Review Time: this
film is good.
Fundamental elements: there are time jumps and place jumps, words and a number
on screen, cultural elements with other languages being used, with and without
subtitles being used I think [I say I think because I have a feeling there are
some moments where subtitles are not being used, but in fairness to myself the
text for the subtitles is small,] so if you are not a strong reader like me you
will find this difficult to keep up with, slow-motion effects, mental imagery
and there is background music which sometimes works with the scene or sequence
it is a part of or sometimes it is okay or somewhere around this word meaning,
yes it is there and that is about it really or it does very little for the
scene or sequence it is a part of [let's just say I keep changing my mind on
this element over the last few days, since I have seen this title, so instead
of me changing what I have said here, all I am going to say is once again is
this; my mind keeps changing.]
Now
slightly moving on in a nutshell all of these performances are good, but this
film does feel like it needs Reynolds and Jackson working off one another, for
this title to have any kind of atmosphere or forward momentum.
Action sequences/Comedy level: there are weapons being used, combat sequences and
chasing sequences, they all give this title great value in one way or another
and the comedy level ranges from okay to funny.
Performances: as I
have already said all of these performances are good, Reynolds and Jackson
individually do a good job or slightly carry this film when they are on their
own and it feels like the film slows down and it shows, don't get me wrong, you
see I am trying not to be too critical. Because it does feel like Reynolds
needs Jackson and Jackson needs Reynolds to balance out this film, to create some
friction to create consistent interesting dialogue exchanges to create
consistent comedy moments and many other things, in a nutshell this film feels
as if it has just woken up when you get these two performers consistently on
screen for the first time in this project.
This film receives: 7/10, generally
speaking this film is good but it does need some time to warm up [I was
informed that there was a blooper right at the end of the ending credits, so I
went back and looked after dictating this review and yes there is and whilst I
am on the subject yes I did go back and re-dictate some elements of this
review, but the marking has stayed the same.]
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