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The one star I'm giving is for Richter, who is the only character that has a little bit more depth and sense to his character. Him and his short fight scene carried this entire movie throughout its frustrating ridiculousness. It's a shame they killed him off so early in the movie. As for the rest of the movie, the characters and plot are so moronic that I actually rooted for Leatherface to finish them off for their stupidity. And what's up with that weird chainsaw dance right before the end credits? (you can just add the sound effects "Fatality!" and it'd make the entire movie more enjoyable). And of course they have to be political about it too. The thing is that it was done like an afterthought that adds nothing to the story whatsoever, yet they did anyway just to score politically woke points for no reason. The only merciful thing the producers gave us is making this movie less than two hours, thank God for that. Don't get me wrong, it's still a fun movie to watch...if you're pro-villain and love watching vain influencer airheads got slashed.

This movie is a prime example of bad writing trying to be woke and progressive but ends up being a sloppy, cringe-worthy, boring and nonsensical embarrassment to everyone. It's so cringy I actually do feel pain watching this, I'm not even exaggerating it. It's a whole mess of slapstick humor, but drawn out way too long that you can't help but just think "Oh God oh dear ancestors oh the moon and the stars and the spirits and everything in between, please just get it over with already". The entire thing feels very, very slow paced considering it's supposedly an action superhero movie. Bad script, bad timing, bad acting, bad everything. It's so bad I wish I could give 0 stars. If Cats were the catalyst of all things bad in 2020, then this movie could potentially be the catalyst for 2021 troubles. From start until finish, I've dissociated into the higher plane of existence and embraced nihilism and the nothingness of everything, travelled back into the past and the future and still nothing could take my 100+ minutes of watching this movie back.

One of the things that bothered me about this movies is how ambiguous the timeline seems to be. It's supposed to be set around the 1980s, yet certain things, styles and backgrounds seemed very modern and 2010-ish. Even the haircut seems pretty modern to me. The major plotline of spy movies is pretty much the same here: main character with sad or traumatic backstory, a genius multi-talented femme fatale main character that never misses a shot, frenemies, betrayals and sex scenes (there's like 6). The plot twists are quite predictable, but still enjoyable. Acting is a solid 9. Action choreography and performance are pretty good, although very limited to only 2 major action scenes (which is disappointing for a 2-hour long action movie). The major thing that costs this movie 2 stars from me is how I find the protagonist's progress plausible. It doesn't really make sense how, after only 1 year of training (which perhaps includes her getting clean as an addict) that was never shown on screen, everything seems to just work out for her in such a short time? Including the time taken for her to be recruited by the French model recruiter. As a supposedly regular girl from the market with absolutely no training as a model at all, she was quickly adored the moment she stepped into the studio without screening and voila! Next day she's a Paris fashion star! It also seems to come too easily for the protagonist in fight scenes, who often fights multiple guys 3 times her size alone and never seems to have a hard time doing it. Everything seems to fall into place too easily too quickly for her that the audience didn't get to feel connected to this character, to see her overcome her adversities from zero and see her maybe wanting to give up while in training. To see her learn and grow, to flinch once in a while and be human and for us to cheer her on. In short, the character is too perfect from the get go. It's like watching a typical Mary Sue on action, with the two pining white romantic interests and all. Overall, the movie is definitely a nice and entertaining watch for a Thursday night, worth giving it a chance, but don't expect anything too big from it.