Lynn Macpherson

Delightfuly bonkers plot as whole but strangely enough the plot twists kept me watching & a great cast who did their best with an excruciatingly awful script.. so, it's a bit of a weird one to recommend. It was so bad it was good?

Bizarre (not the good kind) but perfectly serviceable "fall asleep to" movie. I guess I've watched worse lol you just know it's not up to much when Prime uses one of the executive producers (Guillermo del Toro) to try & entice you to watch.

Like Eli himself I'll keep it short & sweet. The English has all the hallmarks of a great western, action, adventure, love, revenge and lots (and lots) of shooting but with something of a modern spin on it. I personally loved every minute of it, even binged all 6 episodes in one sitting. I also don't mind admitting I shed a few tears at the (nicely wrapped up) ending (something I haven't done since watching ET as a child) Give it a watch.. it's unlikely you'll be disappointed.

Some of these reviews are way more entertaining than the film was.. particularly the one from Oscar!

Haven't watched it yet but just wanted to say anyone including spoilers (without warning) in their reviews needs a good slap.. yes, I'm looking at you Wullie Wai! Seriously! Why would you include the ending of the film in your review, ffs at least mark it "spoilers included so that people who haven't watched it yet get a fair shot at it, otherwise they, like me, will go into it mad as hell because thanks to you we now have to watch it knowing exactly what's coming!

Ticks all the usual action movie boxes, builds the characters nicely and has a plot that doesn't require much thought but, and I promised myself I wouldn't do this, *whispers who else preferred Olympus Has Fallen?

Won't have you on the edge of your seat but it's a nice salute to grey power and a real treat for anyone who's fond of Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones, Courtney B Vance and of course the legend that was James "Maverick" Garner. To have even just one of these fine actors in a film.. for me that means it's an automatic watch, you know the kind of movie that doesn't have you trawling through countless reviews beforehand, trying to get a feel for it so as not to waste time watching a snooze-fest, but to have ALL of them?! In the same film? At the same time?! That's what I call winning the movie jackpot! PS Where's my grey power gang at? Hope you're all having a blast with retirement, you worked hard so now it's time to play hard right? oh & to anyone thinking of getting a blue-rinse, just remember.. "You can't help getting older but that doesn't mean you have to get old" ~ George Burns

Pretty vistas with a dull as dishwater plot.. so if you're a "look at the pictures but don't read the articles" type of person you've got nothing to lose by watching this but be warned, it made two hours seem like four.

Beyond perplexing that most of these reviewers appear to only want to watch TV shows that are exact replicas of real life, which begs the question.. why watch TV at all, why not just sit and look out your window? Odd approach to deriving viewing pleasure if you ask me but anyhoo, is Trigger Point edge of your seat viewing? No but it's far from a snooze-fest either. Is it obvious, as pointed out by the aforementioned reviewers, they've paid no heed to the bomb disposal experts they no doubt hired to advise them? Yes BUT who cares because even if you view that as a shortcoming imo there's still enough going on to keep you interested. As for parallels with LOD, the only glaringly obvious one is that TP keeps you wondering, who's bent..is it her work colleague John, is it her copper boyfriend or could it be the Scouse fella but that's where the similarities end which isn't a bad thing because as good as LOD was, surely we can't expect the team that worked on it to follow the exact same formula for every drama that comes afterwards? Listen, if you approach and accept TP for what it is, a bit of Sunday night escapism before getting back to the daily grind on Monday then you can't go wrong. Give it a watch and if you don't like it not to worry, there's always the sitting room window ;)