the story is monkeybrains moron shit, but at least this has some quality action setpieces. it was between a 2.5 and 3, but the flamethrower battle kicked it up a notch. i'll never think about or watch this ever again, but i applaud the effort.
edit: nvm back down to 2.5 the plot is just too dumb to totally forgive
cool action setpieces and stunts aside, the entire movie relies on the strength of its premise. which is weak.
in 2, you need to manufacture a reason to bring him back onto "the job" with the whole blood oath thing. a stretch, but fine.. it works. but in 3, you need to manufacture a way to navigate around JW breaking the number one most sacred rule of the assassin world, rendering him unprotected, AND having an impossibly high bounty on…
like the character of elisabeth, this movie doesn't know when to quit and ultimately suffers in the end for not being able to respect its own balance.
40 minutes too long and way WAY too much disrespect for the audience's intelligence to "get it."
there are some really good ideas here and some really affecting scenes that would have made this a great allegory for the dangers of ambition and unquenchable thirst for fame and attention, but it overstays its…
wes, baby, what are we even DOING anymore? 😩
someone take away this man's vintage encyclopedia and force him to take public transit for 3 months everywhere he needs to go. he has completely lost touch with any shred of the humanity that once made his quirky movies substantive in addition to being stylish.
a screenplay is supposed to be one page per minute, but i'd be willing to bet the screenplay for phoenician scheme is 1.5x the length of…
