Reviews

I'm one of those in the extreme minority, that simply didn't get anything out of this film. I was expecting "Mad Max" and got "Furiosa" instead. The background scenery, costuming, and vehicles were all great (I'd love to find some model kits for the vehicles). The characters and actors were also really well done... nice and over-the-top, in keepng with the original films. I was really happy with the reliance on practical effects instead of relying on CGI... this was probably my favorite aspect of the film.

Unfortunately, the storyline just didn't do it for me, I was not particularly impressed. Max was relegated to a barely there side figure for the real lead... Furiosa. I felt kind of cheated that "Mad Max" was included in the title. They should have just omitted "Max" and done a story in the same world... which they eventually did. Obviously this was what was intended all along.

Even if "Max" had been omitted, which would have changed my expectations going in, I wouldn't have been overly impressed. Visuals aside, it just wasn't anything special.... I'm don't see how people think this is some moder Sc-Fi classic, It's nowhwere close to as good as the first two films.

I'm not sure how the second part is getting higher reviews from the audience than the first. I watched the first all the way through in one sitting ... I had to divide the second part into five separate viewings to complete. I was stone cold bored out of my mind, despite a really well done production. The acting, costuming, FX, world building... all were as well done as anything I've ever seen filmed. But, the pace was beyond slow... it was painful!

I'm not one of those people who need nonstop action and explosions... I love a good story driven film. This was just too slow and too boring to keep my attention. As I said above, it took me five viewings, over a six day period, to complete. I kept stopping to watch something else. I think I finished two full seasons of a TV show and at least 8 movies before I could finally get to the end of Dune II.

A basic revenge action flick. I've always liked Dermot... he's embraced the straight to DVD/B-movie flicks in his later years. Fahey went the B-movie route years ago (I was always surprised he didn't make it bigger than he has). There are plenty of holes in the pretty much non-existent/basic plot, but it was't terrible. The more brutal action sequences were reminiscent of the early Seagal stuff... before he gained 200lbs and slapped that ridiculous rug on his head!

The only really bad part was the executive producer inserting himself into the movie as the detective... he's absolutely terrible. No screen prescence at all. He looks like he's just reading lines. That was a bad call... enough so that I looked it up to see who he was. When I saw how bad he was compared to EVERYONE else, I figured he was involved behind the scenes... and I was right. I don't mean to be harsh (I'm sure he's a great guy), but he needs to stop trying to get in front of the cameras.

It was no "Death Wish", but it wasn't a total waste of time. I made it through the entire film and the action scenes were decent.

The first 4 seasons were nothing special, neither good nor bad... passable. Season 5 is quite possibly the worst series I have ever seen in all of my televisin watching. Horrible casting, seriously bad plot, modern slang inserted into a prior time period. The worst part, is SOMEONE not only greenlit this abomination, but that after seeing the finished product they actually let it on air!

I refuse to review anything that I have not seen all the way through... I watched it all. I was amazed that it just kept getting worse! Half the actors played it straigh the other half seemed to be hamming it up. The casting was terrible, bad plot, bad execution, bad acting laughable scenarios. If Season 5 does not get this cancelled nothing will!

Let me start by saying the 1st Blue Beetle (Dan Garret) was an A-List hero in the 40's to the mid 50's; the 2nd Blue Beetle was a B-List hero (and my favorite); and finally the 3rd Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) is honestly a C-List hero for the past twenty years. He never really worked in the mainstream of the DC Universe.

The reactions for the first Shazam (Captain Marvel) movie made think this would work. I thought Shazam was going to fall flat... the second one actually did. Nobody remembers Captain Marvel even though he was an A-List hero (40's-50s), that outsold Supes and Batman for over a decade.

Despite DC pushing this 3rd Blue Beetle HARD since introducing him, he just hasn't garnered much of a following. Reyes' verision has been "kid friendly" hero since being introduced (like Captain Marvel/Shazam), and I honestly thought it was going to be REALLY good! A goofy "Scooby-Doo" kid friendly Super-hero romp, with a young Latino as the alter-ego! It's gonna be a hit!

I WAS WRONG! I found myself checking the time over and over again... I was just bored! The CGI was kept to a min imum compared to other movies and what was there wasn't that great. The movie did nothing for me at all. Again, Reyes in the comics has never been one of my favorites, but I really thought it could work on the big screen. I wish it had.

Wow ... I tuned in just because of Thomas Jane and all I can think is "he needed the money." Three legitimate actors are in it (Jane, Mohr, and Wyss), and all come off poorly.

Let's just start with the casting of the "teenage" daughters who appear to be 22, 27, and WAY over 30 for the "rebellious" oldest sister. All three are bad, especially the oldest (Bowden) ... her acting is just plain garbage, I can't believe she's been in as many things as she has.

The movie itself is poorly written and executed. There's really not much to like ... I'm sure Jane is embarrassed he was in this one. I could feel how badly it was going for him in his first scene, asking the obviously 30+ yo "teen" daughter if she was home alone. No way any actor could play it like she was a 17 yo!

Jane has done a lot of low budget movies (going the Nic Cage route), but he usually is the lone bright spot AND does pretty well with the material at hand. Not this time. He was definitely the best one in this, but he gave a pretty bad performance as well. I'm willing to write that off to a really bad script and a lack of enthusiasm when he realized what a lousy film it was going to be.

I'll try anything werewolf related, just hoping for a decent one, finally. Unfortunately, most disappoint ... this one more than most. All in all, it was hard to get through ... kudos to everyone that was able to do that.

Let us start with the bad and then move on to the good! This offering brings the usual need for suspension of disbelief; due more to stupid decisions being made by the characters rather than anything having to do with the subject matter.

Did it bring anything new to the screen? NO. Was the storyline anything amazing or even interesting? NO. It was definitely a small screen offering; lower budget, lower expectations. Absolutely nothing that would be greenlit for an actual theatrical run.

There really was no cool backstory to lead us into what was going on. It unfolds in a fairly chronological order, letting us in on what exactly is going on by the end.

Now for the good! After all that was stated above, I have to say, it was surprising well acted! Some were better than others, but all did a solid job with the material thay were given. Make of that what you will. Also, I found the directing, editing (for the most part), cinematography, and pace, to be fairly well done.

In short, it was a solid effort even if nothing new or noteworthy came out. I really expected to give up or start hitting fast forward within the first twenty minutes. I was surprised that It kept me interested enough to watch from start to finish.

Wow... huge fan of Mickey Rourke here, and all I can says is this was really NOT a good film! A thriller with BOTH Rourke AND Anthony Hopkins... how could it be bad? I was stoked when this came up as a recommendation. I'm sure I saw it years ago, but I really didn't remember anything. This is before Rourke destroyed his career (well, right in the middle of all this) with bad behavior, boxing, botched plastic surgery, and just plain bad decisions.

The Razzie nomination for worst actor was well deserved... he was unconvincing as a psycho in this. The rest of the cast were pretty awful as well. The only bright spot was Hopkins, and let's face it... he wasn't given much to work with.

Bad story, bad directing, bad casting.

Well, I was hoping for a nice campy movie, along the lines of a Bruce Campbell or Alan Tudyk showing. You know, self aware, goofing it up. But in a good way.

This is not it, the three leads are barely what i would call actors. I did not bother to look their IMDB up, but I would not be surprised if this was a first role for any of them and if they never did anything again.

There is a difference between hamming it up and just plain bad acting. These three were bad, period. It just looks as if the people making this were using locals that claimed to acting experience or were simply willing to not get paid, just so they could show up in a film.

The only good thing, and just barely at that, was Nicholas Brendan. And after over 100 episodes of a fairly campy dramedy series like like Buffy, you would expect him to to hit his marks and deliver his lines like a pro. He simply was not enough to elevate the movie, for me anyway.

With some other actors in the major parts that were actually up to the task, this could have been really good. As it is, I would only call it mediocre at best.

I have no problem with people that think it is a good or even great movie, "to each their own". There are parts that definitely work, but they are few and far between.

I am a big fan of the novels (read them all), and as another reviewer points out... Marlowe is NOT an action hero. You do not see the rough and tumble that you get with the Spillane novels - Mike Hammer. I was expecting a nice slower paced story like we got with another Neeson movie -A Walk Among The Tombstones-, which was fantastic. I love period pieces, the scenes and costuming were great, the actors were great... I just expected something more from Neeson. I did not really buy into him as Marlowe. The story was a bit flat for me... not sure if it was Neeson or just a case of a poor story and directing.

That's two mediocre Kevin Bacon movies in a row for me... he was great in both, the rest of the cast, not so much. The story, directing and editing was pretty b-level. I hope this isn't a dip/end to his career that has him doing "whatever" comes his way, just for money. Again, he looked great, the overall movie was just not good. I thought he was going to be a main player in the movie, he ends up on the short end. Not great for an actor that was as good as he was for as long. Hopefully he does a better job vetting the scripts that he decides to film going forward. I usually love what he does, I'd hate to see him go out on a sour note.

When the best thing in a movie is Bruce Willis... "phoning it in", you know you have a true POS film. Bad camerawork... horrifyingly bad acting... bad fight scenes... bad editing... and a truly moronic script! This run by Willis makes the garbage films by Nicholas Cage in the past 10 years, look like Oscar winners by comparison. At least he tries regardless of the script.

I truly feel sorry for the actress staring in this... she did a very good job, unfortunately the entire storyline, editing, and directing were poor, to say the least. I have no problem with a slow moving plot driven film... I prefer them to the unrealistic/asinine Hollywood movies being pumped out. There simply wasn't enough to the storyline they ended up going with. Well acted and visually pretty in parts, but it's just missing something.

I mistakenly thought this had a rating of 7.8 on IMDB and thought "Hell yeah! Time travel, killing off Jesus., a good rating... let it rip.". The best thing about the movie was the camera work... which wasn't anything great, it was just WAY better than the acting, script, or the really spotty "science" behind time travel and creation of alternate time lines. Yes, I know time travel doesn't exist... as far as we know, but at least try to make it plausible within the framework of the movie. It was breathtakingly bad... a complete waste of time. It looked like a mediocre film student attempt, with a larger budget than the norm. Don't waste your time, there's nothing redeeming anywhere to be seen.

The first Two seasons get a 10/10 for me. The pilot was as good as any sci-fi program ever on TV... then it all went to $#$% after Torme was no longer in charge of the direction for the show. Enter a new show runner, who was more concerned with "doing his own thing" instead of following the groundwork that had already been laid. By the time the third season was just past the midway point it was borderline garbage. Kari Wuhrer, who I'm sure is a wonderful person, couldn't act to save her life... she was terrible in fight scenes, and didn't know how to hold a pistol or rifle, even though she was supposed to be a trained military officer. Add in the "romance" angle between her and a MUCH younger character in Quinn, and you get garbage. It's not her fault, she was asked to play a role that wasn't made for her, but her appearance marks the end of the show as a good program. The only reason to watch further in the third season, is to see a bit more of Wade's character before they dismiss her. Even those episodes are sub-par compared to the first two seasons (seriously, Wuhrer is painful to watch). Watch the first two seasons when Torme was still running it... if you really need to see more, watch until Wade's character is sent off. THEN QUIT!

It was a solid, fun movie, obviously geared toward young adults and does a great job being entertaining. The kind of stuff I used to watch mid-morning/afternoon as a kid. The actors were solid all the way around, the movie flowed well, and with the exception of the actress playing their "frenemy" Helen, all were close to being in the age range they were portraying. I liked all the performances ...the actress playing Nancy did a great job, but i think the casting director got Nancy Drew mixed up with Trixie Belden.