Tactrix

This is one of the most boring movies I've seen this year. I really like every actor in the cast, they're typically really great at what they do, but the script is just bland. Let's review shall we?

We have a matchmaker who's boiling down matchmaking to a numbers game. Values based on things like income, height, weight, hairline, personality, etc. So already you're off to a incredibly shallow start. Anyone could have told you, that if you're basing an entire profession that should be rooted in moral values, but is instead rooted in monetary value there will be nothing but problems.

And imagine that, there are nothing but problems, but not like hard interesting problems, really first world rich problems. And what happens is, you just stop caring because it's not relatable at all to 99% of the people who watch it.

3/10 great cast, boring script, even more boring plot, who writes like this in a romance drama? I mean at least make it witty, it was just dull.

For me this was John Wick the sloppy, badly cinematographed version. See the story is not really all too different, sure they threw in a few original tidbits to make it seem like it's suppose to be a different tragedy, but we all know it's the same thing dressed up.

Now here's the thing that made this awful for me. Ana De Armas is a good actress, but in this movie she might as well have been a ragdoll, I've never in my life seen someone get destroyed nearly every fight and then get up and walk away. John had some hard fights, but I don't remember anyone tossing him around for the entire movie every single fight and then him being perfectly fine enough to continue on. This is not believable by any standard even in this universe.

The other thing is they kept speeding up the fights, which is ridiculous, because they had good pacing, speeding them up makes them look wildly unrealistic. And then there was this kind of comedic thing that happened every once in while, like the lady who was fighting her and they started to throw plates at each other. Completely out of place in this movie.

5/10 good casting, awful cinematography, choreography, and story. This is a pretty clear example of what not to do when you have a giant budget and a successful franchise in front of you.

So I really enjoyed this movie. It has a very dusk til dawn feel but an original story. It's rare to see good down south movies where they put the blues together so well. But this movie pulled it off perfectly, I can't remember the last time I saw a cast that performed this well and no one did badly. Truly an amazing piece of cinema. I highly recommend everyone sees this movie at least once.

8/10 great cast, plot, cinematography, music and feel. There were some parts in the first half that dragged a bit which is the only reason it's not getting a 10/10. Overall if you wanted to make an original southern 1920s vampire movie this is it.