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Bad Samaritan (2018)
Tense thriller
Had no expectations for this film but ended up really enjoying it! Very suspenseful, some edge of your seat moments and one or two jump scares!
I love Robert Sheehan and he was great in this film. David Tennant was chilling and really creeped me out!
One of my favourite aspects was the fact that Robert Sheehan's character behaved in a refreshingly believable way - he wasnt some superhero who did the right thing every time - he made one or two dud decisions, as we all probably would in the circumstances. I enjoyed watching his character and how he tries to save the woman.
One criticism - I wanted to find out whether all Sheehan's characters 'issues' got resolved (won't say more due to spoilers)...it would have been nice if that had been wrapped up.
It isn't the best film ever made, but it was enjoyable, tense and engaging. Can definitely recommend if you are stuck for something to watch - it will keep you entertained.
The Witches (2020)
The remake noone wanted or needed
This film is worse in every way than the original. I just don't know why they bothered, it lacked the charm of the original and just felt rushed but dragged at the same time. Anne Hathaway was way too hammy....even though she was visually scarier than Anjelica Huston's grand high witch, Huston was much more menacing - sometimes less is more. Plus Hathaway's dodgy German accent kept slipping at times which was really distracting!
The part with the grandma's friend was much better done in the original too and I used to be absolutely terrified of her being in the painting! This version just tried to be too clever I thought...
I just felt empty watching this - it inspired no emotion or feeling. It just made me want to watch the original!
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Lake House (2021)
Vast improvement on first episode
Thank goodness the preaching from the first episode has gone (hopefully permanently). Enjoyable episode but 'high' Rosa was weird.... I don't really know what they are doing with her character...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Good Ones (2021)
Terrible
This was so bad that I created an account just so I could review....this episode was terrible. I appreciate that racial profiling / brutality is an important social / political issue, but at the end of the day, B99 is a comedy show and there is neither the need or the expectation for a comedy show to cover these issues to such a degree. It was preachy and woke. As someone else commented, the actors could have just stood in front of the camera and told us what is good ans what is bad - that is how preachy this was. I thought the acting came across as very forced and wooden - perhaps indicative of the fact that this wasn't so much an episode as a sermon.
This a comedy show and it needs to remember that. People want to be entertained, not preached at. I really hope the series improves....