The Suicide Squad (2021)

The Corto Maltese Island is the location of the latest mission of Task Force X, composed of supervillains under the control of the American government.

'The Suicide Squad' is the sequel to film with a very similar name that had quite a negative reception in 2016. With fresh energy that includes only two of the pseudo-heroes from the first film (Harley Quinn and Colonel Flag), this film rewrites the story of the first one in a very similar way, namely with an over-the-top style, an absurdist context, characters who keep their comic-based essence and the in-your-face intention to show that the lack of realism of the first film was entirely intentional and not just an ignorant accident.

Director:  James Gunn    

With: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Nathan Fillion

Rating: 8/10

Firefly (2002–2003)

A team of randomly skilled renegades find various missions while travelling in a spaceship, 500 years in the future.

A SciFi series created, written and directed by Joss Whedon and the brand of his style can be felt at all times through the well-written dialogue, with beautifully constructed lines meant to express various humorous tones in almost any situation, an attitude that's slightly too serious but mixed in with playful which seems to be present in all the heroes that Joss created (like Mal for Firefly and Buffy before him) and many similar details.

The series was abruptly canceled due to contractual details and an entire generation of fans rebelled, as a result of which Firefly continued in a movie: Serenity, and both are still very high in the tops of the most beloved cult series and movies.

Director:  Joss Whedon and others

Production:  FOX  

Creator:  Joss Whedon   

Duration:  1 season of 14 episodes (44 minutes each)   

With: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Summer Glau, Christina Hendricks, Ron Glass, Mark Sheppard

Rating: 8/10

Nomis / Night Hunter (2018)

O echipa de investigatori si un fost judecator acum justitiar neautorizat se confrunta cu un caz de rapiri si crime in serie conectate de un suspect cu probleme mentale.

Un thriller adormit, scris pe fugite, dornic de profit si fara respect pentru inteligenta audientei. Producatorii folosesc o echipa de actori talentati, dar intr-un mod atat de fad ca nu stralucesc prin nimic. Logica nu este o prioritate si cliseele se tin lant. Pierdere de timp si risipa de talent.

Regia:  David Raymond      

Cu: Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, Alexandra Daddario, Stanley Tucci, Brendan Fletcher, Minka Kelly, Nathan Fillion

Rating: 6/10

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Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019)

O sotie devine zombie si intreaga familie isi schimba viata pentru a isi controla si apara noul stil de viata.

Un serial de comedie neagra foarte eficient, bine scris si cu personaje ce plac automat. Chimia familiei intregi este de netagaduit, iar elementele horror nu servesc decat pentru a intari efectul comic. Timothy Olyphant si Skyler Gisondo sunt lipiciul ce sustin intreaga echipa si sursele umorului celui mai bine pus la punct.

Din pacate Netflix a decis ca nu va continua cu un al patrulea sezon, dar serialul va oferi destule jumatati de ora de delicii.

Productie: Netflix

Cu: Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Liv Hewson, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Natalie Morales, Alan Tudyk, Nathan Fillion, Ricardo Chavira

Rating: 9/10

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