Unfairly derided, Mannโs work here might not have come close to his best, but itโs still an intriguing 21st-century cyber-thriller set largely in Asia that deals with themes of geopolitics, technological fears, and agency versus anonymity in the digital world.ย
As admirable as Ridley Scott’s ticking time-bomb decision to recast and reshoot the film is, this is an unexceptional work that struggles to elevate itself despite strong performances by Christopher Plummer and Michelle Williams.
Purportedly the first-ever documentary made (or more accurately, staged) in the history of the medium, Flahertyโs eye-opening and intimate look at an Inuit family living in a harsh and cold environment poses age-old questions of authenticity and truth.
Eggersโ third film is maximalist filmmaking to a faultโit may be his most ambitious, but also his weakest in terms of storytelling where it offers the requisite thrills and action, but little in the way of deeply-resonating themes or characters.ย ย
Scott’s follow-up to ‘Prometheus’ is a full-scale R-rated blockbuster that will thrill mainstream adult audiences, maybe even fans, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the sheer filmmaking prowess of the first two ‘Alien’ films.
It goes through its storytelling beats without fuss but also without invention, though all that becomes insignificant when you are in the cockpit of a fighter jet in what could be the most immersive blockbuster to be shot aerially since Dunkirk.
The movie that launched the popular action franchise is rather uninspired despite having De Palma at the helmโaction is few and far between and the conversational scenes feel lacklustre.
Ridley Scott is back in some style with this largely captivating stranded-in-Mars sci-fi adventure that is a potent mix of science and thrills.ย ย
One of Marvelโs most visually fascinating movies to date, but certainly not one (or two) of their finest hours.
At times packing visual panache yet also feeling run-of-the-mill in terms of plotting, Sam Raimiโs return to the superhero genre is welcoming but non-essential.
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