The Gentlemen Thief 2026 by AverageMansReviews

The Gentlemen Thief 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Previous instalment: High Roller 2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/08/higher-roller-2025-by-averagemansreviews.html

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We are back with the Goddard Brothers: we meet Shawn [Lukas Haas:] as he needs Mason [John Travolta:] a retired criminal that really doesn't want to go back to a life of crime, but his brother needs his help, maybe the promise of just a holiday will persuade him.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is very much of the heist variety and outlay, so with that being said there is some exposition character developments now and again from different angles and perspectives, so the framework and pacing of this 97 minutes film is designed to follow that outlay

Art, action, character developments and comedy; the location designs are of a very high standard, the main piece of art looks nice what it is and yes if you're wondering I am somewhat struggling for bits and pieces to talk about, the transport break sequence from prison and the heists including but not limited to explosions these are all reliably good; but there is one scene sequence that offers quite a lot; it is where we have these two brothers playing a game of chess; where if one wins goes on holiday with his brother, but if the other wins he has to leave his brother alone; of what we see of the chess set; it looks like a very sturdy set, they discuss things and there is a comical sprinkling in the air as this result happens; on reflection this is the most highest quality action sequence based on the fact it incorporates so many different little bits and pieces and makes it layered

Character developments and performances; and character developments and performances are by and large solid versions of what they were going for here, but as I referenced earlier, because the storyline goes from different perspectives and angles; the character developments may be solid versions, but eventually they became formulaic and a little bit annoying what were this exposition re-cap thing at the end or near to the end of this film, I mean yes it serves the purpose, but at the same time as a viewer consequently my viewing experience, I do have the right to find this a little bit annoying as well and for now all I can say is... Travolta stole the show/film this is one of those occasions where, you would hate to think where this film would have ended up without him, I will discuss this again momentarily.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; it tries to be a mixture between the Oceans and the Fast & Furious franchises, but the extreme budget version, don't get me wrong I am happy I have seen this film, but would I choose to watch it again no, Travolta definitely shows that he still has the talents and skills to pull off a clean cut and next level performance, as whenever he is on-screen he is just a maestro that keeps things going and I have just realised/found out this is the third title of a franchise; the other titles are Cash Out 2024 and then High Rollers 2025.

 

Higher Roller 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Higher Roller 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Previously instalment: Cash Out 2024 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/08/cash-out-2024-by-averagemansreviews.html

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We interrupt this very important wedding for important developments: briefly; this is a story of revenge as Mason Goddard/other characters [John Travolta:] with his crew do this job or the person he loves will pay the ultimate price.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is a good reliable, the framework and pacing including comedy of this 101 sequel is mostly good, as when this film feels and looks lively and bouncy it can invite to have the smallest bits of comedy now and again, but sadly this enthusiastic nature doesn't last forever and when this film begins to slow down it may as well drive off a cliff as it never returns to what it was, in fact it just gets progressively worse and consequently costs this film marks.

Action and art; I am speculating here because I have no proof, but at the same time I think I am okay to resemble that in the opening action sequence they must have spent a pretty penny on the best action sequence that this sequel has to offer; in the form of a black Ops operation with vehicle chasing sequence with black chopper it is excellent fun and also we get a poker sequence with the usual elegance which is accompanied with high stakes poker, but yet again we have this pivot camera gliding; if I didn't like it the first time in the first instalment, what makes you think I am going to like it in this sequel?!

Character developments and performances; the character developments are solid versions of what they are meant to be, but there is one piece of character development that is best described as how it looks as if it is an afterthought and very shoehorned in at the last moment, as until it is made known we have seen no signs of it in the slightest... but it is somewhat crucial character developments and I have to say this is really lazy character developments and as they used the method of sweep it under the carpet even know this individual does right by another... they should really talk about it; so this is all pretty poor character developments really and on top of that we have the re-casting of Amelia Decker from Kristin Davis to Gina Gershon; which works much better, but yet again Travolta shows or continue to show in this franchise that he still has much to offer the film industry and is very much the driving force behind the sequel

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; it is very much like the Oceans franchise or something to that effect, this film was going to get given something noticeably higher... that was before roughly around comfortably into the second half where I have already indicated it begins to slow down and then everything just jumped off a cliff minus broadly speaking the performances, so it very much ends up with this mark, there is an extra bit of in loving memory and this film has 1 Winner award to its name in the form of IFFA Awards 2025 Best Actor in Leading Role Best Actor John Travolta.

 

Cash Out 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Cash Out 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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Well this movie is a steaming pile of manure!: Briefly; Mason Goddard and Amelia Decker/another name [John Travolta and Kristin Davis:] they are on this heist that key members of the crew, but whilst on this heist things really go south.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, the exposition character developments and/or the framework and pacing of this 92 minutes film is hard to watch... really hard to watch; The entire concept wouldn't be a bad idea, actually in theory it is a solidly good idea, but the execution is just a shower of manure really, the framework and pacing is pretty straightforward for roughly in 90 minutes film and isn't a problem as an isolated component, it is just everything else.

Action, art and comedy; the action is very generic with vehicles or guns, for the art coinciding the action I cannot stand this pivot camera gliding like thing going on, it just winds me up for its cheap and tacky execution, there are a limited moments of comedy where I actually laughed once, but I can't remember at what point.

Character developments and performances; in theory what should have happened is with the storyline/script being in theory straightforward it should have been a simple yet effective reliable character developments and solid performances to reflect those character types, but from the maybe less than 15 minutes you could sense that what should have been solid character developments and likewise performances were not going to be the case; as minus Travolta; everyone else wasn't going to be anywhere near either a solid or anywhere near his performance level, so everyone else became jarring especially Davis; her and Travolta had zero chemistry in this film and I am just going to say it as it is... she can't act, but broadly speaking this cast of characters and their performances need to do better as it does feel and look like that Travolta is just carrying everything on his back.

This film receives: 2/10, this film is poor; if you are a Travolta fan by all means take a look at this film, but outside Travolta I wouldn't expect too much and this is just a beginning of a series of films connected to these characters, so as they say the only way is up after this... or you would like to think so.

 

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 2012 [alternative name The Pirates! Band of Misfits] by AverageMansReviews

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 2012 [alternative name The Pirates! Band of Misfits] by AverageMansReviews

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In 1837 London: briefly; we have this pirate and his crew; called the Pirate Captain/other characters [Voice by: Hugh Grant:] he has this Dodo by the name of Polly, he is very much a oblivious to the fact he is a bit of a dimwit, he is absolutely desperate to win this award; Pirate of the Year, but luckily enough his second in command The Pirate with a Scarf/referred to as Number Two/other characters [Voiced by: Martin Freeman:] he only other hand is the one that has the intelligence and consequently it is his job to make sure that his captain either doesn't do anything stupid or say anything too stupid; such as pointing out something on a map would isn't on the map geographically speaking

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is good, but it does take some time to fully get going either in a storyline sense or/and framework and pacing sense; this film goes on for roughly 88 minutes and because it does take some time to catch the light I always regardless how many times I see this film struggle to keep awake in the opening section or slightly more or less.

Art, character developments, comedy and action; the art is of; stop-motion animation; so of course it is really easy to settle down with this type of project as there is so much to see and experience; be it in this pub, ship or award ceremony and/or in the air: in short excellent variety such as for one example; Pirates have been outlawed in the United Kingdom, so this crew has to go through this very quick changing of clothing so for one change that could be girl guides whilst on another occasion they could be something else and this is just one element of the comedy, the other could be this runaway bathtubs with the vast majority of this crew in it whilst one member is having a bath and we have our captain trying to chase it down as it goes downstairs on this penny farthing [for the younger generations; this is a cycle bike which has one massive wheel at the front and connected to a small wheel at the back,] or much later Queen Victoria [Voiced by: Imelda Staunton:] she is the current reigning Queen of England, she is very easy to fly off the handle, if she doesn't hear what she likes or/and anything against her wishes and she really hates Pirates; but in this sequence to very quickly drops a few pounds and shows off her combat skills with swords.

Character developments and voice performances; these character developments are very well thought out versions of what they are meant to be, coinciding vibrant and altogether excellent voice performances from the entire cast; they all bring their characters to life, this is very much a cast collaboration of the highest order.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; I mean everything I have said here is true, so if you haven't seen this film yet especially if you have a young to teen family or it is built for family viewing of all ranges, but my point is if you have a young family it should suit them down to the ground, I had the excellent pleasure with person I watch some of this content with to go and see this film at the cinema as you can already tell it was excellent, yes throughout the closing credits in the beginning and throughout for a little while there are extra scenes and finally yes this film has some awards accredited to its name such as 21 Nominees which include but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2013 Oscar Best Animated Feature Peter Lord and Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2013 BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film Hugh Grant Martin Freeman David Tennant Salma Hayek Jeremy Piven Imelda Staunton Russell Tovey Brendan Gleeson Lenny Henry Ashley Jensen Brian Blessed Anton Yelchin

 

Chicken Run 2000 by AverageMansReviews

Chicken Run 2000 by AverageMansReviews

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Welcome Tweedy Farm: briefly; we meet Ginger [voiced by: Julia Sawalha:] she is a de facto British chicken; she is the leader of this flock of chickens and she needs to get them out of here, before they get turned into chicken pies. Luck should have it that she bears witness to an American rooster flying overhead as he crushed lands inside their coop; his name is Rocky [voiced by: Mel Gibson:] he is escaping from the circus, eventually he agrees to show them how to fly, but he is hiding a secret from them.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script as you may guess already has a simple yet very effective outlay of prison escape before it is too late, so the framework and pacing of this 84 minutes film moves with excellent structure and purpose

Art, action and comedy; the art is from the genre of stop-motion [brief description; move a little bit take a picture, repeat the cycle and so on and so forth:] so it is very easy to put in different authentic contrasts and tones from being relatively calm to a dance to being mildly frightening; you can also simultaneously see the little details on everything; such as for an example characters and their accessories such as Ginger's hat and because this entire project is made out of clay, it very much has a timeless quality and to a impeccable standard to it as well

The action; we had some training sequences, without giving too much away; we have this highly imaginative type of transformer [from the aspect of; one thing turns into another thing and not an actual transformer from the franchise;] but it is still phenomenally fantastic nonetheless and there are some references from Star Trek: the original generation.

Character developments and voice performances; the character developments follow yet again a very simple yet very effective method of; everyone of these characters having a very distinctive personality; so when there is a selection of them; the chemistry in theory and in this case; is excellent, the cast of voice performers all put in a good sense of camaraderie.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; after some time thinking about it I decided to award this film and the mark, because of its by and large wholesome if for the young people it may be mildly frightening time to time, but it is still very much worth at minimum a one-time viewing, I also had the extreme pleasure of watching this film with the person I watch some content with and the cinema, it also has an extra scene right at the end of the closing credits and yes finally it does have some awards accredited to its name such as 24 Winners which include but not limited to Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2001 DFWFCA Award Best Animated Film and 25 Nominees which also include but not limited to; back to the previous award ceremony/event DFWFCA Award Best Picture

 

 

Robin Hood 2010 by AverageMansReviews

Robin Hood 2010 by AverageMansReviews

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This film really does need Crowe and Blanchett in close proximity to really work properly: briefly: Robin Longstride/other names [Younger Robin: Jack Downham/Older: Russell Crowe:] he has the unfortunate honour of going to a village to tell a family's soldier that he has died, then protect the House of Loxley and then fight French invaders to England, we also meet Marian of Loxley [Cate Blanchett:] she is a very strong willed woman that also wants to fight the French.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script and exposition character developments/character developments are designed to do the whole origin thing of Robin Hood; but the framework and pacing of this 140 minutes film is predominately really slow; this is not the only time I will make reference to this in this content; but this film really does need Crowe and Blanchett in close proximity to one another to really get a foothold and move with some gusto, unfortunately this doesn't happen until if I had to guess roughly around the middle section of the title or here or here about; this project does really, really, so badly need them together or in close proximity

Art and action; the set designs, location designs, the wardrobe and accessories have a real sense of authentic realism, with the standard kind of action sequences for this genre; I mean the only action sequence coinciding with the art; is when we have Longstride setting up to perform this long-range bow-and-arrow shot; most of the time I don't like slow motion effects this is true; but in this case they have used it as a very important shot, so take your time, make it count and don't miss; this is very much the only action sequence/artistic visions that for me only complement one another.

Character developments and performances; broadly speaking a character developments were and are an interesting take on what we already know about these characters and these performances reflect the vast majority of these performances to a good standard; but and this is a big but this film absolutely needs Crowe and Blanchett working off one another or/and in the same location, because between them; they really do galvanised this entire project, to the point where I would dread to think where this film would have ended up without them in this film to be brutally honest yet absolutely fair at the same time; so individually their performances are good; but when they are in the same place/location their chemistry is 100% naturally excellent, which elevates their performances to excellent as they really well and truly carry this project on their backs.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; don't get me wrong for a split second in the third section of this project; it was probably going to get something a little bit higher, but I have decided to go with a number that for more or less reflects this project, I can not say this enough this project really needs Crowe and Blanchett working off one another or at minimum I will take roughly in the same location to really move comfortably and fluently with enthusiasm and purpose, now and again we do have some comical moments as well; this film does also have a colourful and highly artistic closing credits backdrop and 1 Winner to its name;  ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2011 ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films Marc Streitenfeld and 14 Nominees which include but not limited to Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2011 Saturn Award Best Costume Janty Yates

 

 

Seven Snipers 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Seven Snipers 2026 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/impaling/torture/domestic terrorism/terrorism/burning/medical and yes there may be some censored adult language references in this content.

What was the point of this hot steam of manure being made?: The Dragon [Tim Roth:] a terrorist has come searching for something that partly belongs to him and he will kill anyone that stand in his way.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is not the problem as you will find out throughout this content; but it is very much a situation based film; this basically means anything before this or after this we want to see a lot of it, if at all; we get some exposition on the character developments as it relates to previous events and that is it as it relates to anything outside of this very quickly escalating situation, the framework and pacing of this 88 minutes film is good; as it knows what it is going and just gets on with proceedings; but man and I will discuss this in more later on... but man some of these performances are insufferable; it's just one of those moments where I wish I could press the fastforward button.

Action and art; bow and arrow practice, some kind of tractor, a vehicle slipping in the opening section and much later this final showdown; the vehicle slipping or burning is artistically good as well.

Character developments and performances; they were clearly going for the tried and tested character developments to fit in with this hostile situation which is one thing, but the problem comes from we have three distinctive performance levels mixture between; good, okay, don't give up your day job and oh my god please tell me this isn't your day job? Because if it is you would be better flipping burgers at McDonald's then actually as a performer; just to give you some broad examples; if my daughter was this dumb I would want a DNA test for sure and there is 3 sniper characters that are embarrassing to call themselves snipers; because I am aware of the society we currently live in; in 2026 so I should point out that it fits the equality act really well; one Caucasian man, one African American man and one Caucasian woman trying to be a different nationality.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; to be brutally honest if you are a fan of Roth... then by all means go and watch this film as the person that I watch some of this content with said and I agree with them; but if he wasn't in this film, they wouldn't have watched it, but other than Roth this film is pig's manure.