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Dean (6927 KP) rated Bullet Train (2022) in Movies

Aug 11, 2022

Bullet Train (2022)

2022 | Action, Thriller

7.3

(13 Ratings)

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Very funny (2 more)

Good action scenes

Crazy Characters

All aboard for a great Action Comedy!

I wasn't sold when I first saw the trailer for this and after seeing the critic reviews my hopes were not raised to expect much.
But I'm glad I did catch it as it is very funny. Very few films make the whole cinema audience laugh but this did many times. Yes it's very violent but in an over the top way. Imagine Kill Bill crossed with Snatch and that's the general vibe you get from this. Don't miss this train.

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The Prince (Prince Theo Saga #1) by Antony Soehner

Antony Soehner

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Destiny will always test the greatest of leaders. Theo never imagined life outside the king’s...

General Fantasy Epic Fantasy

Awix (3310 KP) rated Shazam! (2019) in Movies

Apr 5, 2019 (Updated Apr 5, 2019)

Shazam! (2019)

2019 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.4

(104 Ratings)

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The second Captain Marvel movie in as many months is an effective piece of entertainment, although I'm not entirely sure how it manages this. Foster-child Billy Batson (Angel) is chosen by an ancient wizard to become his champion - all he needs to do is say a magic word to be transformed into a powerful superhero (Levi), known as... well, the film awkwardly dodges the issue of what his actual superhero codename is, as DC have (essentially for legal reasons) decided to stop calling this character Captain Marvel, even though that was his name for over seventy years. Lawyers, eh?

Anyway, what ensues is recognisably a Captain Marvel movie, featuring all the things you would hope to see in one, but it's also really a spoof not just of this character but of the superhero genre in general. As I say, it undeniably works, due to good performances (Mark Strong is customarily good as Cap's nemesis Dr Sivana) and a sharp script, even if I can't help thinking that a character who was once the most popular superhero in the world, bar none, deserves slightly better treatment. Let's look on the bright side: it could have been a lot worse, and the general upward trend of DC Comics movies seems to be continuing.