Wolfs - Lupi solitari

Given the cast and the concept I expected more... it is an okay film there is nothing wrong with it. At times the interaction between the two Wolfs is interesting and engaging. It has a good character arc and development. The pacing feels a little off, the action sequences are too fast and the plot moments are too slow. I think there should have been more "Tarantino" style moments between the Pitt and Clooney but overall it's fine.

It's a bit of a cliche now but I believe this would have worked much better as a limited series. The characters feel superficial and it lacks any real tension or suspense.

It's worth a watch on the basis that it's an original idea but don't expect too much.

I've seen a lot of negative reviews on here in regards to this movie and I can't for the life of me see why, it was very well paced, had a bit of humour when required and the actors did really well with the material they had, always enjoy Pitt and Clooney together and that again works brilliantly here, the broody Clooney plays off the slightly more humorous carefree Pitt rather well, I hope they do another one in the future or at least another movie together because their chemistry together is always fantastic, Apple TV on the whole get very little wrong and this is another success story, a high 8/10.

Currently, this movie--after being out for about 3 weeks--sits at a 6.2/10 on here. That's not unfair. I think if you see it while in a good mood, you might give it a 7 and if you see it while in a bad mood, you might give it a 6 (that might tell you what mood I was in when I watched it).

The story is that this somewhat older and wealthy lady at an ultra expensive hotel ends up with a dead young man. She calls for help, and a hitman type character (played by Clooney) shows up. But, a little later and out of nowhere, another hitman-like character (played by Pitt) shows up as well. It turns out that the hotel had a camera and does not want the bad publicity, so they had sent in their own guy to clean up this "mess." I'm not giving away anything here because this is shown very early in the movie. The two hitman-like characters do not like each other but they have to work with each other for reasons the movie will reveal to you.

Let's look at two different aspects of this movie: its comedy and action. First, as to the comedy, there are not moments where you will laugh out loud unless you are super young or just don't watch very many movies at all. Having said that, there are moments throughout the entire movie that will make you smile and almost laugh. That's something. The comedy stems in large part from the two main character (again, Clooney and Pitt) not liking each other.

As for the action, there isn't a ton of it--this isn't like the John Wick movies--but there is some. I don't think it's more than 10 minutes of action and I'm basing that only on feeling. The action itself is fairly decent quality but nothing that you'll remember 2 days after watching this movie.

So this is a hitman comedy that won't cause you to laugh out loud, but will still have a degree of funny in it. It has some action of reasonable quality and has a simple and interesting story. You'll be entertained--there's no doubt about that--but one month after watching this movie--if not 2 or 3 weeks--you won't ever remember having watched it. But it would be wrong to call it a "cash-grab" type of movie. Some thought was definitely put into it, even if there's nothing ultra original in the entire movie.

Having said all of that, for a movie with big names like Clooney and Pitt, we have to expect more.

Make no mistake, without one or both stars the movie most likely, would have been an endurance test. But they're stars for a reason and there never ending banter made us laugh or chuckle quite a bit. Engaging movie that never pretends to be more than it is. We weren't bored for one second watching the two guys give surprising and disapproving looks at one another throughout the movie. Ryan albeit the small role she has is also fun to watch. The kid while being a good actor is a stretch as any woman immediately wanting to bed such a scrawny looking guy, even a middle aged one. Don't look for a movie with some depth; just one that is fun and has engaging stars that are increasingly hard to find.

Seeing George Clooney and Brad Pitt reunite in a movie was a genuine delight. They both play professional fixers forced to work together despite being lone wolves. Both of them continue to have wonderful chemistry, which leads to a relatively entertaining buddy cop sort of movie.

However, the story is very straightforward and has all the expected tropes in these types of stories. The comedy isn't laugh-out-loud funny but can give you a slight smile. When there are action scenes, in which there is very little off, it is serviceable at most.

It is a bit of a shame that with 2 huge stars, all they made was a generic and not-very-memorable movie. Nevertheless, it was still quite enjoyable to watch for a streaming movie.