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Fool Me Once (2024)
Not Again
First off this has been done before (the Widow). Second, the performances are fine. 3rd ... I am so bored with this BS where every white.male is a compete jerk or failure. It's just so predictable. There's no tension or surprise when you know who the bad guys are. So boring. I tries to hang on longer to see if it had any nuance at Ll but of course it didn't.
Pull a guy's panta down - you go girl! (Childish). Tell a bereaved widower that losing a sister trumps losing a wife ... stupid and obnoxious. I cam tell you from personal experience ...no, no it doesn't.
And finally, Maya is an idiot and there really is no defense of her stupidity given that she shows herself to be savvy and smart.later. Either she's Street smart or naive, but her stupid.mistakes don't ting true. And her desire to leave her daughter.with a drunk who doesn't supposedly care about his.own kids is ... questionable (?)
Keep Breathing (2022)
Compelling
It's not like she figures it all out at the beginning or even really at any time. She's tenacious but error prone and that's the point.
A little magical realism fueled by oxy tainted water (I think) and I just simply found it worth watching.
Unrealistic? Maybe but I've seen enough I Shouldn't Be Alive that I could buy it.
ExPatriot (2017)
Should be rated higher
Good movie. Well acted. Interesting plot. Intelligent. I do mot get tje low rating this movie has received. I don't care that much about surprise twists ... What I do like is how this is mostly about how characters figure their way out of pretty difficult situations.
Reacher (2022)
Made For Grownups
Smart framing. Faithful but not to the point of madness. The reviews panning this either don't get it or wanted something it's not.
This rings true for the book it's based on and is a show about characters and brains and will ... Reacher fights because he's prepared to. The cure for that which ails our society.