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I went into this movie blind after it was recommended by Claressa Shields (the boxer) on her social media. Pleasantly surprised to discover a mix of comedy, social commentary, sci-fi and horror.

Now the comedy was done well enough so as to not destroy the sinister undertone which courses throughout the story. Quite a hard feat to pull off, but they managed it very well, so despite some of the zany comedic moments there was always that sense of foreboding in the background. (I won't go into specifics about the story to avoid spoilers.)

The acting was top notch by the entire cast. Directing and cinematography very well done. Wonderful funk-inspired soundtrack which was used to great effect. The script was also very good, both the story and the dialog between the characters.

Overall, They Cloned Tyrone is a great sci-fi/comedy which I'd definitely recommend you check out. Not the funniest movie in the world, not the most science fictiony, just a perfect balance somewhere in between. I'll give this one an 8.

Its predecessor was a great movie and The Wandering Earth 2 serves as an amazing prequel which surprisingly surpasses the original! This movie covers the incredible, sometimes jaw-dropping, events leading up to how and why the Earth began on its wandering journey with the building of the Earth Engines.

It's filmed in an interesting retrospective style, with scene titles which foretell the story before the events unfold. "78 Hours Until Moon Landing"... "2 Days Until Queen Arrives"... "5 Days Until Ignition".

That sort of thing. It adds an extra edge to each scene as your anticipation levels get boosted every time the scene starts.

Like the first movie, it's fast-paced sci-fi with a lot of English subtitles to read which sometimes make you feel like you're missing the on screen action as you're concentrating on reading. I had to rewind several times to re-read the subtitles while taking time to admire the on screen visuals which were consistently gorgeous.

Several languages are heard including English. Unfortunately the English actors are mostly sub-par and come across corny as some kind of Hollywood rejects. One American guy with a raspy voice sounds like he's auditioning for WWE. Shame they didn't hire past-prime Hollywood stars instead. Nearly all of the Chinese and Russian actors were excellent though and thankfully they got most screen time.

The story is Epic, just like the first movie, with scene after scene of high drama, near misses, sorrow and tragedy, tension, excitement, hi-octane action and all round thrills. It's a real roller coaster ride of a movie, with an epic soundtrack, awesome cinematography and good acting for the most part. I'd highly recommend it to any sci-fi fan..

I hope they make Part 3. So many directions they could go with it but either way I'd love to watch a continuation of this epic tale.

The first half of Creed III was decent and the initial premise of a childhood friend opened up some interesting possibilities for the story. But it sadly wasn't developed well enough and the movie ends up feeling somewhat of a wasted opportunity. By the end, it has the feeling of one of those dime-a-dozen fighting movies that didn't quite hit the mark in any memorable way.

The actors all did a good job however, and I didn't really notice that Rocky wasn't around. It was almost refreshing to see Creed and the other characters take their first independent steps, without the guiding hand or strong presence of Stallone. Things felt promising early on in the movie and it was probably the good acting which prevented the movie from being a complete flop.

Around the half way point unfortunately cracks started to appear in the story. The childhood friend angle just wasn't used to best effect, in a convincing way. Things just descend into a series of somewhat unrealistic and almost cliched interactions between the main characters. The story sort of dwindles into mediocrity.

Overall still reasonably entertaining. Good acting, decent directing/cinematography. Fight scenes not bad. Ultimately a weak screenplay turned what could have been a good Creed movie into the least impressive one so far in the franchise.