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First line of the movie he asks a stranger how he looks with a graduation cap on, and the stranger replies "like you are six figures in debt". It was foreshadowing, but had to wait a least 5 more minutes to discover that the blue beetle was actually just an OP hammer ready to beat the viewer senseless with an completely un-nuanced social message on the plight of Hispanic peoples. Perhaps the most redeeming element of the movie is its focus on a strong family unit, but just when you feel like you're starting to like them, out comes the hammer again.
The superhero story was so boilerplate that it would have been comical, if only it was intended. By the end I was just worn out, skipping forward to the final fight scene which was extremely disappointing.
Normally I give a superhero movie 6/10 just because I love superhero movies. For this one, I grudgingly gave 4/10 because I pity all the special effects guys who put tons of work into projects like this.
The superhero story was so boilerplate that it would have been comical, if only it was intended. By the end I was just worn out, skipping forward to the final fight scene which was extremely disappointing.
Normally I give a superhero movie 6/10 just because I love superhero movies. For this one, I grudgingly gave 4/10 because I pity all the special effects guys who put tons of work into projects like this.
On the pro side, the photography was beautiful. There were some gorgeous desert shots, fly-overs of the cars that were enjoyable in their own right. Fight scenes were realistic enough to feel the sense of danger. Even the music was good and kept me wanting to feel empathy for the characters, but here's were the problem was. I couldn't tell if I was supposed to be rooting for the main characters or disappointed that they were making the same mistakes of their past. The whistle-blower reporter, was she a heroine or an ignorant meddler? Did the black-ops group do something bad or good? The medley of Iranian operatives, ISIS, Talaban, and a host of others all had their vague "bad-ness" about them, trying to kill the main character, but then they were just being used as well, so maybe I was supposed to feel badly for them. Am I supposed to feel bad about being the US forces attacking Afganistan? Our calamity of a withdrawal? Or am I just supposed feel like war is a mess of conflicting allegiances and there are no more clear answers any more?
Filmography/editing got this a 6/10 instead of the 5/10 that the writing deserved.
Filmography/editing got this a 6/10 instead of the 5/10 that the writing deserved.