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There's some of that and some surprisingly insightful takes as well, particularly from Matt Smith's character. Also a bit of character development on the part of the Fiennes character near the end.
I saw the second one today, and the first one a few weeks ago. These were fun movies with a good mix of well choreographed fighting action with a nice dose of humor. This coming from someone who finds John Wick movies pretty irritating (here is a rant I made about similar "funny" hitman movies where the style was too annoying: https://moviechat.org/tt12593682/Bullet-Train/6334785d5f543b1496ae986e/Annoyingly-trying-to-be-too-cool)
I also found Adkins charming in a way, looking for more action comedy movies either with him, or similar to this. I am going to check out the two Debt Collector movies that he was in (with the same director as this movie, Accident Man 2)
The second one sounds close to what happens as the setup to "Your Honor" starring Bryan Cranston on Showtime
3 years in the making
I watched this movie today. The narrating main character said they hire the axe guy when they want to "make an example" of the hit victim.
Thanks I was trying to talk about Bloody Oranges (2021), surprisingly it must have no posts. Hope they fix it.
I did end up watching both. I thought the second one was too long and too over the top. I'm not turned off by gore and intense violence if it adds to the story or the mood.
Just watched Bloody Oranges, where I watched some scenes with my jaw open.
This was schlocky, and I'm sure we will see a bunch of follow-ups. I felt like I had to see it because it is such a zeitgeist cultural blip.
Sounds kind of like this, is it what you're thinking of?
IMDb: George Clooney and Ryan Gosling in The Ides of March (2011)
https://www.imdb.com/media/rm858504960/tt1124035/
I was in the same boat and powered through it.
It is like that for about an hour. It gets good in the last 20-30 minutes. It really did not have to be this long. Probably not worth the first 2 hours for the last half hour.
Thanks, I think I will check em out.
I felt something similar after watching Antlers (Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons)
I saw it this week. And yeah it was good. Natural dialog, real feelings. His newer movie 'Cha Cha Real Smooth' was also good, although a little more full fleshed of a story rather than this which was one long situation.
Is it The 'Burbs?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096734/
I tried both, watched parts of it in English and parts in the dubbed Comanche. I found the English more natural, because of two reasons. The lips matched because the actors spoke English while filming, and I thought the English dialog was more expressive. The tone sounded natural. The Comanche dub sounded like it was being spoken by voice actors who were not expressing the emotions the same as the English dialog did. You could do either one, or try switching back and forth to see what you prefer.
A Most Wanted Man?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972571/
I think they made up the game to cope with overwhelming feelings, like cutting. But it seemed like the older brother was more into it, he was probably unloading his rage.
I also thought the monster was a manifestation of the mother in a darkly idealized way as the boy's protector.
This reminded me of other films where the horror/monster was a metaphor for the horrific life the children are living.
Not a similar plot but I thought this was a good tense thriller, and thought the same of "See for Me"
I saw this last week and I thought I had understood most of it, but reading your post makes me question myself.
The girl's mother was a survivor, as a baby, of the cover-up by the Nazi cult - the hotel manager had raped and impregnated the Grandmother, and they murdered her.
I think she was the vengeful ghost who was hunting down those men and taking control of them in their sleep. That's why he was being tied down at sleep time, so he could not hurt himself while possessed by her. The creepy song at breakfast was a clue about this.
I'm not sure about the boar. There was some extra sauce in this movie that made it hard to consume.
I guess that makes sense as much as anything else I could try to take from this.
She (old matriarch) represents tradition, religion, and it is futile to rebel against that.
The religious puritanical fear of feminine sexuality, especially lesbian sexual energy, is a common theme in movies. I couldn't figure out the supernatural angle imposed in this film on top of that. But your take on it sounds like a good explanation.
What to make of the "intruder"? I liked the tone of this movie but feel scattered at the end.
I think that the scene showing them together in the shed (also that she disappeared from the school before claiming that Luce assaulted her) suggests that Luce manipulated or somehow convinced her that he did not hurt her. When his mom saw them, she realised this.