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Keeping up with reviews has been tricky this week. I’ve been writing a review for Mickey 17 for about a week, and I just can’t get through it. It’s not a terrible movie, just odd. Let’s start the reviews with it.
Mickey 17
You know most of the details about Mickey 17, Robert Pattison, Bong Joon Ho, clones, space aliens. The official story is:
During a human expedition to colonize space, Mickey 17, a so-called “expendable” employee, is sent to explore an ice planet.
This is the main issue with the review of Mickey 17: the story is all over the place. You know how movies are usually about the journey, not so much the destination? This is what it’s about with following Mickey and his exploits.
I found myself following Mickey and having lots of fun. Then, the end came, and it was finished. I then felt nothing about the end. I’m still not sure how the story plays out, but then, I was having fun with Pattinson’s performance.
At the very least, Mickey 17 is mildly original, but it’s nothing that stands out. It was a shame, as I was looking forward to it; the trailer is the highlight.
Mickey 17 gets a review of a mild 2 out of 5.
Black Bag
This was a bit more like it. I had heard that Black Bag was good, so I wanted to give it a good shot. The movie stars Michael Fassbender, Gustaf Skarsgard, Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela, Rege-Jean Page, Naomie Harri and Pierce Brosnan. Steven Soderbergh directs and David Koepp writes. The story is:
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
I can’t say I’m one for espionage thrillers, but this was very good. Black Bag had Soderbergh’s style all over it, it was like a more serious version of an Ocean movie. This isn’t a bad thing, as it really works with the tension.
The ending is beautifully crafted. You have 6 people, sat around a table, not moving, but the tension is edge of your seat. I really enjoyed reviewing Black Bag, it’s worth a watch.
G20
Sigh, and here we go with the last review. Now, I will be honest, I haven’t finished G20 yet, in fact, I’m I don’t think I will be able to finish it. Why? There’s just no point because G20 is the most generic movie you can possibly imagine.
Someone saw The Woman King with Viola Davis and thought she needed a career like Liam Neeson. The main problem is, The Woman King was a bloody awful movie with an even worse concept. I think I reviewed it on LMO 1, and it got a terrible score.
To then give Davis another bloody stupid concept and run with it… welcome to modern Hollywood. Bloody stupid people in charge of million-dollar projects. The story for G20 is:
Terrorists take over the G20 summit with President Sutton, bringing her governing and military experience to defend her family, company, and the world.
This is the “same old same old” as every other action movie. In this, though, I haven’t seen the end, but I can pretty much say that the tech whizz teenage daughter saves the day. I say that because that’s the only cliché I didn’t see in G20 yet.
G20 is exactly what’s wrong with Hollywood today: zero story, zero imagination, and a waste of everyone’s time and money.
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