Reviews

The good: Some creative and fresh take in horror, well acted and directed

The bad: Some predictable and annoying jump scares

Verdict: It's short and sweet (scary), definitely worth your while if you're a fan of Unfriended and Paranormal Activity.

Pros: The "one-shot" film concept is incredible and extremely immersive; Captures the constantly dangerous atmosphere, the horror and emotion of war perfectly; Beautiful cinematography and music; Direction, casting and acting are all well done;

Cons: None!

Verdict: It's one of the best war films I have seen and it's definitely the best war film of the decade for me.

The good: Mads is BADASS, some good and stylish action choreography, although not genre-defining like John Wick and the Bourne series.

The bad: Uninteresting and poorly developed side characters, some random weird moments, dull and familiar story.

Great unique action, sometimes logic-defying it becomes dumb. A very simple story.

If you love John WIck and The Raid, this movie is worth your while.

The movie gives a horror-thriller vibe in first impression. It leaves a lot of questions in the first act and then goes batsh*t insane in the second and third act. It has an apparently disturbing allegorical theme that will keep you thinking or sickened for a long time.

In a nutshell, this movie is not for everyone. You will either love it or hate it.

Good:

Humor. All superhero characters are likable, have great personality and chemistry. Some pretty cool action scenes. Captures the essence of the comic book and the animation very well. Great post- credit scenes.

Bad:

Whole movie felt a little too rushed. Generic villain with generic world-destroying plot. Characters could needed more development. Some noticeably bad CGI.

Good:

Excellent performance by Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Great direction and cinematography that visualizes the dark, despair tone perfectly. A very heavy, disturbing, gut-wrenching thriller drama.

Bad:

Very long film for a small-scaled story (2 hours 33 mins).

Good:

Unique premise and setting carried by Noomi Rapace's great performance. Some good action sequences and twist.

Bad:

Formulaic story and antagonist.

Good:

Solid acting by most of the cast including Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Very dark, violent and intriguing story.

Bad:

Slightly predictable twist and ending.

Good:

Very well written story with great direction and acting. Emotional but dark satirical themes regarding the hard truth of animal cruelty and hypocrisy of media.

Bad:

Ending doesn't really resolves the big question it asks.

Good:

Frank Grillo's performance. Intense atmosphere and dialogue throughout the movie. Unique cinematography combines 'backseat view' claustrophobic imagery and action sequences very well.

Bad:

Unsatisfying third act resolution.

Good:

Very well written simple time-travel plot that is easy to grasp and suspenseful.

Bad:

Some very dumb character decisions that almost destroys the good story.

Good:

Interesting concept. Some good acting and characters. Some intense and disturbing moments.

Bad:

Very predictable story. Lacks originality.

Good:

Well acted, unpredictable and fleshed out characters. Mysterious, suspenseful and claustrophobic setting. Smartly written puzzles and traps.

Bad:

Unsatisfying finale. Leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

Good:

Unique take on the superhero genre featuring a team-up of DC supervillains. Most of the cast portrayed their characters very well including Deadshot, Harley Quinn and Amanda Waller. The whole Suicide Squad team do have great chemistry.

Bad:

Poorly written story. Enchantress is a generic and unsuitable villain. Joker is underutilized and overacted. Overused soundtrack and some bad editing.

Good:

All the main casts Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot fits their superhero roles perfectly. Ben's Batman is the perfect comic-book rendition. The visuals are stunning and stylish, each fight scenes and action sequences are very well-made.

Bad:

Lex Luthor is an 'okay' villain with an uneven master plan. Doomsday is just a mindless CGI monster. Many subplots fused into one movie which makes it suffer from some narrative problems.

Good:

Dark and realistic take on Superman's origin story. General Zod is a great villain. Supporting characters like Jor-El and Jonathan Kent were very good as well. Amazing visual effects which contain one of the best and breath-taking superhero fight scenes of all-time. The movie succeeds in almost every level in doing justice to a Superman movie.

Bad:

A few forgettable side characters.

Good:

Ryan Reynold's terrific performance. Claustrophobic and suspenseful. Utilizes all its limitations very well to create a good realistic story.

Bad:

Very limited space of story development due to its premise.

Good:

Perfectly explores and utilizes the time-travel plot and its paradoxes. Very good acting and directing. An overall complete, unique and surprisingly WTF sci-fi movie.

Bad:

The long dialogue in the early first half can be draggy.

Good:

Extremely claustrophobic and intense. Terrifying creature idea and design. Good acting and horror direction relying mostly on atmosphere. Lots of violence and gore.

Bad:

Some bad jumpscares. The creatures' backstory are not explored. A few dumb character decisions.

Good:

Jessica Rothe's performance. Funny and suspenseful. A good twist at the near end of the movie.

Bad:

A few typical dumb decisions made by characters in horror movies. Formulaic slasher plot and villain.

Good:

75% non-stop action. Extremely creative production, car and costume designs. Visually stunning cinematography and action choreography. Doof Warrior.

Bad:

Very simple, straight-forward plot.

Good:

Great acting from most main and minor casts. Very suspenseful yet contain some funny moments. Unique and innovative twist for a horror movie.

Bad:

Some horror-comedy tone transitions are slightly uneven.

Good:

Incredible, exaggerating visuals and very imaginative alien/world designs.

Bad:

Poor uninspired story with uneven tone. Main characters' relationship was weird and lack of any chemistry. Other characters and villains are mostly one-dimensional and forgettable.

Good:

Keanu Reeves' performance. Extremely well choreographed action sequences which were improvements of the first movie. Expands the mysterious criminal underworld.

Bad:

Average villain with uneven motivation. Some dialogues were dull and could have been better written.