Wick and the recent Nobody at least make efforts to mitigate the harsh violence with humor, absurdism, and/or high style. Variants on the men-who-shoot-instead-of-going-to-therapy subgenre can be thrilling. It’s one thing to stage a bullet-fest in a vacuum. He’s like a game character upgraded to 100% rage and strength, and Jordan’s youthful amiability is dropped in favor of grunts after repeatedly getting shot in his hunt for ill-defined justice.īut there’s something more amiss here. A colleague joked that perhaps algorithms and older male viewership around the Creed films’ successes landed him this gig. His work in the Creed films, Black Panther, and Just Mercy showcased a blend of strength and sensitivity, making him a fresh A-list draw. Jordan being grossly misused for nothing more than his big arms and to look cool while holding guns. The most disappointing aspect is Michael B. The eighth-grade speechifying about pawns and patriots, and, Oh, my god, somebody take out this script. The Clancy-style government rooms where men, Men, talk secrets while in suits. The B-team guy gets shot and is asked to hang in there. The lead is forced into retaliation by abrupt, unwarranted violence. Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan ( Hell or High Water) and Will Staples ( Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), as co-writers, shoot for clichés that have already been mocked for decades. The film is packed with repetitive shootouts in dimly lit spaces. The production is dark, visually and thematically.
This is a no-fun John Wick, a Death Wish as sanctioned by the armed forces, because vigilante gunplay wish-fulfillment still sells.
A lot of talented people and a lot of Paramount pre-production dollars were sunk into what’s basically a ho-hum USA Network Saturday matinee about fridging a vet into a sleek Rambo. Pad the proceedings with Clancy-level government intrigue and online-gaming action scenes, and you’ve got yourself the latest streaming offering for aimless, middle-aged men and aimless, young men the world over. Clark exacts revenge by murdering his way up the food chain involved in his wife’s killing. Jordan, is about an elite SEAL, John Clark, whose very pregnant wife is murdered in cold blood by vengeful Russians. Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, the new Paramount-to-Amazon Prime thriller starring Michael B. Look it up at your nearest used-book store.
Yeah! That right there is what we used to call paperback intrigue, folks. Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse - the novel - is a post-Vietnam veteran thriller about a lost Navy SEAL who snaps and decides to take on drug lords and the Vietnamese after his pregnant wife dies in a car crash and his new girlfriend dies at the hands of her pimp. The Pitch: Here lie the life and tragic times of John Clark, aka John Kelly, aka Tom Clancy’s killer dude.
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