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The Beekeeper (2024)
I'd pay money to not have to see this again
I'm normally a fan of action movies, and I like many of the roles Jason Statham has played in the past. I think he might have been able to carry the plot, if it wasn't for the incredibly poor writing and the poor acting of the rest of the cast. The woman who played the female FBI agent wasn't in the slightest way alive or engaging. The drugged up crypto boy presidential son could have gotten away with his total lack of emotional depth if he wasn't the main protagonist.
The idea of the movie could have resulted in a decent action flick. "Ex killer agent goes after the president's scumbag son and kills his way through hordes of special forces to even the score of a sweetheart grandma being wronged.". It's a good premise for an action movie. How mindless and helpless the bad guys who are going after the main character behave, could have been excused as a plot device. They're just random thugs after all. However, the way the FBI, a group of ex navy seals and Delta force operators, as well as the secret service, are hopelessly and helplessly flailing about as some sort of "John Wick light" effortlessly wanders through hordes of them, massacring them left and right is not in the furthest believable.
That's not even the worst part of the movie tho. I have a request for whoever came up with the idea that the secret service would allow the president's son to throw a party at a beach front property with a hundred or so guests with mommy president there as well, while a group of south African mercenaries are supposed to deal with the threat of a guy who just rampaged the entirety of the nation's finest special forces operators to get to that same president's son: Please don't ever write a movie script again.
Groeten van Gerri (2020)
Original concept, eerily abrasive at times
This movie depicts life during lock down for a bright but socially awkward teacher. The plot is a little bit predictable at times, but it didn't bother me. The actors play their roles convincingly, especially considering the circumstances they filmed in with most people not on set but calling in through Skype, facetime etc. I'll be honest, I find it impressive that they made a novel movie about current events in such a short time and during difficult circumstance. That does influence my score a bit.
The Letter for the King (2020)
Completely butchers the original story
This show completely butchers the original story to try and be some kind of Game of Thrones like show. The book shows real character development, with a young hero who is full of self doubt and quick witted. The series show a shallow boy who rolls through an adventure based on pure luck. The show writers completely made up back stories and a completely different plot to be able to introduce magic into the show. It feels forced when you know the original story, where there's not so much a mention of magical powers. This might have been an OK show, if it wasn't just merely using the name of a fantastic book to try and get an audience.