Bad Boys for Life (2020)

A drug lord mother and her son carry out a series of attacks that seem to target the policemen involved in a 20-year old mission, which also included Mike.

'Bad Boys for Life' is a police action thriller, made 17 years after the second installment of the franchise. Without being necessary, the film adds some more or less plausible complications from the carachters' past to explain why the present-day grandparents are seeing serious action again. Not great, but good enough for the fans.

Director:  Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah   

With: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Kate del Castillo, Charles Melton, Joe Pantoliano, Jacob Scipio

Rating: 6/10

Bright (2017)

Intr-o realitate moderna alternativa, fiinte de fantezie traiesc laolalta cu oamenii, creand un context favorabil rasismului. Un politist uman trebuie sa lucreze cu un partener orca in demascarea unor cazuri de coruptie complicate.

Un film de actiune politist cu o aroma fantezista destul de originala. Vine de la un veteran al dramelor politiste (David Ayer - Harsh Times, End of Watch, Street Kings) ce incearca sa lege genuri prin tematici umane des folosite care isi au meritul lor destul de evident. Filmul a primit tot felul de palme si, desi  e imperfect si lasa de dorit, nu isi merita titlul de cel mai prost film al anului 2017. Tandemul celor doi eroi e placut, povestea nu duce lipsa de un miez credibil si satisfacator si portia de entertainment e de ajuns de bogata.

Regia:  David Ayer      

Cu: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramírez, Happy Anderson,  Jay Hernandez

Rating: 6/10

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