Tommy Didads

They say u shouldn’t begin a review by stating the negatives. So, Chris Hemsworth looked good & Cynthia Erivos Performance was great. Well, that was until she turned up baldheaded for no frikkin reason at all! Now we got the positives (that took me 1/2 an hr to think of) out of the way... Im by no means a film buff. But for some reason, I was quite eager to watch this film. Im not sure why, but hey. Any-who. I fired up the ol’ streaming sites & after 4 attempts. GREAT, I found one! Within the 1st 10mins, I realised I was in for a slow death by pretentiousness. One of those Tarrantino rejects, shelved by about 6 directors before Drew Goddard got his hands on it. The film tries to be clever, (too clever for it’s own good) with many plot twists. However In it’s plight to be unpredictable, it somehow renders itself extremely-predictable. This helps lead to a nonsensical plot, full of holes, that somehow ends up outsmarting itself. Its a shame, as stellar performances by a talented cast, couldn’t save this poorly written, drawn out story. With a 2hrs22m runtime, the film is long. Very long. Roughly About 4hrs16m longer than need be. At times I couldn’t tell if I was watching a thriller, a horror or a super-hero movie. (Other genres are available.) There’s nothing wrong with that. I Love when films think outside the box & mix genres. But when it’s by accident, due to a clumsy plot... Not so much. IMHO, it should have been produced as a dark comedy. The fact it tries to represent itself as ‘serious’, is what made it harder to digest for me. The final scenes of any movie, should be dramatic. Including ones that have no action for 2hrs13mins of it’s runtime. However a cliche superheroesque soundtrack, whilst playing a game of roulette in a burning hotel!🤨... s’up wid dat🤔? (Btw, why was the hotel burning?) Mix that with an anti-climactic finish &... Voilà!! BTATER‼️ Think of the superman theme playing whilst your grandma waits for the lights to change to cross the road, with a stolen loaf of bread in an otherwise empty basket... 2 out of 5 🎥🎥❌❌❌