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The Bourne Ultimatum
"Right from the get-go, the mercury keeps on rising with no desire to assuage at any moment. Imagine the big brass cojones one must have to release this within 8 months from the theatrical release of Casino Royale when the heat hasn't even dissipated completely off the success of the famous franchise reboot; that too with its own parkour act. Not only the best of the Bourne franchise, but also earns its place in the pantheon of action spy thrillers in the midst of Bond and Hunt. This is the benchmark for how to end an action-thriller trilogy."
Johnny Gaddaar
"(Un)Lucky swindler sinks deeper into a quagmire, Leitmotif in the form of golden age Bollywood songs, cats, recording paraphernalia, crooked cops, smuggling ring, remakes with ambitious reinvention and the one and only Zakir Hussain and Ashwini Kalsekar. All these track very seamlessly down the road all the way to Andhadhun. Neil Nitin Mukesh's debut movie (as an adult) has also his most terribly acted role which is a bummer since the rest of the cast is spot on. Too many back doors, literally, lead to plot convenience, which otherwise could have been a contender for a spot in the greatest ever Bollywood thriller list."
They Will Kill You
"Zazie Beetz goes full Nic Cage from Mandy in this loony, madcap, gory, grungy entertainer. It's as if Tarantino gave some pointers to David Leitch to make a horror house escape room action comedy. I just find it strange that this one and Ready or Not: Here I Come got released the same week. Both have somewhat similar themes and peculiarly comparable scripts. I just happen to like the latter one a bit more."
The Bourne Supremacy
"The passing of the torch and directorial transition from Liman to Greengrass is pretty palpable with the changed trademarks in this sequel. If Identity was about survival, Supremacy was about reckoning and retaliation. I had forgotten how fast-moving and gripping this was. Bourne was like Batman in this one, using shadows, stealth and agility to apply a one-man counteroffensive against the full force of the world's top intelligence agency and their counterpart. Having said that, they kinda overdid it with…"
Faces of Death
"Explicit intertextuality and referential heavy gruesome disturbing horror that has an unabashed commentary about the problem that mankind has already self-diagnosed years ago. It was going so remarkably well until it gave in to formula-driven plot exit in the final 30 minutes. I can see people who felt dissatisfied with the docuseries Don't F**k With Cats' commentary finally having some sort of resolution about understanding why the problem is much pernicious, pervasive and introspective. But, it's also just an act…"
Lethal Weapon
"Never knew there was more to Richard Donner than Superman. Then I realized I have watched The Omen. Considering this was a Shane Black movie, I was waiting for a bridge or an overpass/underpass scene."
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
"How quickly this escalated to John Wick's The High Table.... I am glad that they maintained DEI and also included Gen Z when it comes to the one percent. At least, now there would be nothing to whine about. Hopefully. Elijah Wood has sure gone off the rails lately with these kinds of roles. While there is undoubtedly no contest to the original, this delightful fun sequel makes a case that eating the rich wouldn't be enough as there is…"
The Bourne Identity
"24 years and multiple viewings later, still got the sharp edge for deep cuts. Dives straight into the thick of it and doesn't let go. When Mission Impossible was eating dust, Bourne was flying high and then the course reversed. Taut espionage thriller 101- wanna make it a premium quality kinetic one? Put the protagonist in blind and let him discover the plot alongside the audience. With some of the most terribly fake fight sound effects and out of place background music, this one still kicks ass."
Redux Redux
"Relinquishes the aleatory nature of an already overstuffed trope repeatedly filled with the most worn-out modern sci-fi device and leans too much into the fortuitous nature of the theme while a series of tall orders of suspension of disbelief racks up. What is laudatory though is the commitment with such a measly budget. Otherwise Redux Redux has a pretty bare-bones plot in this stretched-out genre with The Last of Us style family of choice relationship and Dark Matter style universe hopping but with a more primal motivation tinged with hints of Myth of Sisyphus and Eternal Recurrence."
The Drama
"The Red Wedding but more tension and less of the politics of the Houses. First, create a contagion. Then, have the rest of the world become suspicious of each other. That's so American. Frankly, I am a little surprised this movie didn't come out years ago or maybe it's because countless documentaries on the subject had already taken the space. But, not the subject of its impact on interpersonal relationships and how everything changes, every little thing, that's new. That's…"
Galaxy Quest
"A grand nod to the nerds over at Comic con. A template of affirmation that becomes much more than just a starship space opera parody. Sigourney makes everything Sci-Fi better and Sam Rockwell takes the trophy. I can see why Trekkies love this one. Couldn't stop smiling throughout the entirety of the movie."
DTF St. Louis
"Go Thunder Boys. Taboo. Messy. Complex. Funny. Sad. Sincere. Forbidden repressed desires. Importance of friendship and intimacy. Body dysmorphia. Emasculation. Shame. Humiliation. Rigid contours of masculine construct. Paraphilia in the form of consensual cuckolding. Affordability crisis. The decline of men. Loneliness. Mental health. Neurodivergence. David Harbour finds his true métier. What started as a whodunit and why he/she must have done it ended up being a heartfelt tale about genuine loss of human connection, worth and a keen sense to belong."
Hoppers
"This eco-activism shenanigan is way too much by the children's book rules and insistent with low humor and ambition, scant nuances and virtually no interesting character. Hoppers doesn't hit Pixar's trademark emotional bullseye. I don't get the hype."
Apex
"Apex should have switched its title with Send Help. McAdams was more in the apex category than Charlize here. Egerton plays an overdrawn caricatural Robert Hansen, the Butcher Baker of Alaska in this vapid full-circle survival action thriller. Ever since Richard Connell penned The Most Dangerous Game, Hollywood hasn't gotten over this formula of humans as both prey and hunter and it has become hackneyed a long time ago."
Bad Santa 2
"This sh** is so coarse, unbridled and anti-PC that I almost cried twice while laughing my lungs out. And it has one of the best scenes on sex education I have ever seen."
Bad Santa
"Had no idea Jonah Hill once saved Christmas with the Grinch when he was an adorable little kid."
There's Something About Mary
"This is one of the most intolerable and worst comedy I have ever watched even though I watched the Bollywood remake beforehand way back in 2005 when it got released."
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
"Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly goes together like two of the stooges, especially if it's an Adam McKay movie. Sacha Baron Cohen being a relatively mild-mannered third stooge. Pokes holes into the narrative of race car drivers' exhilarating lives."