“plane”
(Action thriller: 1 hour 47 minutes)
starring: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson Ann, Tony Goldwyn
directed by: Jean-Francois Richet
evaluation: PG-13 (Violence and Language)
Movie reviews: Just when you thought “Airplane” was going to be another mundane action thriller, it entertains with the unexpected.
The story follows plane pilot Captain Brody Torrance (Butler) and first officer Dale (Anne) when three crew members and 14 passengers on a commercial airliner are struck by lightning, and Torrance crashes the plane. Forced to land on an island in the Philippines. armed rebels.
To exit the island, Torrance and the others must act quickly to escape the violence.
Butler’s tough-guy figure works in a role of this nature. He looks as if he can handle himself in battle. You can, but he and the others create comfortable but standard characters.
“Airplane” employs a common trope for action thrillers. The plot runs as expected, with too many trailers. However, there are some intense moments coupled with action that make this movie riveting.
School year: B- (Simple, clear, funny.)
“That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime THE MOVIE”
Scarlet Bond”
(Animated action: 1 hour 54 minutes)
starring: Houchu Ohtsuka, Jun Fukushima and Miho Okasaki
directed by: Yasuhito Kikuchi
evaluation: PG-13 (Provocative content, intense series of violence, partial nudity)
Movie reviews: The title is flashy, like a doctoral dissertation. “Slime” Television Viewers who are not fans of his series will see a typical animated movie.
Raja Queen Twa has a unique power to heal people. After healing Hiiro, a survivor of the Ogre tribe, their friendship leads to new adventures, just as warring factions are mobilized.
This work is a sequel to the TV series “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” that started broadcasting in 2018, and is based on a novel by author Fuse.
Characters fight and talk, fight and talk. Anime is verbose and an eye exercise for the viewer. Additionally, the story seems to repeat other films of this type. Numerous characters interact while the battle continues on multiple fronts. Fans eat this while the rest of us watch reruns.
School year: C (Reincarnated and typical)
“house party”
(Comedy: 1 hour 40 minutes)
starring: Jacob Lattimore, Tosin Cole, Karen Ovolom
directed by: Karma
evaluation: R (prevalent language, drug content, sexual content, violence)
Movie reviews: The film on which it was based, The House Party (directed by Reginald Hudlin, 1990) was a pragmatic approach to entertainment in the comedy era.
2023’s “House Party” is a shabby comedy. Continuously recycle comedy moments. The problem is that the moments before those aren’t parties.
Damon (Cole) and Kevin (Latimore) work at a house cleaning service. Their lives go from paycheck to paycheck to survive, barely keeping things together. A close friend is also an aspiring club promoter.
They devise a plan to open major political parties and raise quick money. The catch is that they decided to throw a party at the mansion of vacationing basketball great LeBron James.
The best entertainment this comedy has to offer is the steady stream of cameos from billionaire Mark Cuban to rappers Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, and notable athletes like LeBron James and Odell Beckham Jr.
The presence of these stars is just a distraction to hide the comedy’s many shortcomings. Bad acting lives on the scene. Some of the people on the scene are famous, but they are second rate actors. At best, they’re just distractions for the lesser parts of this comedy.
The writing is poor.
The protagonist utters the same words repeatedly, often cursing, and uses n-word variations throughout. The script is as imaginative as it is to see nails grow for this half-baked comedy.
School year: C- (Take your party elsewhere.)
“Absent”
(Mystery Thriller: 1 hour 51 minutes)
starring: Storm Reed, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Joaquim de Almeida
Director: Will Merrick, Nicholas D. Johnson
evaluation: PG-13 (Intense Violence, Language, Teenage Drinking, Thematic Material)
Movie reviews: “Searching” (directed by Aneesh Chaganty) is a 2018 film in which John Cho plays a father searching for his teenage daughter via a computer.
The directors, Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick, were the editors of “Searching.” A man tells a similar story here, except it’s an 18-year-old daughter looking for his mother.
Johnson and Merrick created the script from the stories of Seb Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty, who wrote the script for The Search. They return to replicate the success of their “search”. They do so, creating a captivating and unpredictable plot.
June Allen (Reed) arrives at the airport to pick up her mother Grace (Long) and boyfriend Kevin (Leon). A happy couple never shows up in Los Angeles. June soon realizes that her mother and Kevin’s disappearance occurred while vacationing in Columbia.
June’s desperate search for answers goes global. She uses various forms of technology to track Grace and Kevin. Her digital research leads to her shocking knowledge about her mother and Kevin.
“Profile” (directed by Timur Bekmambetov, 2018) used mobile phones and laptops as gimmicks to tell the story. Such use of media is timely given that modern advancements have made mobile phones and computers almost a necessity. It makes sense that these items would be central to filmmaking as a creative vehicle.
This is better than a horror movie where the phone constantly loses service and runs out of battery before you can call for help. June uses it to find clues to her mother’s disappearance.
Reid is a talented young actress. When she plays a teen, she actually behaves and acts like a teenager. She is persuasive. To find out, see ‘Euphoria’ (2019) or ‘One Way’ (2022) and name a few movies on her resume.
Here she is the star of the film. She often carries her films while looking for her more experienced co-stars. She works here as a young woman looking for answers that don’t come easily.
The creative team that developed “Missing” is making a name for itself by making a film that highlights the relationship between parents and their offspring. This thriller is a great addition to your list of compelling movies.
“Missing” is engrossing, but the camera on your computer or mobile phone shows everything. Some views are blurry because of this. If the images are not from the camera, they are from the phone or computer viewscreen, so this movie is a headache because you have to read the words and view the images on a colorful screen. It can become a seed.
If you’re trying to get away from your personal screen for a while, turn your attention to the big screen in the cinema and watch “Missing.”
School year: B (You don’t need to omit this.)
“The Devil’s Conspiracy” (horror thriller: 1 hour 51 minutes)
starring: Alice Orr-Ewing, Joe Doyle, Eveline Hall
directed by: Nathan Frankowski
evaluation: R (violent content, gore, language)
Movie reviews: Dysfunctional theology, crappy filmmaking, and half-baked narrative are unconvincing. There are some benefits of originality, but you can’t take advantage of them. It feels like a cheap version of “The Da Vinci Code” (2006).
Based on the story of Satan’s fall in Christianity, a group of Satanists have state-of-the-art technology to clone anyone in history, as long as they have a sample of that person’s genetic makeup. They access Jesus’ DNA structure in hopes of creating a body that can house Satan. Archangel Michael is returning to Earth to stop Satan from returning.
Sure, the science is wacky, but that’s one of the more interesting parts of this script, so use it. The story also offers an interesting mix of originality and mythological charm. Its substantial bits grab attention, but even the shady sci-fi elements deserve a peak.
The problem is the low-budget production appeal to its execution. It feels more like a TV series than a movie.
There is a smart conclusion, which leaves the story open-ended.
School year: C- (Conspiracy to steal your money.)
Adanne-Kennn Alexxandar has been reviewing movies in South Georgia for over 20 years.
