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Movie Critics (823 KP) rated Ghost in the Shell (2017) in Movies
Apr 14, 2017
Scarlett Johansson's soulful action spectacle proves the purists wrong
Critic Review by Tim Robey - The Telegraph
Original Score: 4 out of 5
Excerpt:
For Johansson, this could easily be a franchise in the making, her own futuristic, post-human equivalent of a John Wick or Bourne. It needs the embrace of a willing audience first, but with trappings this glintingly cool and seductive, it’s hard to see how the offer can be refused.
Full review: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/ghost-review-scarlett-johanssons-soulful-action-spectacle-proves/
Original Score: 4 out of 5
Excerpt:
For Johansson, this could easily be a franchise in the making, her own futuristic, post-human equivalent of a John Wick or Bourne. It needs the embrace of a willing audience first, but with trappings this glintingly cool and seductive, it’s hard to see how the offer can be refused.
Full review: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/ghost-review-scarlett-johanssons-soulful-action-spectacle-proves/
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May 1, 2019
Kate (355 KP) rated Peppermint (2018) in Movies
Mar 18, 2019
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It is on the verge of good and very good, it is quite gripping and kept me entertained, normally I do things whist watching TV or films, this I gave 100%. The storyline has twists and turns and I managed to guess the corrupt cop incorrectly. The ending was quite sudden and it would have been nice to know what happened to her but their is an opening for a second one. Made me think of Kill Bill, John Wick and Red, so if you like those film you might enjoy this.
AT (1676 KP) rated John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) in Movies
Jul 18, 2019
I liked John Wick chapter 3 for the action. However, I'll say that a few of the action sequences were drawn out a bit longer than necessary. The plot was simple, so it didn't get lost in between the fights. I didn't love Halle Berry's part, but loved the dogs, and the part that they played, eventually linking the two characters together, even if it was for a short period of time. I was honestly getting a little bored with the last major fight sequence, but I did really enjoy the ending!
Dean (6927 KP) rated The Old Guard (2020) in Movies
Jul 26, 2020
Entertaining Action film
A very enjoyable Netflix action film with Charlize Theron in her usual bad ass role. The action scenes are very good, similar to John Wick and the recent @Extraction (2020) with the shoot out scenes. The story is interesting and the various flash backs of of battles over history are good. Between the action scenes it is a bit slow in paces and overall predictable in the outcome. Still very entertaining and worth checking out.
Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated John Wick. Chapter 4 (2023) in Movies
Mar 30, 2023
Keanu reeves (1 more)
Donnie yen
Watched today probably the best action movie I've seen this year so far the action scenes especially shot around Paris are quite amazing and hats off to donnie yen as the retired assassin who knows John wick is brilliant nice to see both ian mcshane and lance riddick in his last role before his but my favourite character goes to shamier Anderson as nobody who's never seen without his dog by his side gets plenty to do and laughs as well overall good action movie
tommylank (31 KP) rated John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) in Movies
May 23, 2019
Choreography (1 more)
Action
Relentless Action
Contains spoilers, click to show
So John Wick 3 is a straight follow on from John Wick 2 and boy do we know it. The action starts exactly where it left off and is relentless for the first 30 minutes of the movie. The first fight scene in the Library is epic and sets the tone for the rest of the movie.
The story is what is lacking in this movie. John has been left excommunicado (all services removed) and is trying to find a way back and the reason for this is so he can remember his late wife. As you would expect with someone in his line of work he has things in place for this type of scenario but they are things we have already seen in the last 2 movies and it leaves you wanting more from it, the lack of depth is quite frustrating. It almost felt like they set all the action scenes and then tried to decide what story they could put in to link them all together nicely.
The fight scene with Halle Berry and her dogs should have been amazing and was to a degree but I felt like she was almost made the star of the movie for that period, just to show that women can do this too. Feels like everyone is having to show that this isn't just a man thing anymore for fear of being sexist.
Mark Dacascos was a piece of light entertainment to all the action and violence when he meets John and some of their scenes were entertaining if a little out of place.
The movie felt like they are struggling to think of what story they can use to move this forward now and are relying on the action to do that. Due to the choreography and action being so amazing you can get away with it, to a degree.
John Wick 4 feels like it will head in the same vain as this one as we still didn't get to see much about the High Table and I think John will decide that the table needs to be thrown out!!!
Non stop action and amazing fight scenes makes this movie amazing and what you want to see. Just make sure you remember thats what you came to see when watching.
The story is what is lacking in this movie. John has been left excommunicado (all services removed) and is trying to find a way back and the reason for this is so he can remember his late wife. As you would expect with someone in his line of work he has things in place for this type of scenario but they are things we have already seen in the last 2 movies and it leaves you wanting more from it, the lack of depth is quite frustrating. It almost felt like they set all the action scenes and then tried to decide what story they could put in to link them all together nicely.
The fight scene with Halle Berry and her dogs should have been amazing and was to a degree but I felt like she was almost made the star of the movie for that period, just to show that women can do this too. Feels like everyone is having to show that this isn't just a man thing anymore for fear of being sexist.
Mark Dacascos was a piece of light entertainment to all the action and violence when he meets John and some of their scenes were entertaining if a little out of place.
The movie felt like they are struggling to think of what story they can use to move this forward now and are relying on the action to do that. Due to the choreography and action being so amazing you can get away with it, to a degree.
John Wick 4 feels like it will head in the same vain as this one as we still didn't get to see much about the High Table and I think John will decide that the table needs to be thrown out!!!
Non stop action and amazing fight scenes makes this movie amazing and what you want to see. Just make sure you remember thats what you came to see when watching.
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Dec 31, 2019 (Updated Dec 31, 2019)
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