"THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE" IS THE ACTION MOVIE OF 2024!!!

🎥🎞️Movie Review🎞️🎥 - THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE [2024] - R - Amazon Prime - Directed by Guy Ritchie. Screenplay by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel, Guy Ritche. Based on a book by Damien Lewis. Starring Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza Gonzalez, Til Schweiger, Henry Golding, Babs Olusanmok, and Gary Elwes. Budget $60 Million.

Based on true events and just before the official start of War War II [WWII], the German submarine fleet was being supplied for extended operations of sinking much needed supply ships headed to England. English Prime Minister Winston Churchill, is under pressure and authorizes the use of a secret, covert team [later labled "Special Forces"] who act independently from the English military law, to destroy the German's ability to resupply their submarines. With the aid of English Brigadier General Gubbins "M" [Elwes] and Admiral Iam Flemming [Freddie Fox] - the man who would eventually create the James Bond character, they enlist a group of well known mercenary misfits, led by Cavill, to plan an attack and keep the English government from being involved in their mission, which if the German's found out, could force an earlier entry into a new World War.

THE GOOD - This is a bloody, action packed film with lots of fantastic pre-WWII details in production like weapons, ships, and wardrobe. The storyline was well prepared and the dialog was perfect for the time. The cinematography is crisp and smart at times, the editing pristine, and the actors perfectly perform their parts with brilliant scripting and screenplay. I was really impressed with Guy Ritchie's directing style, which was perfect for the dark humor used in this films production with impressive pacing that keeps he movie moving along the plot at a good tempo. More extraordinarily, I was taken aback by Cavill's performance and British accent; the actor is multi-talented!

THE BAD - There's not much to complain about this movie, except that I feel that Eiza Gonzalez was miscast for this film. I think her character should have had more of a "robust figure" to fit in the time and Gonzalez was way too thin for the role.

POST MORTEM - This is the perfect "man film" and I really felt comfortable looking through the history being presented. This operation was only unclassified until recently and the writers really put a lot of heart into the production, selecting the perfect cast to make it a lovable action film. It was also great to see Ritchson playing such a solid role outside of the REACHER series. This is an outstanding action film to watch!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 [4.5 of 5 Stars]

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE - NO DOUBT FOX IS REGRETTING THE PLETHORA OF POSSIBILITIES OF "WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN"

🎥🎞️Movie Review🎞️🎥 - DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE [2024] - [R] - Directed by Shawn Levy. Screenplay by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, & Zeb Wells. Produced by Kevin Feige, Lauren Shuler, Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Macfadyen, Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, & 21 Laps Entertainment. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Matthew MacFadyen, Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes, Chris Evans, Henry Cavill, & Dafne Keen. Budget $200 Million.

*No Spoiler Review* - Basically, Wade Wilson (Deadpool) [Reynolds] is a retired superhero trying to live a normal life with his friends, but a second chance at redemption steps in when an administer of quantum realities [Macfadyen] steps in to change a timeline that revolves around the X-Men's Wolverine [Jackman], who is lost and wandering through life as a bonafide alcoholic. Deadpool enlists the help of Wolverine to find a way to chance their respective histories and restore order their universe, bringing back old friends from the dead and saving humanity. The big problem is, the duo must use the help of superheros that have lost their potential on the big screen - breaking the fourth barrier of comic book lore - and breathing new life into their new retconned existence; literally poking Fox Entertainment in the eye for giving up on some old movie ideas that could have been spectacular.

THE GOOD - Fantastic story arc. The visual effects are breathtaking and there is a ton of action in this film. Lots of blood, body parts, and an extended use of CGI to fill in the blanks for people who need to see more. There was an astonishing dramatic part in the film where Wolverine [Jackman] spills his heart about being a superhero and losing all that he loves. Lots of humor and inside jokes pertaining to comic book universal canon.

THE BAD - There's too much humor and inside jokes pertaining to comic book universal canon. Reynold's gabs a lot - and even though I know it's a comic book thing - it gets a little annoying over an extended period of time. The CGI is a little too much at times, taking away the practical effects and realism of how things happen in real life.

POST MORTEM - In my opinion, Reynold's truly loves the sound of his own voice and I am sure that muting his voice, this film wouldn't have been as good. Out of all the super hero films released, I feel this is the best film I've seen in a long time! I think that the hype was just perfect and the excitement was just as important during the early promotional effort to the film. This film has everything that a comic book enthusiast would love to see in just one film. As Stan Lee would say, "EXCELSIOR!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [4 of 5 Stars]

"BLACK ADAM" IS WHERE "THE ROCK" NEEDS TO BE...BUT ISN'T

🎥🎞️Movie Review🎞️🎥 - BLACK ADAM - Amazon Prime - Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, this movie is the spectacular visualization of the anti-hero, BLACK ADAM. There is a ton of CGI, but there is also a great performance from Johnson that I wasn't truly expecting. A lot of The Rock's little one-liners squeezed through the character of Black Adam that sewed into the script perfectly, when the time arose. This film had so much potential, that Johnson took a large part in funding the film as Executive Producer.

The Good - The film wasted no time getting into the middle of it all, but throwing the viewer into the middle of a throw-down with a bunch of guns and super abilities, which brought the initial pacing of the movie with some extreme [and gratifying] action sequences that are pretty standard for today's Hollywood super-hero movie. This is also a large array of new Muslim-Arabic actors that fill the screen, as this movie takes place in the middle east. Where most of their performances were pretty believable and filled with a lot of emotion and tension, one of the new actors, Bohdi Sabongui had a few issues delivering emotion, but his delivery as the side-kick, delivering a humorous and bungling dialog - pretty much the standard in today's Hollywood genre - was spot on. The big surprise was the addition of Pierce Brosnan and Aldis Hodge, who play the parts of Dr. Fate and Hawkman [respectfully], well for their part in the DC Universe. There's also a ton of good humor throughout the film, breaking the tension as required, but the story arc and historical back flashes were diligenty, artfully presented with direct and proper respect to the comicbook canon of Black Adam's backstory.

The Bad - As with most of today's Hollywood movie formats, this movie becomes so heavy with special effects CGI that the film beings to fall apart during the last third of the films run. Just when you think the movie is just about over, there's a turn in the plot and the villain is transformed into a super-villain with superior CGI abilities that just look too animated and computer generated to be believed. In my opinion, the abilities of the proven DC heroes of Dr. Fate and Hawkman seem to limited to take care of the real problem at hand; leaving the resurrected muscle of Black Adam to come to the rescue. A severe plot-hole ensues when at the end of the film, the team real leader, Amanda Waller [played by Viola Davis] back in the U.S., raises a hint that all she has to do is raise a hint and Superman [played by Henry Cavill] can appear at a moments notice; which he does at the end of the film to face a world-wide threat. So, that makes you wonder why Hawkman didn't just make a call to Waller for BIGGER assistance in dealing with the main villain in the film.

Post Mortem - With the exception of the final third of the film's heavy CGI presence, I think that the film was well thought out and presented with a strong screenplay and a sharp performance by Johnson. It's obvious that Hollywood is trying to push the envelope that there are other less known superheroes that are not of the "Caucasian persuasion" and are equally as powerful. Leaving some to speculate a possible faction of Middle East super beings who can stand up to the heroes of the Justice League and more. By now, the news has reached the surface that any chance for an extension to this film was prematurely cut off, after Johnson was recently fired by the "powers that be" from the franchise before any real chance to produce sequels was even attempted. I think that the Black Adam was a good start to relaunch Johnson's serious attempt to revamp his career as a serious action star; too bad that others "in the circle" didn't think so.

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 [3.5 of 5 Stars]