Man with No Past

I really don't understand why some reviewers are emptying carts of dung on this movie.

It's not great, but it's not bad.

The movie is average. Average shooting. Average direction. Average acting. But a rather efficient script.

There is little action for an action movie, but the clever part is that the storyline builds up to the action sequences, so that they are quite satisfying when they do occur.

Director James Bamford's filmography is a good indicator of what to expect, minor thrillers, like Jade, Hard home or shadow zone, and efficient episodes of NCIS, batwoman, superman & lois, or Arrow. Actually this is what you should expect, a good feature length episode of Arrow.

This movie seems to be a collaboration of many movies and TV series in years gone by with cherry picked ideas that don't quite fit into a neatly packaged storyline. Yes, it's very well acted and presented but not very well written. I constantly felt the answers or clues were just around the corner in the next scene throughout this movie but they never came, and left me with a lot of questions over incidents and events. All in all it's a decent bit of entertainment with light voilence and a non-revealing romance, by today's standards. The way Adam Woodward carries himself in this movie it's clear this actor will be destined for greater things in times to come. Jon Voight and Charlotte Weston are amazing (as always) and Charlotte Vega is great in a supporting role. Well worth watching, even though the ending has been seen many times before and is very much predictable. The writers could have broadened their minds and done it differently to make this more than a 6/10 movie experience.

Is boring. It's boring because it is as chaotic as flash cards are at a 5th grade foreign language class. Indeed, it appears the director was just as bored; doing one disjointed scene after another just to get through his contract.

I pity the actors who signed on and then had to suffer the direction.

To that add the storyline is a pretty well used theme ( flip-flopping to and fro in a timeline.) The difference here is it flips and flops so frequently you forget where the base point is?

Character development has little "time," in the flip-flops to develop. And so, the viewer is left with their own devices to sort things out; which might be fun in a well written novel. But in a film that typically last less than 200 minutes a lot of artistry has to happen. It did not happen here. Instead it's a hod podge of unbelievable scenes knitted together and presented as "A Film." It is just that. But not a very good film.

Imagine a move that's a real certifiable steaming pile. Go it?. . .

Ok, now, imagine another movie that's also a real steaming pile. Go it?. . . . .

Okay. Now, imagine these two steaming piles get together and have a baby.

That's Man With No Past.

The reason I put "No Spoiler" as the title is because you can't 'spoil' this movie no matter how hard you try. It arrived already spoilt, you see.

It is so bad, anything you do to it would be an improvement. If you got all copies of it and burned them, that would be a huge improvement!

If you don't believe me, then see it yourself and find out.

You will not be surprised!!!

"Man with No Past" introduces an intriguing concept but fails to capitalize on its potential. The time travel elements are poorly explained, and the plot lacks cohesion, leaving audiences waiting for answers that never arrive. The characters are largely one-dimensional, with Jon Voight miscast as a clueless businessman. Charlotte Vega and Marton Csokas bring some appeal, but their talents are underused. Cheap visuals, dark sets, and uninspired production design add to the movie's shortcomings. Emotional moments fall flat due to unclear connections between characters and events. With forgettable dialogue and no standout scenes, this film is unremarkable and unlikely to be revisited. A disappointing effort overall.