to discuss this; when are film studios going to realise that this modern generation and/or future generations of upcoming performers; with 100% certainty need media training?! They just don't have the common sense to move left or right or reflect a question or anything streetsmart or/and including but not limited to keeping your mouth shut on certain subjects; as soon as Alcock made reference to any form of religion or/and any rainbow community implications; this film was toast so it takes that 4/10 and taken into 8/10; hardening those components to mean more than what they were in the movie is/was such a dumb move, I don't care what else she has had to say, because it's like if I was her publicist; I would be saying here is my resignation e-mail/letter I can't help you; because I may be from the United Kingdom, but I know as soon as you go after three sections of your society being negative or positive; be it the Christian community, the rainbow community or the African American/other ethnic community [in this case I am not saying she has, but all I can say is in the back of my head this would be another section of the population] but I digress in any way shape or form whatever you're trying to promote; domestically you will be incredibly lucky if maybe 25% or less turns out to go and see your movie in this case and yes on top of that you can take that 25% and divide it multiple ways; age, gender, word of mouth, lead role reputation; fan base or not or turn against them so that 25% realistically turns into at best 11%.

So where precisely are DC going to go from here? Personally nothing personal but they need to remove Gunn and/or Safran, because whatever this is? It is not working and it is becoming an expensive learning curve to realise this. On top of this you also have different worlds happening at the same time possibly separately or together so it isn't going to get too complicated too then?; I am clearly being sarcastic; We have Batman and now they have Clayface coming out at different points, like I did or referenced many years ago and we are talking about a minimum a decade ago then DC should have never tried to compete with the MCU, because there was only going to be one winner, so they should have come up with their own outlay of phrases; like coming out with; Daylight for hero or any positive characters, Moonlight for any villain or negative character or Eclipse to signify crossover, I know this sounds cheesy, but then again in theory it would give some kind of structure and offer something different to the MCU; I mean they could even break things down further to include Earth or Rocket to signify where it is taking place obviously Earth means on Earth and the Rocket means outer-space somewhere; basically you could have a lot of fun with this and basically view these films as genres of Pokémon types eventually; you see a little bit of creativity goes a long way if they were just too think about what they are actually doing and coming out with, I mean don't get me wrong working for any film company but DC or Marvel must be incredibly hard, but it is okay to actually have fun and come out with a real outlay of where you want to specifically take DC, but I don't get that feeling from them, I get that feeling from Marvel that they took a massive wrong turn and now they are trying to let's say back of the truck onto a better road than what they were going down.

In all honesty I want DC to be the best of DC can be, but we also far away from that at the moment; they need at least a decade of positive films at minimum to really turn the ship around, but I don't see that happening any time soon

 

The Good Boy 2025/2026 [alternative names Good Boy, Komasa or Heel] by AverageMansReviews

The Good Boy 2025/2026 [alternative names Good Boy, Komasa or Heel]  by AverageMansReviews

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On a night out: briefly; Tommy [Anson Boon:] this individual embodies everything that is wrong with our society today in 2026 and beyond, unless something drastic with changes, which I don't see happening any time soon. But I digress; from out of nowhere he gets taken and held hostage, until he learns to be a better person; he gets taken by Chris [Stephen Graham:] he and his family kidnap/adopt Tommy as their own.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is good; it clearly points out that you can basically be an unpleasant person, getting away with this kind of behaviour because it is the modern culture for doing things for content; the likes and so and so forth and coinciding we get some exposition before the opening title. But and I am not condoning any of what you may see in this film, but the message is clear that; we aren't going to put up with this garbage anymore; if you have been around cinema as long as I have; this movie definitely falls into the category of; if we are going to make this film, let's go the whole hog so that there is no confusion about some of this film. The framework and pacing of this 110 minutes film is good; as I was just referencing; it has a very clear outlay of what it wants to do and just gets on with it.

Action and art; there is torture and much later on we now this pleasant staged location for a romantic scene; I like the usage of the bulbs lighting.

Character developments and performances; the character developments are good for what they are, but we never find out what actually happened to this member of the family, which is really disappointing; because I'm not justifying what takes place in this location; but then again it is one of those types of things where you go; that explains a lot. Whilst we are in this location and throughout this film; the four crucial characters all have good chemistry and should be very happy with the results of this project and based on these performances I have decided to award this film another mark.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; if you like weird films this will suit you down to the ground. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 2 Winners Valladolid International Film Festival 2025 Seminci Joven Award

Best Feature Film Jan Komasa and 2 Nominees which also include but not limited to from the same award ceremony/event  Punto de Encuentro Award Best Feature Film Jan Komasa (director)

Taking Care of Business 1990 by AverageMansReviews

Taking Care of Business 1990 by AverageMansReviews

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I am going to the ball game, I just have to get out of here first: briefly; Jimmy Dworski/other characters [James/Jim Belushi:] is currently a convict prison that has won the once-in-a-lifetime tickets to see if his beloved Chicago can win the big one in the final of the World Series of baseball, but that would require having an early release of some days, I mean he even asked the Warden Frank Toolman [Héctor Elizondo:] he is a warden is very strict and he rules this prison with an iron fist. Meanwhile we have Spencer Barnes/other characters [Charles Grodin:] he is a very regimental character that works for Bentley Advertising, but one thing is for certain for the next couple of days it is going to be a rough ride for him.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, character developments framework and pacing; the storyline/script and character developments is broadly speaking is one of those types of trading places and situations; where Dworski gets to experience the high life, whilst Barnes gets to experience the standard of let's just go with it difficult and relentless standard of life; the framework and pacing of this 108 minutes film as we have this kind of back and forth thing going on, for some strange reason it does take some time to find itself, don't get me wrong after this is all good and it works really well, but before this things feel really slow and dry; it is a good thing that eventually its find its groove.

Action and comedy; a game of double tennis doesn't exactly go according to plan, when one player holds a tennis racket like a baseball bat, whilst another character in desperation to return the ball runs into the back of the court and then sometime later at this dinner meeting; they have this very frank discussion about these products and admire a chest and finally a little later on we have this showdown between Dworski vs. Spencer; but let's be honest it goes away you expected it going; but it is all very good fun really.

Character developments and performances; as I referenced earlier we have a trading places outlying going on, with other surrounding good character types of what they are meant to be, with good chemistry throughout the cast; but between Belushi and/or Grodin they lead the cast excellently and on reflection based on that I am going to award this film another mark

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; this film is good fun, yes it does take this film sometime to warm up, but it is harmless good fun and there is an ongoing sequence underneath the closing credits

 

Mike Bassett: England Manager 2001 by AverageMansReviews

Mike Bassett: England Manager 2001 by AverageMansReviews

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England's Manager for the 2002 World Cup is: briefly; Mike Bassett [Ricky Tomlinson:] begins life in this movie as the Norwich City Manager, he takes the England job, he is a good man, but as a football manager this is possibly one step too far for him as he is completely out of the depths, alongside Dave 'Doddsy' Dodds [Bradley Walsh:] Bassett's/England first team coach that repeats or flat land agrees with his governor; yes he does that kind of shtick and Martin Bashir [Martin Bashir:] as himself he provides narration to this mockumentary movie and interviews Bassett and others at some points as well: important addition; I said to myself if I included Bashir in this content I would also make it known that Bashir is now a disgraced interviewer for his breeches of rules as it relates to his legendary and infamous interview with Princess Diana for Panorama in 1995.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is as I have already referenced this mockumentary movie, with exposition character developments and the framework and pacing of this 89 minutes film is good

Art, action and comedy; we get football graphics [commonly used on any team sport; to set up and talk about the formation and personnel that kind of thing,] we have split-screen into small squares to try and incorporate the sense of occasion or Bassett has to sell what is happening at this specific time when we are looking at just at him for cues on what is happening, obviously the action is the football and for a little taste of the comedy which I do have a wide sense of humour and in-depth too, I did find it a little bit too dry for me. But for one example of that is where this match didn't go too well for England so Bassett indicates something to the effect of making genuine points of criticism; so this is what two England football fans do; they give genuine and well constructed criticism about their team and were then maybe a second or two; the viewing audience can see Bassett go by his body language and mannerisms; actually that is fair criticism.

Character developments and performances; let's be completely honest here and say; what with the character developments being a paint by numbers version of what they were clearly going for here, mixed with broadly speaking solid performances throughout the cast and Tomlinson and/or Walsh having good chemistry as well; at minimum solid work is what we have here.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; it is a solid film for what it is, I just find like I have already said the comedy a bit dry, a bit too dry for me, there are ongoing extra bits and pieces underneath the ending credits and finally this film also has 1 Nominee to its name; Empire Awards, UK 2002 Empire Award Best British Film

 

Saipan 2025/2026 by AverageMansReviews

Saipan 2025/2026 by AverageMansReviews

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Republic of Ireland 2002 World Cup journey didn't exactly go smoothly: briefly; this film focuses on the infamous/legendary breakdown between Manchester United & Republic of Ireland Captain Roy Keane [Younger: Zachary Murdiff/Older: Éanna Hardwicke:] he has always been a highly dedicated football/soccer player, that has demanded the best from himself and those around him and the surrounding components to achieve this. Mick McCarthy [Steve Coogan:] he has put the kit on many years ago to represent the Republic of Ireland, but nowadays is the manager of the national and my reputation is a firm but fair manager/coach.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script; we get some exposition character developments on Keane's as a young child and onwards, the framework and pacing in conjunction with the artistic visions and action are broadly speaking good, as we have this countdown to the World Cup, real-life images of these events of that time in history, some images have been adapted/interpreted with these performers in them and the action; being football/soccer obviously. But there are some occasions where, it can also be seen as tacky and of low budget, which as you will see later on is not the case and this film goes on for roughly 90 minutes

Comedy, character developments and performances, we have a moment of comedy where the Irish squad decides to set up Keane to receive cheese sandwiches instead of his usual breakfast of egg on toast or something to that effect, from an overview perspective the character developments of the surrounding characters and their performances are good for what they are; but that is not our focus point of this movie.

The character developments of Roy Keane the fully grown one; for maybe 10 minutes of his opening section for his Irish accent is lacking and then suddenly it comes through loud and clear, he doesn't really look like Keane; but Hardwicke really does absolutely 110% carry this film with is authentic mindset personality, mannerisms basically everything that made Keane; Keane; I want to make this crystal clear if the next section wasn't so bad, this project based on the performance from Hardwicke would have ensured this title would have been in the mixed section of my marking system.

But Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy is the worst performance I have ever seen him do; at no point does he actually make any effort to embody McCarthy; you see McCarthy has a very distinctive rural and down to earth speech pattern, language and tone; it is one of those voices that as someone that you interested in football/soccer, once you have heard his voice enough in one occasion it would be quite difficult to forget how he speaks and communicates, so what we are left with is basically this performance of Coogan performing as Coogan that couldn't be bothered to at minimum half posterior his way through this performance and man there is one particular scene in this project that he just completely sucks the energy out of this crucial point of events; where Keane/Hardwicke goes off on one big-time and trust me when I say you will know precisely when it happens; the difference between character developments and performance levels in this one sequence of events; couldn't be much more wider than Coogan staying on earth whilst Hardwicke is standing on the moon, I hope Coogan didn't get paid too much for this role? Basically I hope it was a performance related pay kind of deal, where he could only put in perhaps only 2% of effort to match his contract for this role, because that would explain a lot and likewise just for the record Coogan also looks nothing like McCarthy either.

This film receives: 2/10, this film is poor; I can't believe this film had a very substantial budget of £4.5 million, what precisely did they spend the money on? Because it only recouped/box office takings of £772,281, I mean if you are interested in football/soccer it is well worth a look as it covers this particular story from beginning to endand Roy Keane was and is absolutely right about this situation; this was and is completely unacceptable for an international team to go for this and just for the record I am not Irish; and the same that Keane wasn’t wrong, there are some extra bits and pieces and yes this film does have some awards accredited to its name such as; 1 Winner Irish Film and Television Awards 2026; IFTA Award Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film Éanna Hardwicke and 12 Nominees; from the same award ceremony/event Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film Steve Coogan

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 2026 [alternative name The Mandalorian and Grogu] by AverageMansReviews

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 2026 [alternative name The Mandalorian and Grogu] by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Mortal Kombat II 2026 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/05/mortal-kombat-ii-2026-by.html

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Full disclosure I haven't watched the TV program: briefly; Din Djarin/The Mandalorian/other adaptions of this name [Pedro Pascal/Brendan Wayne and Lateef Crowder set doubles:] he is a mandalorian, veteran Bounty Hunter, but is the guardian of Grogu [voiced by: Unknown performer:] he is a baby yoga, that definitely has the force inside him; they are associated with the New Republic; where The Mandalorian has just completed his latest content for them; Colonel Ward [Sigourney Weaver:] she is a leader of the New Republic's Adelphi Rangers, that in short informs The Mandalorian, we/meaning he will be working for the Hutts; Rotta the Hutt [voiced by: Jeremy Allen White:] he is Lord Jabber the Hutts' son that has been kidnapped, so The Mandalorian's contract is; rescue him and return him home to the Hutts and in return they will give us valuable information; The Mandalorian is not exactly thrilled by these turn of events, but he does it anyway.

Generally speaking: storyline/script, character developments and framework and pacing; this storyline/script serves its purpose to be naughty, very naughty, because without giving too much away; it kept now and again making reference to times are changing between The Mandalorian and/or Grogu; so I stress this is just heavy speculation/heavy opinions based; if I had to guess they are either going to make a sequel or a sequel so it makes it a trilogy or they are going to expand this part of the universe; but have them at different stages of life. But then again this all depends on if this film makes a reasonable return; as of the first creating this content by the end of the weekend will have made budget back of the $165 million; but for me it needs to make somewhere between 4 to $500 million for them to be satisfied at minimum; the framework and pacing of this 137 minute film broadly speaking is good [I will discuss it again later on in this content.]

Art, action and comedy; the slow art is broadly speaking what you come to expect from a big franchises such as Star Wars, highly detailed, splendid and breathtaking; such as the scenery, set designs, costumes and accessories; yes we do have some minimum AT-AT Walker [The All Terrain Armored Transport Walker;] our lead partnership hi-jacks one of them to complete a contract with Grogu indicating furiously that the one they are currently has been rigged to explode, The Mandalorian is aware of this, but he needs to complete the contract or of sorts.

Now unfortunately this is where I have to be a negative nelly on reflection on any frantic or heavy usage of computer animation sequence of events minus momentarily under the water; this movie falls into a very large trap and consistently so; it is where you could have a lot happen on-screen at one time or something massive; if you are like me... you will know what you are looking for or when it happens, because even though I praised or somewhat praised AT-AT Walker it starts from the closing stages of this sequence; obviously you're going to need a bit of substance; so basically it is like watching an old computer trying to keep up with the new program in the sense of at best it is going to try and keep up with the program, but ultimately so old computer is going to struggle. So in a film sense you are going to see a whenever this film speeds up or bulky sequences as it relates to computer animation; vehicle chasing sequence either the background and foreground has clear separation [so it comes across as a pop-up book] or/and on top of that we have a wash of colour; so in essence we have too much happening on the screen and it just can't handle it; incredibly messy or we just have a clear divide between the background and foreground or in other words the green-screen; when The Mandalorian is going one-on-one with this beast; it sticks out like a sore thumb when he is looking around.

But then again this project does much better when it is fully packed, granted I am open to the idea that some of these sequences are noticeably more darker as in visually darker than others meaning I can't see the problems; but when we have a better paced sequence meaning slower but still impactful so we could still have lots of characters on screen such as without giving too much away The Mandalorian and Rotta teaming up; it is excellent fun.

You see this is why Mortal Kombat II 2026 is in the related section of this content; because strangely enough they have one thing in common and that is this; everything I said about MK II 2026 and its visual representation for the budget of $80 million is now even more justified based on everything I feared for the MK sequel if they had the budget of $165 million and it came out like Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 2026; where I have quite clearly stated it looks wonderful and all that; because we have a large budget comes a certain expectation, so by and large Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 2026 as soon as you want to do anything bulky or/and multipurpose it struggles.

Character developments, performances and voice performances; The Mandalorian and Grogu; their character developments and on-screen chemistry; are all good with performance and voice performers; formulaic; but still good: Now we come to another problem; even though I have just said something to the effect of all good as it relates to our lead partnership; the fact that there are 5 characters/performances/voice performances which are much better rounded, consequently stronger is a problem and in no particular order; a mystery bounty hunter and his intimidating presence including terrifying pet [I should point out that this pairing says very little,] so it leaves the things such as presence, demeanour and other contributing elements to bring them to life, Rotta; he is his own person; he wants to get out from underneath his father's legacy and he has a natural bond with Grogu; granted to begin with he just had to feed him, but still it is natural bond, Sigourney Weaver as Colonel Ward: she has very limited appearances in this film; but as they say a top-class performance is fleeting, class is permanent [she even gets involved in an action sequence; that is all I can say, because I can tell they wanted to make that it treats for Star Wars fans;] excellent performance and finally we have this interaction with this helpful character that helps out Grogu consequently The Mandalorian; this is another limited character that for what they bring to the table is spot on excellent; if I have made this clear enough all 5 of these characters/performances/voice performances are excellent and I have to give a little shout out to these little engineers they were very good characters and had very good chemistry with Grogu: so the moral of the story is; when you're being outshone in your own movie there is a problem such as if it is just our lead partnership and they are doing anything but sharing dialogue or communications with one another; this is where the film really does slow down they need someone or anyone just to put the focus on, so we can have good pacing at minimum back again.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; it clearly does have problems, but anything less than this mark, just feels a little bit disrespectful based on all of the positive visual representation, action, comedy and surrounding cast. 3 Nominees which include but not limited to Golden Trailer Awards 2026 Golden Trailer AwardBest Fantasy/Adventure "Hope", The Walt Disney Studios, AV Squad