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Extraction II (2023)
7/10
Great action scene, worst plot
22 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The action scenes are facilitating, no doubt about it. BBu the plot is typical American-style, with the idea of thinking one is right and refusing to apologize even after causing deaths, running throughout the entire movie. It's like saying, 'I'm being irrational, but I'm right.' It's understandable for adults to sacrifice themselves to protect the protagonist, but it's not justified for the protagonist to indulge in irrational behavior and expect others to sacrifice for them. If you don't understand why I'm being irrational, then you're not civilized and don't understand universal values. Watching the expression of this little boy who can't even admit his mistakes makes me want to smack him, so I fast-forwarded through those parts and only wanted to see the action scenes.

First, let's talk about the rescue target, the number one target being the 'former sister-in-law of the male protagonist.' The elder sister married a legendary mercenary, while the younger sister married the second-in-command of an international drug trafficking organization. They both really know how to choose their husbands, huh? The elder sister thought the male protagonist abandoned their sick child and divorced him. The younger sister didn't want her child to follow in the footsteps of her drug-dealing husband if he gets caught. She tried to escape but failed. I'm just wondering, what were they doing before they got married? Wiping snot off their noses, did they forget to do that?

The second rescue target is a rebellious teenager who has been brainwashed. He wants to be with his dad and join the drug cartel in the future. Doesn't his mother know about it? Yet, stubbornly, she insists on taking him away. She even lies to him the whole way, saying they'll meet his dad once they're out, even though his dad dies in front of him. With this kind of deception, it's suspicious if the child doesn't call his uncle. From beginning to end, there's not even a hint of communication. Granted, the child has been brainwashed and considers the drug cartel as his family, but after so many years, couldn't the mother try to communicate with him and guide him towards the right path?

The plot is so bad, so I can only give it 7/10. The action scene is one of the most smooth movies I've ever watched, if you love action movie, just go for it and skip the plot.
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Three-Body (2023– )
9/10
Authentic to the original novel, and nice casting
22 January 2023
The casting is great and really fits my imagination when I read the novel (except that Shi Qiang needs to be a little more muscular). The story was beyond imagination, really epic, and it's not about one single country or one single culture, you can see every nation, every race united together when facing danger. The TV series tried to make everything the same as the book. One star was deducted because the pacing of story telling, all the flashbacks and neon lights scenes are a bit annoying and confusing, when not everyone knows the background of the story. Although the novel itself was arranged in this way, I think there should be some adaptations when you making it a TV series.
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