Movie Review Pursuit

Pursuit 

Directed by Brian Skiba

Written by Brian Skiba, Andrew Stevens, Dawn Bursteen

Starring John Cusack, Emile Hirsch, Jake Manley

Release Date February 18th, 2022

While Bruce Willis gets most of the attention for his late career paycheck cheapies, John Cusack has been toiling away on the same easy paycheck circuit. Cusack’s recent resume may not be as stunningly inept and lazy as Willis’s output, but it is nearly as disreputable. As evidence I present to you the scuzzy new action thriller, Pursuit. The film stars the ever less reputable Emile Hirsch and someone named Jake Manley with Cusack seemingly allowing a film crew to capture scenes of him puttering around his house to include in the movie. 

Pursuit stars Emile Hirsch as gangster-hacker Rick Calloway. Rick’s wife has gone missing and using the dark web, Rick is unraveling the criminal enterprise that is hiding and torturing her for the sadistic purpose of antagonizing Rick. In his pursuit of the truth, Rick tracks down a drug dealer who happens to be the subject of a sting by undercover NYPD Detectives. Unknowingly interrupting the bust, Rick kills several people and injures a pair of cops including Detective Mike Breslin played by Jake Manley.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.



Movie Review Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) 

Directed by David Blue Garcia, 

Written by Chris Thomas Devlin, Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues

Starring Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham

Release Date February 18th, 2022

“Do something and you are totally canceled bro!” Random Leatherface victim in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022

Allow me to set the scene: A bus filled with Zoomers partying late into a rainy Texas night. Leatherface, the famed chainsaw killer boards the bus wearing his adopted mother’s face and carrying his chainsaw. Slack-jawed soon to be dead, Zoomers point cellphone cameras at Leatherface and victim number 1 threatens the lunatic killer with cancel culture. A generation that has lived through multiple school shootings is here portrayed as so dimwitted and P.C that they believe cancel culture would stop a chainsaw wielding maniac. 

This is what passes as social satire in the new Netflix take on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. This bankrupt, intellectually deficient hot take is supposed to continue the legacy of one of the most subversive and politically charged horror movies of all time? This boneheaded meme is what passes for modern satirical discourse? It’s a wonder that no one asked if Leatherface identified as an attack helicopter. To say that satire is not the strong suit of the makers of the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a grave understatement of the stupidity and bankruptcy of this cash grab sequel.

Find my full length review at Horror.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review Dog

Dog 

Directed by Reid Carolin, Channing Tatum

Written by Reid Carolin, Brett Rodriguez, Channing Tatum

Starring Channing Tatum 

Release Date February 8th, 2022 

Dog stars Channing Tatum Biggs, a former Army Ranger dealing with the aftermath of a brain injury. The injury suffered in the field has left Biggs struggling, drinking too much, and working at a sandwich shop. Biggs has a chance to get back into the field as a security contractor but not until his commanding officer signs off. To get his commanding officer to give him a recommendation, Biggs agrees to do a favor. 

Recently, a friend and fellow soldier named Rodriguez has died, leaving behind his dog, Lulu. Lulu is a military dog, one trained to work in the field seeking out the enemy. Lulu was injured in the field and struggles with anxiety in many ways that make her unlikely to ever be adopted, especially not that Rodriguez has passed. Biggs is tasked with taking Lulu from Oregon to Arizona for Rodriguez’s funeral. After the funeral, he is supposed to take Lulu to a nearby military race where she will be put to sleep.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Documentary Review A Peloton of One

A Peloton of One

Directed by John Bernardo, Steven E. Mallorca

Written by Documentary 

Starring Dave Ohlmuller 

Release Date May 1st, 2020 

A Peloton of One is an emotionally raw and inspiring story about one man healing himself and others from the seat of a bicycle. While you may see the word Peloton and think someone is trying to sell you an expensive at home bicycle set up, a Peloton is actually just a French term for a group of bicycle enthusiasts riding together. Dave Ohlmuller however, in 2017, became A Peloton of One when he decided to ride his bike from Chicago to New York City. 

Why did Dave launch this remarkable ride? He wanted to raise awareness for those who have struggled with having been sexually abused as children. A Peloton of One is a reflection of the still ongoing ripple effect of the Catholic Church scandal that found Catholic churches around the world frantically trying to cover for Priests who’d done monstrous things, committed horrific crimes, and how the church desperately tried to sweep the situation under the rug.

Find my full length review linked here. 


Movie Review Uncharted

Uncharted 

Directed by Ruben Fleischer

Written by Rafe Jenkins, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway

Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas

Release Date February 18th, 2022

Uncharted stars Tom Holland as Nathan Drake and more and more I am enjoying Holland as a screen presence. Having grown weary of the quip machine action heroes that have dominated the last two decades of Hollywood action, Holland’s more cerebral and achingly emotional action hero feels refreshing. Holland’s Nathan Drake can be funny but he’s first and foremost a pro with a good head on his shoulders. He’s not flippant and doesn’t just go for the joke when one is available. Holland has an unforced charisma that makes an otherwise dreary exercise in the action genre, more entertaining than I was expecting. 

Uncharted starts fast with our hero, young adventurer, Nathan Drake, falling out of an airplane. It’s the kind of wild and wooly stunt that has made Tom Cruise one of the most entertaining action heroes in the genre. We watch as the scene is set for one of the major action set pieces in Uncharted before we flashback to how our hero got to this dangerous spot. It’s a little clichéd but, as I said, Holland makes the familiar refreshing with his performance.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review No Exit

No Exit 

Directed by Damian Power 

Written by Adrian Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari, Taylor Adams 

Starring Havana Rose Liu, Danny Ramirez

Release Date February 25th, 2022

No Exit is a nasty little thriller about an abducted girl, a former drug addict on the run, and a snowstorm that traps a disparate group of people at a roadside shelter. Directed by Damian Power, No Exit has tension and suspense but cannot sustain the excitement for the entire run time. Issues of logic and motivation come in late in the 3rd act, and a magical nail gun becomes an overpowered Deus Ex Machina in the unsatisfying conclusion. 

No Exit stars the very talented Havana Rose Liu as Darby, a reformed drug addict currently finishing out a stint at a rehab facility. The plot of No Exitkicks in when Darby manages an escape from the rehab facility. Darby has just learned that her mother is in the hospital on the brink of death and Darby is determined to reach her before she passes on. Darby’s escape is thwarted by a massive snow storm that closes the roads and forces her to take shelter and a roadside shelter.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



Movie Review The Desperate Hour

The Desperate Hour 

Directed by Phillip Noyce 

Written by Chris Sparling

Starring Naomi Watts

Release Date February 25th, 2022 

Phillip Noyce’s reviled drama, Lakewood is finally getting a release under a new title, The Desperate Hour. The film which debuted as Lakewood at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021 was met with a torrent of bad reviews before quietly creeping into the shadows and out of any possible awards contention. Now titled The Desperate Hour, the Naomi Watts led thriller is getting a limited and rather low-key theatrical release. 

The Desperate Hour is one of those movies made during the COVID-19 pandemic and needed to find ways to film without risking cast and crew-wide infections. Thus, the story centers on one character for 84 minutes alone in a forest. But that’s not what the movie is about. Instead, The Desperate Hour is about a school shooting that unfolds via an all powerful IPhone that gets reception everywhere and never runs out of a charge until it’s needed for dramatic effect.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 



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