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If you see this movie as someone who has never seen any Karate Kid movie or series, you'd think that this is a standard action drama movie. But for those who has, this movie has deeper meanings. This movie combines 2 martial arts into one fight. Plot wise, there's nothing new here. Just the standard tournament type of story. Also the classic lose-first-then-get-even type of story. The villains use the classic sleazy, disrespectful and arrogant type of formula. Over all, it's a standard action movie with bits of drama and a little romance on the side. But I guess if you don't have any other action movies, this one isn't bad to watch.

So in this newest installation of MCU, the Avengers no longer exists and the people are in need of protectors. A group of misfits, if I may say so, banded together by accident and actually managed to come together as a new solid group. Each one of them has their own baggage to deal with. And that's the real villain of this movie. So if you're expecting some guns blazing super villains, you're gonna get disappointed. Which I didn't, cause I watched this movie without any expectations. And after watching this movie, I didn't feel disappointed. Cause this is an origin story of a new band of heroes, The Thunderbolts*. With this new group of misfits, I wonder what kind of adventures will come our way.

This psychological horror plays with our fear of isolation and losing control of our own body. This movie tells us the story of a former judge who had a stroke at his own court. He was put in a nursing home temporarily until he recuperates. But alas, this place is a home of a sick old psycho who likes to bully other old people in his leisure time. The idea of this movie is intriguing and it kinda worked for a while until it's not. There's a subtle plot hole in it. Whenever the villain made a mess or disturbing the other old folks, the staff did nothing. But once the protagonist fought him, suddenly all the staff came to treat the protagonist like a mental patient. It's so obvious that the director wanted to make the audience feel the frustration. But it wasn't done elegantly that it became illogical. They should've been able to come up with something more subtle. At least in my opinion.