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Props to Willa Fitzgerald. The movie stunk to high heaven. Giovanni Ribisi needs to stick to acting. There was plenty of blood and gore but the movie made no sense. The flashbacks or whatever they were didn't help. The story was lame, with no real back story or reason. The ending was stupid. Inept cops, lazy or stupid bad guys. You can't rip someone's throat out with your teeth. It's just an asinine movie start to finish.

Utter rubbish! So many things about this put me off it. Keira Knightley is a fair actress but not great. Too much scrunchy face. There were some good actors in it though. - The plusses: I like the banter between characters and the British talent for understatement. That's the only plus. - The minuses: Telling a story in flashback is just lazy storytelling. The entire plot has too many irons in the fire so to speak, and while it tries to be compelling, it mostly falls flat. -- Why the gay? Why was it necessary to have the private lives, gay or straight, in the series? It brought nothing to the overall story. -- A big secret shadowy family who were 'crime adjacent' is not well-used here and has been done to death. -- The ending in the loft, everyone dead in the street, shadowy CIA and M.I. 5,6,7,8 and possibly 9. Really? -- Chinese bad guys. - The entire 8 episodes dragged on trying to tell a cohesive story but fell to pieces over and again. - Too much trying to be told in too short a time. As I said, too many irons in the fire. The subplots dragged on. The London police were never shown investigating the murders or explosions. The husband never ask why his wife disappears in the middle of the night or for hours on end? - Nah. This whole thing falls apart in too many places to be truly enjoyable.

It took me 20+ years to watch this garbage. Three overrated lead actors with a bunch of hacks thrown in. For 2 hrs and 30 minutes it was boring as hell. I get the fact it is based on true events. But Stone can't act, Pesci and DeNiro are typecast and aren't good to begin with. The story was overly long with not much happening for long periods. So many dumb things in the plot too. Safe to say, the Oscar Stone was was given, not earned. Utter rubbish most of the way through.

Who are the idiots giving this more than one star? What a stupid, stupid movie. The plot couldn't have been more transparent. The aging starlet (Demi in real life) trying to remain relevant. Trying to keep their youth in any way imaginable. Demi is 62. To be sure she looks decent for her age. Margaret Qualley plays the part well. Dennis Quaid has never looked or acted worse than here. All the part of what could have been a decent modern take on horror mixed with vanity. The ball was dropped and dropped hard. Too many needle scenes for my taste. The story, such as it was, was good, minus the needles and the gore. The last 15 minutes was hard to sit through. The ending was corny as hell. I had to fast forward through about the 30 minutes of it. The only saving grace was that I didn't pay shit for this shit. Demi's time is over. The movie was just bad, start to finish.

The only bright spot is Walton Goggins. I don't know the video game nor do I want to. The 8 episodes are rather tedious and boring with little to nothing happening. I feel like they made each one longer only to pad their pocketbooks. There were some interesting scenes but the only interesting character was The Ghoul. Lucy is annoying as hell. The whole vault group of characters was utterly boring. The little robot brain was different. Interesting in a childish sort of way. Long and drawn out with for no reason. The finale seemed just meh. The big reveal at the end and then the 'let's find the real bad guy' motif leaves a bitter taste. Setting up for season two.

Only because it's got Kate Beckinsale in it. The rest are good actors but lost in the overall rubbish of the story. She's a ghost if she wants to be. Okay. She uses her underworld (see the irony of it?) contacts to get stuff done. Got it. Dressed all in black? Check. High-heeled, incompatible for running boots? Yep. Decent fight scenes but the CIA trope has been done to death. How about a rogue CIA agent? Oh yeah, also done to death. How many black sites do they have around the world? I haven't, but I'll bet if you ask any top tier CIA person, they laugh and shake their heads at the stupidity of it. Maybe it's just a way to keep our enemies guessing? Does America have secret kill squads? Anyway, this movie fairly predictable as it goes on. The big reveal wasn't so big. Glad Katey's okay after her hospital scare.

Why would Eckhart sign up to work with the fat pig that is Breslin when he knew they'd be running around? The story could have been better is they had a different lead actress. How does an American go to work for MI-6 anyway? She's not very good at acting. I could maybe buy into Eckhart but not her. The fights were lackadaisical. Naturally you have fully automatic weapons, trained marksmen and yet they can hit either of them? Typical schlock. 3 stars only because I like the idea. Bad acting on Breslin's part. And who wears jeans and high-heeled boos whilst running around Malta? Burning all that stuff in the hotel didn't set off the smoke alarm? Where are the police as the hired help go rampaging and shooting through the streets?

One-star nitwits out in force. Nowhere in the film does it say it's a true story. There are some facts in the movie, but it's fiction. It's not a documentary and wasn't supposed to be. The fact that it focuses mainly on the Cheryl Bradshaw character was to give the film the 'ick' factor instead of just focusing on the kills. It shows how everyone goes about their daily lives whilst there's a monster in the midst. Ignore the low reviews. It's told well and told an entertaining way, not belittling the horror that was Rodney Alcala. Serial killer movies have been done to death, but this was an interesting take on the genre. It didn't highlight the inept police investigations although that would have been easy. It didn't focus on the kills, again because it would have been easy. What it does is shows the life of people going about their day not having a clue about Rodney. I'd give 5 stars if not for the flashbacks. It seemed a lazy way to tell a story. The other thing was the shaky cam. It didn't suit the film. Good cinematography, good acting all around. Worth seeing once.

I'd say it was pretty good. Fairly slow but there are some points that make you stop and wonder what you just saw. The flashbacks were getting annoying and I think it was overkill with them. It seemed a lazy way to tell a story. About 3/4 of the way through I figured out the twist. Still, in a world where mother nature is angry at humans, it's an interesting watch. At the moment, sciences doesn't know of any plant-based viruses that can infect humans, but I think if we keep pumping pollutants into the air, water and soil, it won't be long before it happens. A decent one-time watch. Carrie-Ann Moss looks much better with long hair.

With all the schlock that FollyWood is putting out, this one isn't the worst. It's decent. A reflective look on the use of technology and how it permeates our entire lives. The plot was fairly simple and straightforward. A few hiccups along the way and the big reveal seemed a let-down. That being said, the acting was pretty good, even for the kids. The young boy was quite good. With the advent of computers and AI taking over more and more of our daily tasks, along with more specialized areas in defense and medicine, it's a glimpse into the future of what could be. If an AI likes you, you become rich and successful. If it doesn't, what happens? You become poor, unhoused, or worse, accused of things that are not of your doing. In the modern age, video and voice is everywhere and whose to say anyone can tell the difference between fake and real? A good run-of-the-mill AI fearmongering film. Worth a one-time watch.