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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) in Movies
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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Apocalypto (2006) in Movies
Sep 21, 2020
Oh yeah, still rules - fucking *brutal*, much like most of Gibson's other films it's really nothing more than over two hours of good-looking torture porn. But unlike something such as ππ©π¦ ππ’π΄π΄πͺπ°π― π°π§ π΅π©π¦ ππ©π³πͺπ΄π΅, this doesn't pretend to be more than just that; and when it does, it hardly shows it. A textured, ferocious, teeth-bearing splatterfest - real wrath of God shit. Arrows constantly flying inches past people's heads, armor made out of human jawbones, *multiple* hearts ripped clean out of chests whilst still beating, countless heads on stakes, copious amounts of blood flying everywhere, so on and so forth. A bit too heavy on the motion blur at times, and a disappointing amount of the shots are way too close - it's a jungle for God's sake, use some scale - sometimes looks like a fullscreen film stretched to widescreen. Otherwise Gibson is totally elemental, utilizing every element of space not only with the staggering, all-timer production - but even within the closed quarters of the jungle itself. We never know what could lie just beneath some brush, or behind a tree - or what could be used as a weapon. An even better instance of formulating a jungle into a warzone than ππͺπ³π΄π΅ πππ°π°π₯. Ending is sudden, but it's for the best.