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A Day to Die (2022)
Can't blame Bruce Willis.
Can't blame him. I am willing to bet Bruce knew about his diagnosis as early as mid 2020, when he started making movies like crazy. 8 premiered in 2021 and 11 in 2022! That is pretty much a movie per month. He wanted to rack up as much money as possible, which is understandable, but that also goes to the detriment in the quality of his work. This movie being a perfect example. The writing didn't help either: After Conner kills one of the city's kingpin's thugs in the morning, internal affairs opens an investigation, suspends Conner, who goes home to his wife, they go out shopping, meanwhile the drug lord kills Conner's parolee, identifies and organizes the kidnapping of his wife. He goes over to his brother's house, has a long talk and a few beers with him, then all of a sudden the team of guilt-ridden, SWAT-turned-mercenaries is reunited and fully armed; they organize a heist to steal money from a drug gang (with blueprints gotten from city council) and perform it. All of this in less than 8 hours. The only thing that can make it interesting to watch, is to count how many continuity errors and plot holes you can find.
La boda de mi mejor amigo (2019)
Worth giving a try.
When you watch this movie it is difficult to not compare it with the original, (especially when even the English subtitles pay homage to it by subtly quoting the original instead of being faithful to what the actors are acutally saying) but that's one of the dangers of remakes. I wonder what someone who has not seen the original, would think of this movie. Of course if you love Julia, Michael, Kimberly and George, your first instinct will be to condemn and put down whoever dares to come into the picture with a remake of such a gem. And obviously, no one will ever come close in your book. My advice? Give it a try and enjoy the similarities but also the differences, a beautiful Ana Serradilla, the realistic Mexican background, Spanish slang and cursing, play together to make this a movie that holds its own by its own merit.