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F9 (2021)
Utter nonsense
Most of the FF series has some decent plot and realism. The physics in this movie is so bad it goes beyond violating the basic laws of physics. Imagine a fully loaded tractor trailer plowing through every known type of vehicle available thrown in its path and not slowing it down, then using a small sedan to bring it to a dead stop. It's not a little here and there, the whole thing just gets worse and worse with more and more far fetched nonsense.
The Last Airbender (2010)
Don't bother...
After about 20 minutes of it, I stopped. The big thing for me was the poor acting. Every one of those actors should have been forced to watch the series first, half of them couldn't pronounce the names right. Sokka is supposed to be funny, but he's not. Most of the main actors had little to no acting experience prior to this and it shows.
Extraction (2020)
Decent movie, poor last scene
I enjoyed the movie as a whole, but the very last scene is very vague. You can't tell if the blurry figure in the background is a good guy or a bad guy.
Highlander: The Raven (1998)
Not worth the time to watch.
I was expecting the series to get off to a good start since much of the crew was coming off the previous series, but it starts out rough around the edges like many first seasons.
The fight scenes early on are boring and not worthy of a 1200 year old immortal. They improve through the season as she shows lots of kicks and flips in her fighting style. However, she loses the majority of her battles, only to be saved by sheer luck or interference. It's hard to believe she's 1200 years old with that many close calls.
Amanda's character starts out as a thief, but after hanging around an ex-cop, she not only learns to behave herself, but starts standing up for what is right. It's like she morphs from Amanda to a female version of Duncan, fighting evil immortals only because they are evil. I think this is the biggest disappointment, instead of exploring her original character more, they altered her. While they try to incorporate why she's changing in the story, it doesn't explain why all flashbacks suddenly become good girl flashbacks. I don't think there was a single circus flashback...and she LOVES the circus. It just doesn't feel like it's the same Amanda from the first series.
Another annoyance is the use of major actors from the previous series in this one. For instance, both 'Charlie' and 'Chronos' actors appear to play different roles, as well as other lesser actors.
I've watched the original series 4 or 5 times over the past 2 decades, I finally got around to watching this one. I won't be watching it again.