The Safekeep
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An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge -...
Literary Fiction Post WW2 Netherlands
The Wayward Assassin (Wayward #2)
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Revenge knows no deadline. Although told to stand down now that the Chechen rebel who killed her...
Thriller
Moon Justice (Aurelia Fridell #2)
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After Aurelia Fridell's horrid torture in Fractured Moon, she travels with her mate Ceithin Starkley...
Paranormal Romance
KyleQ (267 KP) rated Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023) in Movies
Apr 13, 2023
Honor Among Thieves moves along at a brisk pace, using plenty of humor, which is well delivered by its humorous cast.
I was particularly worried from the trailer that this would be too focused on action and humor. Thankfully it wasn't.
Characters all have different backstories, though they are all quite predictable.
The main villain is very interesting and intense.
Action sequences are spaced out, well-choreographed, and quite clever.
Overall, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves doesn't really do anything new or different for the fantasy adventure genre. But what it does, it does well.
Very enjoyable, and a good introduction for D&D into the world of cinema.
David McK (3874 KP) rated Bloodshot (2020) in Movies
Oct 30, 2021
The answer is this movie.
Except it's not as good as any of the previously mentioned; missing that spark that makes all of them science-fiction classics.
Vin Diesel - in-between headlining The Fast and the Furious franchise - must simply have been looking for a payday.
Here, he pays marine Ray Garrison, resurrected by a team of scientists after he and has wife are murdered, and setting out on a mission of revenge. It also takes about 45 minutes or so before you get to the good(ish) stuff, where the layers start to peel away ...
Killing Johnny Miracle
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Johnny Miracle is in love... but not with his wife. He's going to divorce Mary, and he has...
Crime Thriller
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Until My Last Breath ( Demonic Convergence book 1) in Books
Dec 22, 2022
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Until My Last Breath ( Demonic Convergence book 1)
By Sue Allerton
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
She believed their lies
Now she must find the truth
Niah devoted her life to revenge
She was trained, forged into a weapon.
Only to be betrayed
As she accepts the truth
She embraces the Fury ways.
And for the first time,
she learns the meaning of friendship.
Will friendship be enough to change fate?
Or will she become the monster she fears?
This was really good. It was non stop from start to finish with great characters and an interesting story. The whole concept was really good. This is the first time I’ve read this author and it won’t be the last. If you love angels and demons this is definitely worth a read.
Dean (6927 KP) rated The Unforgivable (2021) in Movies
Jan 7, 2022
The key story elements are the same as a young woman released after a long period in Prison for killing a cop tries to track down her younger sister. She struggles as her past catches up and the victims family are keen for revenge.
It holds up pretty well to the original, the writer also help produced this. Just the ending seemed a little less dramatic in this version. Still a very good story and a gritty role for Sandra Bullock.
Gamble of Hearts
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If you liked Bridgerton, you'll love Gamble of Hearts! A regency romance laced with adventure, an...
Historical Romance
Mekkin B. (122 KP) rated The Dark Tower (2017) in Movies
Oct 9, 2017
But Jake is boring. SO BORING. He doesn't really have any character flaws. Oh sure, he has problems, expositionally convenient plot device "visions", but no real, tangible character elements. He reacts violently towards another kid at school, but this isn't treated as a flaw and this isn't a movie where Jake is going to learn that there's a better solution than violence. At best he's going to learn that it's bad to use your fists to solve problems - guns are much more efficient.
The Gunslinger is presented with all the hallmarks of a protagonist. He's got a defined past and a defined character flaw. He's consumed with thoughts of revenge and will let the world burn around him to get it. The problem is, the story never gives him a point where he actually has to make a choice between revenge and something better.
The villain, while fun, seems to have no internal motivation whatsoever. Why does he want to destroy the universe? Because that's what semi-omnipotent bad guys want to do, I guess.
And I get it, he's called the Gunslinger, he shoots guns. It's all very straightforward. But that doesn't mean it's not still kind of boring to watch EVERY problem they encounter get solved by just shooting at it enough while every single woman in the movie exists to be murdered, assaulted, and grossly sexualized by the villain.
It used every trope in the book, it used them badly, and the script was just...not good.