I can only assume the director of this movie is related to someone with pull in Hollywood.
This movie is a fun concept, with great actors, good production design, and clearly has quite a bit of budget. $30M according to the internet.
I imagine in the production meetings the director said things like "I want this fight to look like John Wick" and "I want this to be like Kill Bill". Part of me wonders if this movie was actually initially setup to be an action comedy or if the studio decided to call it a "comedy" so that the audience would be more forgiving.
The bowling alley fight was an insult to stunt sequences. The choreography was trash, it was poorly shot, predictable, and boring. The set was beautiful though. The DP and G&E team did a nice job lighting the scene. If you have 30M to spend on your movie perhaps convince your lead to train with a stunt team for a few months before prep starts.... Like Keanu did with 87eleven before Wick...
Lots of money was spent on techno crane and steady cam shots. These are my favorite tools of the trade. It's a shame to see them so poorly executed and overused. Also, framing matters.
Sergio Leone style mariachi music can be fun but not in this movie where it was overused and felt gimmicky.
"Mom always has a plan". Great. My guess is the scene that sets this up either got cut or the director couldn't make his days and they just wrapped and said the hell with shooting it.
What a waste of Michelle Yeoh's talents. She is an amazing performer. She is literally the closest thing the world has to a female Jackie Chan and she's an amazing actor.
Quentin Tarantino does bad process car work in his films intentionally. It's fun. This guy's poor attempt at doing this was annoying.
The bad back lot feel of the diner didn't come off as stylistically cool. It came off as lame.
Bad ass assassins don't drive red 944s with automatic transmissions. Also, the fact that the car was fully armored was a really weak choice.
All in all this movie seems like it was directed by a talentless hack who fanboys over better directors with vision and attempts to poorly imitate their art.
This movie is a fun concept, with great actors, good production design, and clearly has quite a bit of budget. $30M according to the internet.
I imagine in the production meetings the director said things like "I want this fight to look like John Wick" and "I want this to be like Kill Bill". Part of me wonders if this movie was actually initially setup to be an action comedy or if the studio decided to call it a "comedy" so that the audience would be more forgiving.
The bowling alley fight was an insult to stunt sequences. The choreography was trash, it was poorly shot, predictable, and boring. The set was beautiful though. The DP and G&E team did a nice job lighting the scene. If you have 30M to spend on your movie perhaps convince your lead to train with a stunt team for a few months before prep starts.... Like Keanu did with 87eleven before Wick...
Lots of money was spent on techno crane and steady cam shots. These are my favorite tools of the trade. It's a shame to see them so poorly executed and overused. Also, framing matters.
Sergio Leone style mariachi music can be fun but not in this movie where it was overused and felt gimmicky.
"Mom always has a plan". Great. My guess is the scene that sets this up either got cut or the director couldn't make his days and they just wrapped and said the hell with shooting it.
What a waste of Michelle Yeoh's talents. She is an amazing performer. She is literally the closest thing the world has to a female Jackie Chan and she's an amazing actor.
Quentin Tarantino does bad process car work in his films intentionally. It's fun. This guy's poor attempt at doing this was annoying.
The bad back lot feel of the diner didn't come off as stylistically cool. It came off as lame.
Bad ass assassins don't drive red 944s with automatic transmissions. Also, the fact that the car was fully armored was a really weak choice.
All in all this movie seems like it was directed by a talentless hack who fanboys over better directors with vision and attempts to poorly imitate their art.