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Force of Hate (DS Jo Howe #2)

Graham Bartlett

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When a night-time firebomb attack at a Brighton travellers' site kills women and children, Chief...

The Witches Prophecy (The Blue Flamed Witch #1)

Janae

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Within the shadows, a prophecy-bound assassin emerges, holding the fate of our world in their lethal...

Urban Fantasy Romance

Ross (3284 KP) rated Ozark Season 1 in TV

Sep 4, 2017

Peter Mullan's accent (0 more)

Compulsive viewing

I think this has been somewhat unfairly compared to Breaking Bad. While there is a similar mix of family/day job vs criminal underworld, the lines are much more blurred and the criminality much closer to the surface.
Jason Bateman's character is nowhere near as likeable/flawed as Walter White and at times you struggle to root for him in the same way.
The true star of the show has to be Ruth Langmore - the redneck/evil genius mix that you cannot take your eyes off.
The appearance of fellow Scot Peter Mullan was somewhat unexpected, however his attempt at a Missouri accent was just atrocious. I am pretty sure he was completely over-dubbed in the pilot episode, I am guessing in favour of a better accent (God alone knows what his first attempt must have been like!).

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Awix (3310 KP) rated John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) in Movies

May 15, 2019 (Updated May 16, 2019)

Astoundingly violent, wholly absurd thriller sequel. Short-fused hitman Wick (Reeves) goes on the run from the authorities of the underworld, demonstrating his mastery of gun-fu, knife-fu, horse-fu and library-book-fu along the way. The plot is almost entirely secondary to Reeves committing bloody slaughter on a mind-boggling scale.

Essentially a fantasy film in every way that matters, and the middle section flags noticeably, but once again it gets the tricky balance between taking itself too seriously and just being silly about right, although the film has a hard, sadistic edge that feels new. Helped by terrific action choreography and some outrageous overacting from most of the cast. The decision to keep the door flapping open for Chapter 4 may test the goodwill of some viewers, but this is another good bad movie, up to the standards of the last one.

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Extraction (2020) in Movies

Apr 27, 2020 (Updated Apr 27, 2020)

Extraction (2020)

2020 | Action

7.2

(28 Ratings)

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Action, stunt work, choreography, timing. (0 more)

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Action man

A hard hitting action packed gritty and violent movie that goes full adrenaline junkie in a very short time, that even when the plot slows, it isn't for long and doesn't feel any slower.
The movie is very 'John Wick' with its melee combat which is a bonus & Hemsworth has nicely shrugged off the thor status and adjusted to action star nicely.
Although an excellent movie it isn't without its downside, in this case it's the lack of dialogue/communication between the "hero team" during an extraction which felt a little odd in my opinion.

Plot:Chris hemsworth stars as A black-market mercenary who is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned powerful crime lord. But in the chaotic underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, another brush with death is just around the corner.