John Zealand-Doyle

Wanted to give a 2/5 but i felt like personal peeves with try-hard Aussie lameness shouldn't get in the way of this being competently produced. The performances are largely annoying (but alot of their worst things are a result of the writing), with veteran Miranda Otto being a positive standout. It's not terrible, it's not great. It's unfair to call it mid, but it's unfair to be calling this any kind of masterpiece. I'd say this whole production is the beginning of a new era of Australian stars so best to keep eyes on them even if this doesn't blow your socks off.

I hated this game... For about 15 hours. This review is for those people who haven't played it yet because they didn't get into, late to the party, or have replayed the first section too many times etc. An honest review. The introduction (chapter 1) is painfully slow and largely unenjoyable. Yes, the animations are drawn out. Yes, the travelling can actually become tedious even tho it's pretty. Yes, it can be janky as hell. Yes, the cores and rings of your health, dead, eye, stamina, horse stamina, horse health, cleanliness etc is just convuluted. But it's all worth it. I suggest getting the best horse in the game as soon as you can. And if you are on PC to mod this game, don't fidde with it too much, trainers like Rampage allow you to warp your horse to you, teleport you to way points seamlessly, and increase your horse stats. The truth is, you'll want to travel everywhere, just not multiple times, nor will you want to do it on a slow as hell horse and this trainer carves off about 10 hours of stupid backtracking and tedium out of the main story alone. So to me, it was a positive game changer. You'll still have to walk like a snail through camp and tolerate the terrible wagons you need to drive all the time. But warping to the other side of the camp helped my sanity so often. I really wasn't interested in the hunting aspect of the game. I did this in RDR1 and every other open world game and here its better than ever but a time sink I didn't want to invest in again, a trainer can really help by allowing you to speed up this process immensely. This game is worth it, but if you've got open-world burn out you'll need some assistance because this game moves at its own pace and that is pace is sloooooow. It's really slow. The meat of the game is experiencing its world and how your little actions react in this world. The story is great but unfolds at a snails pace until it's in full gear. I'm 4 years late to playing this but it was finally worth it. It's technically brilliant. It's not my favourite game. But it deserves the praise even through the frustration.

For the simpletons, this is an easy 5. Ive seen worse, so it gets 2 stars instead of 1. But it is still cringe. Cage CAN do wrong it seems. Awkwardfina or whatever is just the worst. Probably a hoot and great person irl but is just a chore to watch on screen. I'm not a film making expert but I'd also say my 2 yr old can do a better job on the lighting and color grading. And the script could be easily beaten by ChatGPT.

If you don't watch many movies or very young and like your movies simple and fun than you might like this a bit. If you watch alot of movies or demand quality than this is just cringe, trash. I thought the humour poorly written, basic and really juvenile. The story was a waste of time. So glad the DCU has largely come to an end. This is a movie for your basic teenager. If you were on the fence about super hero movies, Shazam will put the nail in the coffin for you

I loved it. Its not for every one and it's message will just not get through to many and you could even argue it's message is not a healthy one, but if you have been a long time hospitality/service worker and valued your passion in that industry especially be it gone or not, or have ever had a passion for something particularly with a creative aspect, this will just feel like such a guilty pleasure to watch.