JediGuy
07-11-21, 08:11
All right... I saw the preview for this a while back and thought, “Well, that could be terrible.” But didn’t have anything planned for last night, and I like Bob Odenkirk’s role in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
The gist: Former “somebody” who has given up the life is drawn back in. There are Russians. Lots of Russians. Somebody’s relative gets offed. There is a *** (spoiler, kinda). Lots of German guns. Hand to hand fighting and bullets and explosions.
Do you sense that this is similar to John Wick? Well, uh, yes. There are other slight comparisons that I don’t want to mention, because...you don’t want to know everything about a movie before you watch it.
I liked it. It is not ‘as good’ as the first Wick film, but it’s different in a way that makes it seem like it’s not trying to match Wick. It may not even be a great movie, but there were comedic moments (maybe even in a self-deprecating sort of way) in it that made both my wife and I either roll our eyes or laugh. Bored family-man mashup that I felt drew from the Wick films, RED, maybe even I Am Pilgrim.
Go in expecting nothing, and I think you’ll enjoy it.
B+
...
OK, let me drop that to a B-
It’s fun, not great.
Also, yes, watch the credits.
I got from Redbox...needed a change from watching/playing with three kids under five and a house remodel and an everyday transition to Netflix. Come to think about it...maybe that theme is why I liked the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZti8QKBWPo
The gist: Former “somebody” who has given up the life is drawn back in. There are Russians. Lots of Russians. Somebody’s relative gets offed. There is a *** (spoiler, kinda). Lots of German guns. Hand to hand fighting and bullets and explosions.
Do you sense that this is similar to John Wick? Well, uh, yes. There are other slight comparisons that I don’t want to mention, because...you don’t want to know everything about a movie before you watch it.
I liked it. It is not ‘as good’ as the first Wick film, but it’s different in a way that makes it seem like it’s not trying to match Wick. It may not even be a great movie, but there were comedic moments (maybe even in a self-deprecating sort of way) in it that made both my wife and I either roll our eyes or laugh. Bored family-man mashup that I felt drew from the Wick films, RED, maybe even I Am Pilgrim.
Go in expecting nothing, and I think you’ll enjoy it.
B+
...
OK, let me drop that to a B-
It’s fun, not great.
Also, yes, watch the credits.
I got from Redbox...needed a change from watching/playing with three kids under five and a house remodel and an everyday transition to Netflix. Come to think about it...maybe that theme is why I liked the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZti8QKBWPo