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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
Great cast wasted in Dull, predictable story.
A spy film with hardly any spying, action, tension or twists. A story that wasn't worth making a picture of.
May have been a better book, but not enough intrigue
or depth of story to merit a feature film.
Super cast given nothing to do, or interesting dialogue.
Baseball player Rudd, is sent to find the man who is making a nuclear bomb for the Nazis.....or is he?!
Not badly made, just 100% predictable and lightweight. Also too many scenes in near darkness which is irritating. Rudd is good as the everyman turned spy, but we get to see him doing very little spying or anything of interest. A dud.
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
Stubbornly dull safari film with unconvincing characters.
Taylor leads safari to finish railway line through hostile African tribal region, dangerous animal encounters and saboteurs. Action is at a premium till last 15mins which is a free for all battle (pretty entertaining) but what goes before is some fairly yawnsome fish out of water comedy relief with Anthony Hawley as Taylor's sidekick, and no chemistry (blink and you miss it) romance between Taylor and leading lady. Lots of animal wildlife stock footage and lots and lots of walking about. Taylor is a bit one note but ok as ex-army type who is unfazed by anything that crosses his path.
He's a man of action who doesn't flinch even when spears are thrown between his legs!😂. Not a badly made film , but just with a mechanical script, and cardboard characters.
In a word DULL.🤔😀
The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Not too much swash & buckle! as Louis done the mask.
Not a bad B-movie starring Louis Hayward as the famous highwayman. Hayward is perfectly fine and the script is decent, but the film loses it's way storywise at halfway mark. Not enough action
and the story slides to an anticlimatic ending. Nice period sets and good cast keep film interesting even when story has run it's course. Plenty of horse riding shots (mostly in the dark) and robberies
but film needed a better story. Maybe other aspects of Turpin story could have been used? I enjoyed it though, not bad little movie😊 Question: why does Turpin wear a mask when everybody seems
to know who he is😂 Oh and Black Beds fell down twice, needs to change her hooves me thinks🤔