mikecart1

If you loved the original, you are most likely going to have issues with this movie. If you didn't like the original, you might as well skip on this one. The movie is all over the place. Given that it's the same director as the original, it makes me wonder if something went wrong with the writing and plot and overall cinematography. The movie just doesn't work. You got characters doing dumb things and that is a terrible plot device. You have this society that is decades from the outbreak, but there isn't enough background to make you care about these characters. On top of that, the only likeable character has very little screentime. The entire plot centers around an idea that makes absolutely no sense given how careful everyone is supposed to be and all the 'lessons learned' of the past 20-30 years. Another thing missing is the soundtrack that made the original feel epic and almost a documentary. Lastly, there is an unnecessarily large amount of nudity in this one. Overall, I don't see the purpose of this movie other than it sort of goes with the theme of the movie titles. Average at best. Zero replay value.

Going to keep this short. While I loved John Wick 1-4, all for different reasons, this one was just one word: boring and repetitive. I am not sure what they were trying to do with this movie. First, there was a weak and very predictable storyline to this movie. Second, the main character just isn't as believable or has the charisma as Keanu / John Wick. There is no 'it' factor. I fell asleep multiple times in this movie whereas in John Wick 4, at almost 3 hours, I was on the edge of my seat refusing to go to the bathroom. Third, there is something about the lighting of many of the fight scenes. They just don't pop. They don't give you the ooh factor. They just seem redundant as if they ran out of ideas. Lastly, this just feels like they are going to run this franchise into the ground. Keanu might actually be portraying himself in real life if he keeps signing onto these movies. He just can't get out if you know what I mean.

Where do I start? First, the trailers don't come close to representing what this movie actually is. From the trailers, did you know it was half musical? Yes, half of a Joker movie is a musical. Second, it seems like something went off the tracks during production. Either the director got mad, Lady Gaga got mad, or the studio got mad. Nothing makes sense. Nothing gets resolved. The script is all over the place. Third, this movie adds nothing to the original Joker. It is as if everyone wanted to see how to absolutely ruin this Joker franchise and did so with flying colors. Fourth, what was the point of this movie? More questions. Zero answers. The story is just confusing, boring, and put people to sleep at my showing. Fifth, the ending pushed this to a 1 for me. I had it at around a 5/10 until the last 10 minutes. Only see this movie if you got extra money to waste and want to be disappointed beyond your wildest dreams.