Out to own today:
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
 | “No one stays good in this world,” Superman (Henry Cavill) Getting two titans of superhero cinema to fall out in a single movie was already going to be a tall order, and has proved insurmountable by the team behind the lacklustre MAN OF STEEL. Almost irredeemably incoherent, the inelegantly titled BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE has rating-pushing sadism without brains, tied to an absence of compelling characters and plot. The more one delves into the narrative mechanics, the greater the shakes of the head at the substandard joining of the dots and rushing to set up a franchise. As much as the M.C.U. (Marvel Cinema Universe) has turned out to be a damp squib of formulaic plotting, at least at the outset it forged an unhurried (potentially) interesting saga concept. [To read more, click here.] |
Hardcore Henry
 | “The good news is you’re going to live awhile. The bad news is, in this case, 20-30 minutes, tops,” Jimmy (Sharlto Copley) From Tim Roth looking to the camera and seemingly calling the audience a “p*ssy”, sensitivity and good taste are thrown out of the window. Riffing on James Bond, the opening credits are a slow-mo montage. The similarities end there. Instead of shadowy silhouettes of implied death, the bathed in red sequence has bricks to the head, a knife entering and leaving a neck, etc. Coyness absence is the stall-setter for anyone confused by what the title is going to offer: 1980s unashamed movie violence levels. [To read more, click here.] |
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