Fraser Ewell

What a missed opportunity! Amazing, topical subject matter. He could've taken the current political climate then projected how it could escalate. It could've been a chilling peek into a potential apocolyptic near future. But no, it's a teen action movie with a terrible plot. Sigh. I was expecting something great from Garland but forgot The Beach was 28 years ago and the Tesseract was terrible. The plot is ridiculous at best. The country is having a civil war and a group of brave jounalists (mixed ages and ethnicities of course) are going to locate the president before he gets killed and interview him. We're not told who's fighting who or why. Garland tries to patch over this in a scene where we're told that it doesn't matter who's shooting who and we're foolish to ask. It does matter though, that should be the whole point of the film! I think we are meant to admire these reporters, repeadedly putting themselves in life-threatening positions (literally jumping into gunfire again and again) so they can get an interview. However, they're just so annoying. I mean who tries to have a conversation with someone in the middle of a gunfight? And doesn't everyone loathe journalists anyway? We certainly don't see them as heroes, more like misery salesmen and truth-stretchers. Also, is anyone actually watching TV for this so important interview? Isn't the country in turmoil? Annnnd, this movie feels like it glamorises violence. I can imagine the people who did actually storm the Capitol wooping while they watch this and pencilling down some new ideas. It feels like it was produced by someone who makes video games: -Several action scenes, some slow-mo shots where people fly through the air whilst being blown up then storming the final boss's hideout. Please! The topic is real and very serious and so deserves some brevity. Alex Garland has managed to turn into a bad teen movie.