Troy 2004 by AverageMansReviews

Troy 2004 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/stabbing/impaling/ritual/slavery/dismemberment/burning/animal cruelty/medical/references to his suicide and domestic violence

The Myrmidons vs. The Trojan Army: briefly;  Achilles [Brad Pitt:] he is Greece' greatest warrior and he leads the Myrmidons against The Trojan Army and its leader Hector [Eric Bana:] he is Crown Prince and the commander of the Trojan Army and all of this came to be because of love.

Generally speaking:  framework and pacing of this 163 minutes film is; well what do you expect me to say? It is one of those types of films that you have to go in with the mentality of in hindsight let's just put one step in front of the other and eventually we will get there; hence why as you will read I don't actually have too much to say about this project; it is very much designed to take you/its audience from this time period in history.

Art and action; obviously the wardrobe, set designs and all aspects from a visual perspective including individually or together the action sequences are the strongest assets to this project by a large distance; be it a one-on-one encounter or a war sequence of events; this film does these aspects of this title justice.

Character developments and performances; they are all good versions of what they are meant to be with performances that reflect their characters.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; let's be honest if you have 163 minutes free, then it is worth a watch, but as I have already indicated in one way or another it looks nice and the action sequences are good and so on and so forth, but ask me now if I would watch this again? Not if I can help it, the fact that I hadn't seen this film and made this content under this name yet really being get me through this film. It does have some awards to its name and no they are not all positive ones; positive first of all; 5 Winners ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2005 ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films James Horner, 23 Nominees that includes Academy Awards, USA Oscar Best Achievement in Costume Design Bob Ringwood. Negative awards Yoga Awards Yoga Award Worst Foreign Actor Brad Pitt Shared with: Ocean's Twelve and Nominee which includes Golden Schmoes Awards 2004 Golden Schmoes Biggest Disappointment of the Year

28 Days Later 2002 by AverageMansReviews

28 Days Later 2002 by AverageMansReviews

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28 days later: briefly; Jim [Cillian Murphy:] he wakes up in hospital to find that the world is a different world, full of rage zombies, luckily he finds Selena [Naomie Harris:] she is a chemist and a battle hardened survivalist to this landscape; this is their journey.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 113 minutes film is for heavy amount of the time incredibly slow, don't get me wrong yes it does pick up right around say just before the final quarter, but other than that it is slow as hell.

Art and action; we do have a little bit of pleasant scenery such as for an example; this brief yet eye-catching bed of flowers as we are on our journey in his taxi to our destination, yet again yes these rage infected zombies look really authentic and gruesome. Later on the action sequences are chaotic as obviously they want to stay alive, but I hasten to add because of the pacing issue from earlier you may be a little like myself finally we have gotten something of great substance to highlight, mixed in with better late than never with a little of when this film ended?

Character developments and performances; the character development are very typical of the horror zombie apocalypse genre; so on both counts they are solidly good versions and representations of those character developments consequently performances.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good, all I can really say is; it is a good thing that this film has a positive final section or there or thereabouts. The person I watch some of the content with, found this film to be boring, but then again, this individual is not a big fan of zombie films to begin with. This film has some awards accredited to its name and no they are not all positive such as; 10 Winners that include but not limited to Black Reel Awards 2004 Black Reel Film: Best Breakthrough Performance Naomie Harris and Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2004 Chainsaw Award Best Wide-Release Film. 32 Nominations that include adults are not limited to from the same award ceremony/event Best Actor Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actress Naomie Harris and Worst Film

 

The Interpreter 2005 by AverageMansReviews

The Interpreter 2005 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/terrorism/shooting/suffocation/references to cleansing, whitewashing, rituals, vehicle crash, racism and kamikaze.

She heard something that she wasn't meant to: basically; Silvia Broome [Nicole Kidman:] she is a South African linguist for the UN, that gets caught up in something all because she wasn't meant to hear it, but she gets sent The US Secret Service assigns Dignitary Protection Division: DPD Special Agent Tobin Keller [Sean Penn:] he is very good at his profession, but also going through something personal with his professional partner DPD Special Agent Dot Woods [Catherine Keener:] she is excellent at her job; these two are assigned to find out what is going on with Silvia Broome and this potential threat to national security.

Generally speaking: well I have to be honest and say; the script, the framework and pacing of this 128 minutes film is just so boring, I mean it really does have some substance to it, but after no more than 30 minutes, I was already like can we put our foot on the accelerator a bit, don't get me wrong much, much later on it does get quicker, then blacks off again and get quicker in the final section; but until then it is like watching Paint Drying Championships

Comedy, action and art; we have this moment of comedy where we have DPD Special Agent Woods telling this adult entertainer essentially not to get too close to this individual that she and her partner are babysitting and for the action it basically is what you come to expect from these type of terrorist film plots guns firing, chasing, explosion and attempted assassination and right at the end of the film there is a good closing scene which this film ends on [yes I am struggling for things to talk about in this content.]

Character developments and performances; well it is difficult to say really on one hand broadly speaking they are good versions of what they are meant to be and their performances reflect that. Whilst on the other hand Kidman and Penn's character types and simultaneously performances feel very formulaic as their characters are going through the motions with as I have already said simultaneously their on-screen chemistry pretty much actually scratch that very clearly reflect that also: in a nutshell what we have here is a building block and a round hole scenario.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; after everything is said and done this is the only mark I could think to give this project, like I have indicated it knows what it is from beginning to end and it sticks to the plan, but it doesn't help when it is extremely limited on enthusiasm, so if you like any of the performance names I have mentioned in this content; take a look at this film, but I wouldn't expect too much. Yes this film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Winners that includes but not limited to Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2005 LAFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Catherine Keener Shared with: Capote The Ballad of Jack and Rose The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Huabiao Film Awards 2005 Huabiao Film Award Outstanding Translated Foreign Film. 2 Nominees would include but not limited to Golden Trailer Awards 2005 Golden Trailer Best Drama

 

Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Jim Ross diagnosed with colon cancer in 2025: Update! by AverageMansReviews

Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Jim Ross diagnosed with colon cancer in 2025: Update! by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Jim Ross diagnosed with colon cancer in 2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/05/reactionary-to-wrestling-news-of-jim.html

Warning: censored adult language reference will be used in this content

Update incoming: on Sunday 18/05/2025 I put out the related content and now Thursday 29/05/2025 JR has taken to social media to say the following: "Happy to say that today’s cancer surgery was a success. Now we be begin to rehabilitate." Again I would like to send him my best wishes on a speedy recovery and at some point AEW should make him a genuine championship belt for the amount of times he has handed cancer it's posterior, for those very sensitive people out there in Internet land that are considering giving me a backlash for this idea. Firstly he has done this multiple times before and secondly I am of the community that has felt the effect of cancer, so obviously I take this very seriously indeed. But at the same time as anyone from this community would understand handing cancer it's posterior should be something that should be very obviously celebrated and regarded as one of the most difficult periods in anyone's life; be it the individual or/and their family or friends or anyone connected to this individual's situation and consequently without a shadow of doubt be seen as an achievement, so hopefully see you back on my TV very soon JR.

White House Down 2013 by AverageMansReviews

White House Down 2013 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/terrorism/shooting/stabbing/choking/burning/drugs/caving in/vehicle crashing/medical/references to cancer and Russia

A lot can happen on one day: briefly; John Cale [Channing Tatum:] he has a daughter, he is going in for a job with the President's Secret Service he is already working on Capitol Hill in security detail, but he really wants this opportunity, he has already served his country, but in summary he is declined this opportunity because he has discipline issues. But when the White House is under attack, he has to step up to protect the current President of the United States of America;  President of the United States James Sawyer [Jamie Foxx:] he is so close to bringing peace in the Middle East and  Martin Walker [James Woods:] a retiring Secret Service Presidential Detail Special Agent-in-Charge.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this out 131 minutes film is good, but it does like infinitely I would say for the first hour; there are occasions where it seems to lose itself as it goes off the boil; they could have really taken off 15 minutes just to give it hopefully it assistant get up and go to proceedings.

Action and art; the action sequences are noisy chaos, I'm not criticising this; it is just that is what it is; we have landed to land or land to air or land to water sequences with stealthily moving around without trying to be caught with rocket launchers being used to take down armed choppers or/and this vehicle ending upside down in water; from a vehicle perspective they are still holding out to a hard-hitting standard, but when the green-screen effects are being used such as when the old classic moving car, but I would guess and speculate the car isn't moving, but instead they are moving the scenery or the most obvious is sometimes I think is the explosions; I mean they look right, but they don't look right out in the performers are in this scene, but the explosion they aren't in this scene; if you look out for as the older filmgoers out there would know you are looking for the black outlines when the green-scream is in effect and not forgetting the flybys look good as well.

Character developments, performances and comedy; they are good versions of what they are meant to be and for the vast majority of this cast; their performances reflect that. It really does need the trio of names I have already mentioned in the storyline section of this content; to be very much the spear head to this title; even though likewise they themselves as it relates to the character developments are good versions of what they are meant to be; their chemistry is priceless as Tatum/Cale, Foxx/President  Sawyer have this comical back and forth now and again and Woods/Walker is just being Woods at his very best.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; as I have already indicated this film really could have done with roughly 15 minutes knocked off to really give it some get up and go, but if you haven't seen this film either yet or for some time it is a good watch. This film does have some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Winners includes Teen Choice Awards 2013 Teen Choice Award Choice Summer Movie Star: Male Channing Tatum. 9 Nominees that includes from the same awards ceremony/event Choice Movie: Chemistry Jamie Foxx Channing Tatum

 

Wasted: The Righteous: Vincent & Duchess Released by AEW/Calling It Out of: AEW & WWE 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Wasted: The Righteous: Vincent & Duchess Released by AEW/Calling It Out of: AEW & WWE 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Double or Nothing 2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/05/in-depth-predictionsother-elements-for_23.html

I don't know what actually happened here: this should have been a perfect match for promotion and talent, but it really never materialised. Yes I am aware that they parted on mutual consent terms, but the fact it actually happened when AEW is very much built for tag team wrestling and you can't find a space for this tag team and everything that they can bring to the table [I am far, so far from being an expert on these guys,] in fact I was looking forward to seeing them unleashed, that for me this raises a big question in wrestling generally.

Why is it that we are seeing really creative wrestlers come up with really positive gimmicks be it these guys or The Dark Order or Hounds of Hell or anything that Bray Wyatt came up with including but not limited to The Wyatt Sicks or/and Karrion Kross and repeatedly they have a history of in one way or another either getting their legs chopped from underneath them or never really been taken seriously. Which case and point excellent we have The Wyatt Sicks back: are they going to be allowed to do something of substance I know it has already been indicated that they could possibly be going for the WWE Tag Team Championships and then what? I mean case and point again I have seen Kross has done a fantastic job rebuilding his career into his latest gimmicks switch and he himself has indicated online that he would love to work with The Righteous which would be a perfect fit: then what?

I mean minus the title of this content; if it hasn't dawned on me yet I am calling out of AEW and the WWE creative, I like AEW but even I have said they are doing consistently solid content lately, but Jon Moxley has been AEW World Champion for well over 200 days and this entire situation of what I can tell online as I am still slowly catching up with things as gotten to the point of a holding pattern and another thing I have zero interest in seeing Mercedes Moné vs. AEW Women's World Championship Toni Storm with her championship on the line, as I have already indicated in the connecting content, I have a strong feeling there is only going to be one outcome here which then puts AEW in another cul-de-sac with Moné winning at AEW All-In [Saturday 12/07/2025] and if you're wondering when I said another cul-de-sac, I am making reference to the fact that Moné already has a lengthy reign with the AEW Women's TBS Championship roughly over 360 days at this point [when this content was first dictated.]

Then we go back to the land of WWE I haven't watched Premium Live Events for the last five months, which I am aware I will have to watch some of them soon, but then again this whole John Cena Heel gimmick retirement tour thing has been so much worse than I could possibly have imagined, to the point where I look at these events I have to watch and I actually cringe a little inside, it would really help the situation if Cena wasn't playing a heel and just be a genuine heel, it just feels and looks so disingenuous and on top of that which I am fully aware it is a separate but combining issue that we have Becky Lynch now being a heel, so you have two of your biggest names within your company or now three including Seth Rollins, is faction and that insufferable situation, it's just too much.

Yes I am completely comfortable with saying the new formation of this stable including Rollins is insufferable, even though it has just started. Essentially what we have here is recycled Bloodline content and here is the final kick in the teeth, the only events that I can say I look forward to is an event ran by NXT, which I can't watch at the moment because they are only on Peacock US and economic region in UK it presents a problem.

 

 

Basic 2003 by AverageMansReviews

Basic 2003 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/torture/bodily functions/drugs/cutting/medical/references to racism and homosexuality

Who did what?: Briefly; Captain Julia Osborne [Connie Nielsen:] she is the closest individual that they have a to investigater this incident, but DEA Agent Tom Hardy [John Travolta:] he is a former Ranger turned DEA, but he also has a colourful background, essentially he has been brought in to assist with the investigation, which needless to say doesn't exactly sit too well with Captain Osborne, but they are here to investigate what happened in this incident involving Master Sergeant Nathan West [Samuel L. Jackson:] a hard-nosed individual that trained these soldiers and this incident took place on his watch.

Generally speaking: the framework; now and again we do have is back and forth between different times thing being used, but on the whole the pacing is good.

Action; what we have of it; it is solidly good, to cover my back a little; yes this is one of those occasions where, I should just say I can only work with what is there, so if it is something of a functional level for an example I can't really dress it up more than that, so in this case as I have already indicated; what we have is solidly good.

Character developments, performances and voice performance; and I have to continue that sentiment from my previous section that all of the character types, performances and voice performance; follow their character types fluently with performances or/and voice performance to match; basically they followed the script to its word, minus one exception Jackson is clearly a glowing positive to this film as the performance as this hard-nosed individual; Jackson fluently and naturally is this Master Sergeant West as someone that will mould these individuals to serve their country and if he is unable to do this; you will bring you and send you packing, but hopefully you will tap out/walk out before this happens, to be honest Jackson should have been given at minimum a positive award nomination for this performance.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; I mean I am a just having a quick think, I think I have seen this film less than 5 times in my life [as of this content being created,] if you haven't seen it; it is well worth a watch if you like case crimes or/and any other performers I have mentioned, but it doesn't have much of a repeating viewing that go about it. This film also has a small number of awards accredited to its name and the majority of them are not positive ones; 3 Nominations Golden Trailer Awards 2003 Golden Trailer Best Voice Over, now onto the negative Awards The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 2003 Stinker Award Worst Fake Accent: Male John Travolta and from the same award ceremony/event Worst Fake Accent: Female Connie Nielsen.

 

 

Only God Forgives 2013 by AverageMansReviews

Only God Forgives 2013 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there are flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/chopping/cutting/dismemberment/torture/references to drugs/incest/racism/sexual assault/under age

Well this was certainly an experience that we both didn't enjoy: briefly; after his brother does something heinous and consequently killed for it; Crystal Thompson [Kristin Scott Thomas:] she is a hard-nosed woman that is very used to the crime way of life and she warns her other son to take care of this issue Julian Thompson [Ryan Gosling:] he is reserved, he deals in drugs and has a prostitute situationship, he knows what his mother is asking is going to be very complicated

Generally speaking: the script is complete and utter garbage; without giving too much away at best it could have been finished within the first 20 minutes; you take someone out and in retaliation they take someone out; the end job done thanks for coming. But no we had to make this into agonising 90 minutes film of pure garbage. The framework and pacing of this as I have already said 90 minutes film as you may have already guessed is also pointless, because putting the action sequences and some of the scenery to one side for a minute; it is so slow to the point where I said to the person that I watch some of this content with; just another 50 minutes of this film to go or something to that effect and likewise again with something like 20 minutes to go.

Action and art; I should give you a subsequent warning that this film can be and is graphic, but moving on; the action sequence involving the machine gun, this brought momentarily some relief as it was high octane and entertaining, some of that seemingly such as the red face with black stencil kind of outlook to bring it to life; in the background to one or the main action sequences is very eye-catching.

Character developments and performances; well on both counts if on one hand I have to say if this is what they were going for they achieved it with flying colours, but to be a little bit more specific now on the other hand they were generically poor as in they must have really scrape the barrel for these typical character developments and then on top of that executed with an identical generic passionless standard of performances, in some cases I get what they were going for/with but if we were to add the other issues about this film altogether; altogether guess what it just doesn't work.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; okay watch this film if you are a Ryan Gosling fan, but and I do stress but I would really and I do mean really keep your expectations incredibly low. But other than that I really, and I don't say this that often, but it is one of those cases where this is justified, I really wouldn't recommend this film in the slightest, yes it does have some ongoing scenes in the ending credits and somehow this project has some positive and negative awards accredited to its name such as; 14 Winners Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival 2013 Maria Best Cinematography Larry Smith and Guardian Film Awards, UK 2014  Guardian Film Award So-Bad-It's-Good. 20 Nominees which includes Bodil Awards 2014 Best Supporting Actress (Bedste kvindelige birolle) Kristin Scott Thomas and Cannes Film Festival 2013 Palme d'Or Nicolas Winding Refn and now on to the negatives which include but are not limited to Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 WFCC Award all from the same award ceremony/event Worst Male Images in a Movie, "Why is it that when actresses and even screen goddesses hit a certain age, they're all cast as nags, loons and shrews. No matter how accomplished any of these films may be, the tally of older actress shrewish nags on board is really high this year, as usual. Including Oprah Winfrey in The Butler, Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in August: Osage County, Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine, June Squibb in Nebraska, Kristin Scott Thomas in Only God Forgives, and Julianne Moore in Carrie. Refreshing exceptions being Judi Dench in Philomena, Yolonda Ross in Go For Sisters, and Mary Steenburgen in Last Vegas." Shared with: The Butler August: Osage County Blue Jasmine Nebraska Carrie and Mommie Dearest Worst Screen Mom of the Year Award Kristin Scott Thomas

Lilo & Stitch 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Lilo & Stitch 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there are flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/animal cruelty/electrocution/robotics/shooting/bodily functions/animal cruelty/burning/burning/drowning/medical

Ohana is everything: briefly; Experiment 626/Stitch/other name [voiced by Chris Sanders:] a genetic experiment engineered for destruction, he crashed lands on this planet known as Earth; more specifically Hawaii, with different people chasing him, he assumes the identity of a puppy gets adopted by this lovely yet complicated native Hawaiian family; the Pelekai family Lilo [Maia Kealoha:] she is a six-year-old little girl, that doesn't have any friends, so she prays on what seems to be a shooting star for a friend and then we have her older sister/guardian Nani [Sydney Elizebeth Agudong/Sydney Agudong:] she is a very intelligent woman, that is trying to do her best for her little sister and her self.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 108 minutes film is broadly speaking good, I mean it does take some time to find itself in its groove, but after that things move fluently for the remainder of the film

Action and comedy and art; they seem to have captured the fact that Stich is very much a handful, be it thrown this Elvis CD out of this moving vehicle or/and hot wiring this children's vehicle or and drinking out of this lava lamp even with a soft warning from Lilo, he just continues then burps and the visual representation of Stitch is beautifully satisfying with from time to time also being beautifully disgusting: the interaction with Stitch also feels very natural so they should be very happy with the finished results here; likewise the underwater action sequences should also be given high praise and though all round presentation on the whole is good.

Character developments, performances and voice performances; as I have already made references to throughout this content already; they captured the essence of Lilo and Stitch with spot on results as individually they struggle without one another and on top of that; they have this Ohana [Ohana means in a rough translation and yes of about this in the film as well: as I was saying it roughly translates as family or/and strong community] around them, so as it relates to the performances or/and voice performances; they have all very much already made this interpretation their very own, so hypothetically speaking if they were to do any more projects they would have to bring back this already defined cast of voices and their respective characters

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; on reflection it needs time to find itself as I have already referenced, but still after everything is said and done, this mark is a fair reflection of it, because when it finds itself it is a strong interpretation of this franchise being brought to life, I would be very disappointed if this instalment at minimum does not pick up at least some positive nominations, yes Disney this is your standard bearer for bringing your old properties to live using live-action and in one way or another there are extra bits throughout the first closing credits.

 

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Double or Nothing 2025 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for AEW Double or Nothing 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Mark Briscoe vs. Ricochet; Stretcher Match: my pick is Ricochet. To basically continue his forward momentum since joining this promotion

FTR's: Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood [with Stokely] vs. Daniel Garcia & Nigel McGuinness [with Danny Magic;] Tag Team Match: my pick is FTR. With Magic turning on Garcia to join up with FTR and Stokely

Mina Shirakawa vs. Champ Toni Storm [with Luther;] Singles Match for the AEW Women's World Championship: my pick is Toni Storm. This feels more like a feud progression point as in I expect this feud to continue after this; this is just the end of the first section of it.

The Sons of Texas': Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara vs. Champs The Hurt Syndicate's: Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin [with MVP;] Tag Team Match for the AEW World Tag Team Championships: my pick is The Hurt Syndicate. Now to cement their alliance with MJF; they will probably use the match outlay of, that was a lot closer of a match them we were expecting, MJF was the turning point when he yet the leg to the mat, so it was hard to kick out; outside the ring and vision of the referee.

Jamie Hayter vs. the AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné; 2025 Women's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Final Match The winner earns an AEW Women's World Championship match at All In: my pick is Mercedes Moné. Now I have been professional, I can now say this; that on one hand I get it Tony Khan is probably wanting to do this match at one of his biggest pay-per-view's of the year; TBS Champion vs. World Champion, which it makes sense and once again I get it. But on the other hand I don't have to like it, as I think we can all guess who is going over and taking all of the gold here; Moné. Which for me yet again on one hand we have Storm which is full of charisma and is doing her best work in her career and she has proven to be a main event calibre wrestler, whilst on the other hand Moné is a charisma vacuum as she has none and for me a wrestling style is meh. So I know it isn't going to happen, but I would greatly prefer is Hayter went over here to keep both women's champions separated and at least I know what I get when Hayter: charisma and she will give everything she has and not forgetting she doesn't phone it in.

"Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Champ Kazuchika Okada; Singles Match for the AEW Continental Championship: my pick is Kazuchika Okada. I just don't see it happening here, but maybe soon?

The AEW International Champion Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, Willow Nightingale & the AEW World Trios Champions The Opps': Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Death Riders': the AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta and The Young Bucks': Matthew & Nicholas Jackson; Anarchy in the Arena Match: my pick is Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta and The Young Bucks': Matthew & Nicholas Jackson. For those people that are asking what about Gabe Kidd why isn't he in this match? Or something to that effect: All I can say is read the room, he is going to be the turning point of this whole entire match slot when he interferes, possibly from a mistake of Yuta for the subsequent TV weeks of content to indicate he is out and Kidd is in that kind of thing, so it doesn't mean because Kidd not being officially scheduled for this match slot, that doesn't mean he can't make an impact somehow.

"Hangman" Adam Page vs. Will Ospreay; 2025 Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Final Match The winner earns an AEW World Championship match at All In: my pick is Will Osprey. Where I can guarantee you he is beating Jon Moxley at All in [Saturday 12/07/2025,] because the following event would be AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 [Sunday 24/08/2025] which conveniently takes place in London, England at the 02 Arena; this is Osprey's home territory and he has done a lot for both of these promotions; it would be silly if he wasn't heading in as main champion for AEW and not forgetting he is already on one of the posters advertising the event and just to cover my back if this doesn't happen how I think it is going to go and I'm not being arrogant here, but just saying it as it is; man this would be really stupid booking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for NXT Battleground 2025 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for NXT Battleground 2025 by AverageMansReviews

The Culling's: Brooks Jensen, Niko Vance & Shawn Spears [with Izzi Dame] vs. the NXT Tag Team Champions Hank and Tank's: Hank Walker & Tank Ledger and Josh Briggs; Six-Man Tag Team Match: my pick is The Culling. So it gives them credibility to go for the tag team championships after this event.

Kelani Jordan vs. Champ Sol Ruca; Singles Match for the NXT Women's North American Championship: my pick is Sol Ruca. Simply put I don't see them changing champion here.

The D'Angelo Family's: Tony D'Angelo vs. Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo; Singles Match: my pick is Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo. I am pretty sure they are going to use the old yet reliable interference by somebody [probably the stable known as Dark State] to continue this feud outlay.

Trick Williams vs. Champ Joe Hendry; Singles Match for the TNA World Championship: my pick is Joe Hendry. To be honest I don't see either promotion allowing anything other than this result, either Williams doing double duty is for two promotions or/and likewise TNA allowing their main championship to the outside of their promotion, actually it wouldn't surprise me that if we saw interference from Dark State again to cost Williams this opportunity/championship.

Jordynne Grace vs. Champ Stephanie Vaquer; Singles Match for the NXT Women's Championship: my pick is Jordynne Grace. Because this is the only championship I can see changing hands here at this event, which is a shame for Vaquer, because as of this content being served created, she has only been champion for 70 days which will turn into 70+ days, which if I am correct in this prediction, this just feels a little bit short for someone of her stature and quality.

Myles Borne vs. Champ Oba Femi; Singles Match for the NXT Championship: my pick is Oba Femi. Firstly it really wouldn't surprise me if we had another showing of Dark State and then this whole thing with these two competitors doing the whole respect thing going; Femi: I kept knocking him down, but he wouldn't stay down, I will happily stand beside you in the future and the reason why I am predicting so much of a showing of Dark State is because this event is called Battleground, so they could easily make this their battleground.

Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Elayna Black a.k.a. Cora Jade is going to be on OnlyFans in 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Elayna Black a.k.a. Cora Jade is going to be on OnlyFans in 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Warning/Warning Speculation: I know I usually put up warning anyway, but in this case I am going to have a rough guess and say alongside using adult language references and even though censored and speculation, I'm going to hazard a guess that 90% of what I'm going to say in this content is going to be triggering for some of you snowflakes out there in Internet land.

I really wasn't going to dictate this content, but here we are: I am getting incredibly annoyed by this modern culture of let's go and have surgery in this case on my chest, which I did put up a message to her when she was showing off her new figure; that I hope she doesn't mind getting more attention or are you know something to that effect and then maybe over a year or more we are in this situation. I mean I am getting fed up to my back  fudgin' teeth you put yourself out there with a brand-new target on your back or in this case on your chest and you don't expect some kind of feedback be it positive, neutral, negative or anything other.

Before you start typing: yeah, but it is her body and her choice, so you have to deal with it. I love these kinds of comments, because it highlights to even with someone with life changing from birth brain damage myself how stupid people have actually become. Because let's dissect this theoretical response shall we? Her body, her choice, my response is: so in any reality she should be able to deal with the responsibilities and/or repercussions of her body and her choice and for me having to deal with it; I don't have to she isn't my responsibility.

But rhetorically/speculation speaking; she must have really fudged things up with the WWE, because before she got injured she was being positioned like the next golden child for the next generation and then when she came back with her new figure, she was never/nowhere near the same calibre of wrestler as she was when she left, I know there is a slight argument for perhaps booking her and so on and so forth, but even with taking that into consideration it is either/or both the WWE/NXT had moved on from her or she wasn't putting the same effort in or whatever.

Now as it relates to Black's allegations of being body shamed and before I continue I am not here to discredit her opinions/potential experiences directly, but then again I have to make this fantastic point which someone else also made online as well: I mean I have heard throughout the decades of wrestlers males and females getting body shamed, so if this is true then the culture within the WWE/NXT hasn't really moved on into the year of 2025.

But these alleged allegations somewhat actually who am I kidding they do fall apart when you decide to go and do OnlyFans and now speaking of the bull-manure of a platform, I hate this platform with a passion, all is; is a form of legalisation of prostitution and nothing more and I don't want to hear the garbage of it isn't prostitution, by definition you are selling yourself in a sexual manner to bring around sexual release for money so by definition you are prostitutes and because of my disability and other issues I get consistently reminded of the only way I am going to ever get any of it again is by paying for it, in summary I may have done something wrong in my life, but I refuse to pay for sex as people are exploiting loneliness and the fact that we live in a superficial society so not many women look twice at me actually that maybe an unfair statement; then maybe some women looking at me but they wouldn't know it because it would be blind [just joking.]

But I digress; Black calls these people creeps, I know I have already said or/and indicated this; which I'm not giving these individuals the green light in the slightest, but some of the responsibility lays at her door for advertising herself in this manner, which I do find what she says about these creeps to be by definition hypocrisy, because if they weren't creeps in her words, she possibly won't be getting paid in future, so these creeps will be paying for her lifestyle and anyone thought about what kind of president they are setting with the younger generations of; you don't have to go to work and live a dignified life, you can just prostitute yourself for potentially lots of money, I know especially in modern era that white men over 40 are pretty much outlawed, but I don't think the suffragettes; went through what they went through with in some cases killing themselves, to make sure that future generations of women could have the rights that you do, just so that you could spread your legs and make content for the Internet and yes just for the record I would really appreciate it if AEW didn't give Black another appearance within this promotion, because I have a feeling she would be/will be a problem child.

 

The Bounty Hunter 2010 by AverageMansReviews

The Bounty Hunter 2010 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/burning/torture/electrician/vehicle crashing/medical/references to suicide and transgender

I need to chase the story: briefly; Nicole "Nick" Hunter [Jennifer Aniston:] she is a reporter for Daly News and she on this story which could be potentially big, but she misses her timeslot for her appearance in court let's just say for a traffic violation. A warrant is issued for her arrest, the Bounty Hunter that is given this contract is Milo Boyd [Gerard Butler:] he is an ex-police officer turned Bounty Hunter, but more importantly is the ex-husband of Hunter, so at least on the surface there is going to be friction between these two.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 106 minutes film is laid out to follow a simple structure of essentially a journey, which this is not any problem.

Character developments and performances, comedy and action; the character developments and the performances of vast majority of this cast are safe and reliable versions of what they are meant to be consequently the viewers have reliable performances to reflect that as well. But we come onto the biggest problem of this title; which is our lead partnership of Hunter/Anderson and  Boyd/Butler; their individual character types are also reliable versions of what they are meant to be, but man their on-screen chemistry is non-existent for likewise the vast majority of this film, don't get me wrong towards the later stages of this title there is some. But their interactions for a lot of the time is like nails on a chalkboard. Which as you can imagine does effect this title in its entirety; be it the comedy which has as much positive impact as a plastic bag caught in an up draft, but don't worry eventually we have some fun with a golf cart chasing sequence.

This film receives: 3/10, this film is poor; I mean I did consider putting it into the mixed bracket of my marking system, but on reflection it just got harder and harder and to justify if you're me to be honest with you, so I could either put it in the next bracket at a push or a solid poor film. As you can clearly see it has an abundance of problems, but if you like one or both of Butler and/or Anderson take a look at this film, but I would go in with low expectations.

This film also has some awards accredited to its name and surprisingly [said with sarcasm they are not all positive ones.] Winners 4 BMI Film & TV Awards Film Music Award Film Music George Fenton and Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2011 GMS Award Best Music Supervision for Film Julianne Jordan Shared with: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Valentine's Day RED Fair Game Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Nominees 5 Teen Choice Awards 2010 Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy Gerard Butler Shared with: The Ugly Truth. Negatives: Yoga Awards 2011 Yoga Award Worst Foreign Actress Jennifer Aniston Shared with: Love Happens & The Switch and from the same award ceremony/event Worst Foreign Actor Gerard Butler Shared with: Law Abiding Citizen. Nominees Razzie Awards 2011 Razzie Awards that includes Worst Picture and from the same award ceremony/event Worst Screen Couple/Worst Screen Ensemble Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler

 

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX 2025 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Just a heads up/Warning Speculation: there will be some censored adult language references in this content at one point or another such as now. I think 50% of this card is fudgin' garbage, I know, I know essentially what we have here is a glorified house show quality card, but even so where are the women? Speculation: at some point there will be speculation

CM Punk & Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins & Bron Breakker [with Paul Heyman;] Tag Team Match: my pick is Seth Rollins & Bron Breakker. I don't know, but I would consider doing the old yet reliable match outlay of Punk or Zayn clearly going to pick up the W, but from out of nowhere we meet the third person to this newly form stable to ensure from behind the referee the outcome is changed and secured the other way, because I have to be honest they need some kind of newsworthy headline to come out of this event regardless if it is just a glorified house show.

Logan Paul vs. Champ Jey Uso; Singles Match for the WWE Heavyweight Championship: my pick is Paul Logan. Minus the fact that Paul brings to the table a lot of media attention, why are we have in this match? Because we know this championship isn't going anywhere and what I've seen of Uso's championship reign so far, they are positioning him to be a carbon copy of Kofi Kingston as WWE Champion in 2019 and on top of that as I have already implied/indicated, I only see Paul winning on a technicality, the technicality of King Walter hitting him first to leave both competitor and champion laid out to set up a triple threat at WWE Money In The Bank Saturday 07/06/2025.

Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre; Steel Cage Match: my pick is Drew McIntyre. I have a feeling that they may want to go with McIntyre vs. Uso for his championship down the line, I'm just saying that how things are right now as their character developments McIntyre vs. Uso would work better and yes just to cover my back I know you two dumplings about the draft, I mean I have heard they are doing this again at some point in the future, but for 90% this is a pointless exercise; there are only two reasons why there is a draft; 1. It is a shameful ratings boost and 2. It helps with selling the next instalment of a wrestling game.

R-Truth vs. the Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena; A Non-title Single Match: my pick is John Cena. This match is absolutely pointless and a waste of time. I mean I know I don't like the Paul vs. Uso match up, but regardless if I am right or wrong I can see it going somewhere, but; but this;... this is absolutely going nowhere, I mean at the very least put the championship on the line, you know, I know you can dress up a manura as much as you like, but at the end of the day it is still manura , but you can at least try Triple H.

Now is it me or has Triple H over the past 6 months given up either inspiring others to come up with creative stuff of a higher standard or finding satisfying to put out the best content they can? Because okay I may have somewhat struggled through The Bloodline saga at its height, but my key point is this; I still would their Premiums Live Events, but since the time of year; I am like thanks, but no thanks. I will still watch them from time to time, but as you can tell I'm not exactly running and giving up my time to watch them live.

 

Jiu Jitsu 2020 by AverageMansReviews

Jiu Jitsu 2020 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/regeneration/impaling/cutting/choking/drugs/burning/medical

Once every 6 years this situation happens: basically  Jake Barnes [Alain Moussi:] now it wasn't established that he had amnesia, but I am going to say he had some form of amnesia; as he can't remember what he is meant to be doing. But on his with other characters; we meet Wylie [Nicholas Cage:] let's just say he is a mixture between a sage character and a character that will say it as it is; as this Predator type of character is hunting them.

Generally speaking: the script/storyline is straightforward but also with a thin, the framework and pacing of this 102 minutes film is either really slow without the action sequences or it has clearly some get up and go to it in the action sequences

Art and action; well from the opening credits sequence and throughout from time to time; we get this captivating opening credits and we get this comic book storyboard approach; like I said to the person to watch some of this content with " It is easy to see where they spend the budget." On a quick side note the budget was $25 million with an embarrassing box office taking of slightly less than $100,000. But I digress; this wasn't the only place where they spend in my opinion a good amount of the budget; it would have to been where we have Barnes fighting in these long action sequences where; this sequence rotates from first person shooter/combat sequence to usual standing watching things unfold but then go back to first person shooter perspective/combat perspective; the imagination and high creativity has to be given praise and not forgetting Cage in his action sequences.

Character developments, performances and comedy; like to the script it may be straightforward, but there isn't much; this character types are; what you see is what you get and their performances reflect that. Cage as Wylie: puts in a good performance, but let me just say when Cage puts in a good performance; it is comfortably strong enough to stick out like a sore thumb; as if you didn't know who he was you could guess that he could shift it up another gear if you really wanted to and from time to time he has moment of being comical which is much better than what Tex [Eddie Steeples:] basically he is a member of this unique that one of his apparent skills is to be an interpreter, but as you'll see he doesn't always get it right and if you were around in the early 2000's especially in the genre of comedy; you will be familiar with African-American character types having this mixture of dimwit but coming over as someone from the streets that kind of dialogue which being polite it hasn't aged that well considering this film was released in 2020.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; I mean this film was difficult to mark, just based on they really have this well thought out comic book outlay to this project and the same can be said for the first person combat perspective as I have already indicated, so if it wasn't because of these assets including Cage which I should give you a little heads up; he makes his appearance at roughly the 40th minute of this film title, so if there are any fans of him out there in Internet land take a look at this film, but I would keep your expectations reasonably low. But as I was saying because this title has all this I decided to award another mark even though I was struggling to keep awake.