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28 Days Haunted (2022)
Where do I begin?
Firstly, there's no way you're going to make anyone believe that these three teams have absolutely no prior knowledge of the places they're dropped off. The show tried hard to sell us this "fact".
Secondly, there's always the one ghost who says "get out".
Thirdly, these crews seem to have the same thing in common as all the Paranormal Investigators we've grown tired of over the years. And that's the ability to tell that "something tragic happened here" or they're sensing "something doesn't want me here" which seemingly is overlooked when a spirit says "get out".
Fourthly, are we really supposed to believe that all these "energies" and bad omens aren't really in their own heads? You basically put on a sensory depravation device that scans frequencies for voices from the grave and expect to not have your mind and thoughts play tricks on you? One medium said she saw eyes in front of her whilst sitting in a supposedly haunted house staring into pitch black with a blindfold on.
To use Ed and Lorraine Warren's name in this joke was disrespectful to say the least. I'm pretty sure the people didn't give their blood, sweat and tears to try to get people to accept that there is evil in this world to have their own society make a mockery of them with this Ghost Adventures knock off.
Sweet Girl (2021)
Plot Twist?
No spoilers. Just a laugh. Netflix just really needs to stop now!
Mortal Kombat (2021)
Cole Young?
So this 2021 equivalent of Tokyo Drift's Sean Boswell just appears in the story as a 400 year descendant of the great Scorpion and turns into the greatest fighter in both realms and defeats the 9-consecutive-time MK Champion?
The special effects were good and Kano was enough of a handful so that we didn't miss Cage, but I stick with my belief that this story was poorly constructed around a useless and unnecessary character.
In the Tall Grass (2019)
Another Netflix Snoozefest!
So we already Stephen King has a love affair with Aliens and Super-normal occurrences. But how much of this does Netflix expect us to take? The idea is great and the loops were artfully created but I kept saying to myself (in DJ Khalid voice) "another one"!
It all came crashing down for me when they all met up at the rock and Ed Warren crushed his wife's head. Oh come on now!
And the fact that they got Anna Farris to play young Tobin didn't really help matters either. That little boy definitely won't be Hollywood's biggest star in 10 years time. The casting was a huge miss. I never felt like any of the characters believed they were actually in any serious trouble. I mean really. Who just waltzes into tall grass in the middle of nowhere because they hear a random voice calling opposite an abandoned church?
Netflix is becoming bereft of ideas for original content lately and this compounds that. This was 10% creative, 30% boring and 60% disappointing.
Like Father (2018)
An emitional bore!
I hardly ever watch these types of movies but unfortunately I did this one. Kristen Bell plays the role as she would any other. Typical, monotone character who has daddy issues, causes her own relationship problems because she is wrapped up in the "career woman" cliche.
Kelsey is fantastic as usual. Gives you a true feeling that he truly regrets some of his life choices but it strong yet confident enough to push on and do something about it.
There is nothing cute or interesting about meeting a "father/daughter" couple who dishes out their issues to a bunch of random newlyweds (and a couple celebrating 50 years) on their first meeting. That would make an uncomfortable setting for all involved, yet wveryone seems to treat it as a wind in the ear.
The one good thing though is that now I have a better sense of all activities and free offers that Royal Caribbean has to offer!
My next vacation will definitely be a cruise after sitting through this 103 minute ad!
Kid Cannabis (2014)
Seriously?
First, Nate (fat nerdy kid) decides to get into drug trafficking. Does so with remarkable ease by finding the best grade of weed from a secret supplier in Canada by just driving into a gas station and smoking some grass with a hot girl he and his friend Christopher just met.
Then, a big time hustler, who apparently would do business with my cousin's 6 year old son, hands same fat nerdy kid over half a million dollars whose only security deposit is a kid brother and a mother who really couldn't care less that her son was an overnight millionaire.
The story may have been a great one, but Jonathan Daniel Brown has to be the worst example of a leading actor (especially in this kind of role) coupled with the sometimes ludicrously poor character executions possible.
Had hope, but it wasn't worth it.