Steve San Filippo

The movie the gourmet foodieTV show genre deserves. A dead nuts on portrayal of all the vacuous, self-important and cryptic dialogue forced on us by shows like Top Chef, Chef's Table, and Chef's Final and those that eat it up, literally and figuratively. Some terrific performances by Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor -Joy ,Nicholas Hoult, and a big shout-out to Hong Chau really brulee the satisfying crust on this very enjoyable and inciteful cinematic entree.

Slow, dragging slog with occasional eruptions of close-in battle mayhem. Michael B. Jordon’s John Kelly is beyond intense in this confused, silly plot where Russian operatives come to the US and start running over American special forces personnel on city streets with green vans. No kidding. But the real distracting low point is the lifeless acting of Jodie Turner-Smith who is inexplicably cast as the special forces field group leader where we are supposed to believe this tall, thin woman with a super model figure can lift a 200 pound wounded comrade up on her shoulder and carry him to safety if called upon. Not to mention haul around an 80 pound pack in rough terrain. This silly adaption bears no resemblance to the original Tom Clancy thriller. Amazon needs to reassess who’s spending it’s money and stop wasting the actors’ and audience's time.