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On 08/07/2017 at 01:18 PM by Super Step

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Has:

- great action

-awesome visual style

- super cool and well-used 80s hits soundtrack

- Charlize Theron and a hot French woman who apparently was the recent Mummy doing hot lady stuff

Lacks:

- a coherent and easily followed plot, at least for me

- unpredictability; despite the incoherence, I still somehow saw the double-spy stuff a mile away

I say see it in theaters, but maybe Wikipedia the plot first if you care about it. Otherwise, just enjoy one director of John Wick and the director of the next Deadpool movie throwing late 80s Berlin at your face.

Comments

Cary Woodham

08/07/2017 at 01:20 PM

Hooray for 80s!

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/07/2017 at 02:47 PM

I really like the neon visuals and music, but like I said ... Not exactly easy to follow. Lol

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/07/2017 at 01:22 PM

mmmmm Charlize....

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/07/2017 at 02:48 PM

She is amazingly sexy. I forgot. The movie definitely remembered ... Lol

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/07/2017 at 02:53 PM

yeah she's smart as a whip too. Definitely Grade A woman!

KnightDriver

08/07/2017 at 08:45 PM

You make me sad I missed it, but I'm just not that thrilled with film right now. I'm not sure why, but I couldn't get myself to go.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/07/2017 at 09:05 PM

To be honest, if you're not thrilled to go it is provably better to rent anyway. Then maybe you can pause and figure out what the f is going on.

KnightDriver

08/07/2017 at 09:06 PM

I was afraid of that, but I really wanted to go for the visual style.

goaztecs

08/09/2017 at 12:37 PM

I might have missed the window to watch this flick in the fancy theater but I will catch it on video. It sounds like the perfect popcorn flick.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/09/2017 at 01:15 PM

It's out of theaters?! I thought it'd do better than THAT!

goaztecs

08/09/2017 at 11:41 PM

I checked and the fancy theater has one showing at 10pm. I'm now debating if I should go.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/10/2017 at 11:34 AM

If you can stomach style over substance to a degree ( they tried for substance, but it seems to be universal consensus most didn't "get it"), then I say go for it.

If you're not a John Wick fan or get annoyed easily by not being entirely sure what's happening, then matinee or rent.

It's a REALLY good one stylistically though, if the fancy theater has a nice screen or something.

goaztecs

08/16/2017 at 11:16 AM

I liked John Wick, fun film. I decided against going to that showing so it looks like I might just have to rent.

Julian Titus Senior Editor

08/09/2017 at 10:53 PM

I loved it, but I agree it is a little hard to follow. I watched a second time (after finishing reading Bridge of Spies), and I liked it even better. I've been doing a ton of reading on the Cold War, so this hit the spot for me. Also, the director said Lorraine is in the John Wick universe, so I'm crossing fingers for her to show up in John Wick 3 as an older, still badass killer, ala MGS 4.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/10/2017 at 11:30 AM

I think I would like it more if I read The Coldest City to fill in some gaps.

Halochief90

08/12/2017 at 06:49 AM

I saw the trailer at Dunkirk and Baby Driver. Not really interested despite looking like it will have some good action.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/12/2017 at 12:48 PM

Oh, it has GREAT action. I thought beginning to end, some are saying it was mostly the one-take looking stairwell shot at the end, but it's not lacking there.

Story and character motivation are what's difficult to figure out and therefore get into. For me, it's like Dunkirk in that respect, only I prefer this movie's visual style. And yes, I get that WWII is going to have a certain visual style, but I still like what I like.