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Charlize was not at her best. She needs to gain 10 pounds. The movie seemed to me to have had too many slow scenes where the script went overboard on pulling the heartstrings. Found myself stopping it a few times to go do something coming back to it later just to find out what happened. I also thought there were many holes in the script. One glaring one, unless I missed something. I thought Andy was going to die. But the movie left us with the idea that the gang, including Andy, will live on to fight evil in the future. Her survival was never explained in the script. I had to go back and watch the end again to see if I missed something. Doesn't seem I did. But who knows. They had all the elements for a 2020 movie (but fell short with the script.) They had their token gay relationship and token minority characters so they won't get cancelled by the mob. Wait, they didn't have an Hispanic! Oh no! Looks like we will have to cancel them for that.

They are obviously hoping this will become a franchise the way they set it up and left it. I'd probably watch the sequels too if Ms. Theron is in them.

If you're looking for an Oscar winner keep on looking. But if you just want to have fun this is at least that. Just ignore the acting. Watch it with your significant other just for fun, just without any expectations. It might surprise you and you'll agree with me. If you've ever been to Los Angeles it's interesting too to see the landmarks crumble. It IS a bit campy I'll admit. But the humor will at least make you smile. Just don't expect to be rolling on the floor laughing your --- off. Sure they didn't pay much for their special effects but they weren't awful. It comes close to being an anti-fracking statement but there really wasn't any mention in the dialogue of stopping it. So don't write it off. It's fun.