Anjos do Deserto

Eva Green is one of those actresses that I will watch in almost anything. She was fantastic in Casino Royale and Miss Peregrine but since then her best roles have been in french movies like D'Artagnan. She still performs admirably in what is a very basic action movie.

There really is nothing new with this movie. Basic action scenes, girls trying to tough guys and some very bad dialogue. If this movie featured men it would've have Dolph Lundgren as the lead and a couple of UFC fighters in the rest of the cast.

Ruby Rose... in over ten years of acting she has not improved at all. In fact, I would say she has gotten worse. I know a lot of famous actors have made it on their looks only or by using 2 different facial expressions but it just doesn't work for her.

Those reviews which point out the absurdities in this story are likely right. The characters are about as thick a sheet of newsprint, the plotline often suspends belief and the acting frequently trends towards the sound of an American football hitting one of the uprights.

However, if you're an action fan (I am), you will find it pleasurably entertaining to look beyond all of the above and just enjoy a film of the genre that rarely rests for expositional development - character, or otherwise. Campbell's foot is on the gas start to finish and that pleased me. I would agree the final result is fairly wooden, but less than an IMDB 5? Not in this reviewer's opinion. Relax everyone, not every movie these days aspires to 'rosebud' status. That's why you smuggled your own snacks into the theatre, right? Eat, watch and be entertained. Still not sure? Make it a matinee showing and you are likely to agree not only with this review but the price of admission as well.

The only reason this movie got two-stars is because it manages to equally insult every nationality depicted, and because it has Eva Green and Ruby Rose, among other promising actresses.

Eva Green: I read that she wants to return to theater. Ok, but maybe have your agent find better projects. I don't understand why she ever agreed to do this awful film. It was such a miscast.

Ruby Rose: As an actress she's best suited for the sarcastic, tough character roles, and so it's perplexing that here she gets a different role which doesn't really suit her specific, narrow-ranged talents.

Pretty much everything with this move is bad. Both Martin Cambell (director) and Jonas McCord (writer) should be ashamed of themselves. Alissa Sullivan Haggis (writer), too. Atrocious.

"Dirty Angels" (2024) is a film that fails to deliver on nearly every level. Monotone pacing drains the energy fron the narrative narrative, leaving scenes lifeless and dull. The acting is uninspired, with performances that lack depth or believability, making it difficult to connect with any of the characters.

Worse yet, the script is riddled with clichés and underdeveloped ideas, providing little substance to sustain interest. The dialogue feels contrived, and the plot seems hastily stitched together, leading to a final product that feels more like an afterthought than a genuine creative effort.

Mention to the CGI that is on the very next step after the "amateur level"...

It's hard to understand why this movie was made, as it neither entertains nor innovates. Unfortunately, Dirty Angels offers little more than frustration for those who invest their time watching it. Mostly a waste of time.

Somewhere deep underneath all the inexplicable absurdity, there is a brilliant comedy that wants to get out.

I am really struggling to understand what this movie tries to be. Let's gently set aside the brief CGI atrocities, the over-the-top-tropes, the obvious girlboss pandering, horrible & at times hilariously nonsensical dialogue, inconsequential character decisions & interactions, lackluster drama, laughable gunplay & tactics & the disgustingly flirtatious & ultimately nihilistic take on violence, victimhood & resolve.

Honestly, I was really hoping for the late Leslie Nielsen to pop up, wearing a tuxedo. Or a half naked Charlie Sheen, dual wielding RPG7s.

There is not one single solitary likeable character, including Eva Green, who not only can't move, let alone run, but also seems to have forgotten how to act, maybe as a courtesy to the rest of the cast.

I'm giving this pile of utterly pointless contrivance a 3/10 out of respect for the multiple efficient usage of one single, half-assed Humvee that gets blown up somewhere in the middle of the movie & yet is used throughout the whole production. He was a good boy.