Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts

Sunday, August 06, 2023

Enola Holmes (2020)

Enola Holmes, Sherlock's sister, begins a very personal investigation when her mother disappears.

"Enola Holmes" is an adventure and crime film, watered down for a younger and innocent audience. Without being anything special, the film is cute but its most impressive asset is the cast.

Director:  Harry Bradbeer  
With: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter

Rating: 7/10

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Hugo (2011)

Hugo is an orphan who lives in the ceiling of a train station in Paris and takes care of the mechanical clocks.

"Hugo" is an adventure film for the family, but it is experienced as a fantasy film. Martin Scorsese chose an unusual subject and built a magical story. Asa Butterfield is wonderful in the role of the silent Hugo, and Ben Kingsley enriches any cast.

Director:  Martin Scorsese       
With: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Helen McCrory, Emily Mortimer, Richard Griffiths

Rating: 9/10

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Red Notice (2021)

Two seasoned art thieves and an Interpol agent keep getting on each other's toes in their attempt to find artifacts that once belonged to Cleopatra.

'Red Notice' is an action and adventure film woven with some comedy and humor. As expected, the presence of well-known names means expensive and and almost completely shallow film. This does not mean that it is at all unwatchable, because the entertainment it offers is still entertainment, no matter how superficial; the viewers' mental health also needs some quality superficialities here and then.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber     
With: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya

Rating: 6/10

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Uncharted (2022)

Nathan Drake finally uses his vast historical knowledge after Victor "Sully" recruits him to find famous lost treasures.

'Uncharted' is an Indiana Jones-type adventure film based on a beloved video game franchise. This movie is mostly based on the latest game, Uncharted 4, but with a few key changes: new characters (like Chloe Frazer), many renamed characters (Nadine Ross became Braddock), and Nathan Drake is only just beginning his career instead of having retired with his wife (who is completely missing from the movie). The film is decent, with popular actors who carry their role well, but a bit maybe... diluted. Overall, it's still satisfying, probably much more so if you haven't also played the game.

Director:  Ruben Fleischer    
With: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle

Rating: 7/10

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Odd Thomas (2013)

Odd Thomas is a young man with premonition and other supernatural abilities who helps the police in murder cases or predicts other bad events.

'Odd Thomas' is a dark adventure movie that looks and feels like a Young Adult novel based film, but is actually an adaptation of a Dean Koontz novel. The film stars the late and beloved Anton Yelchin in the lead role, which makes the film tolerable, but in general, the picture is a disoriented mixture of a multitude of ​​chain reaction events, which overloads the viewer without allowing him get attached to the characters or the idea of ​​their failure.

Director:  Stephen Sommers      
With: Anton Yelchin, Ashley Sommers, Leonor Varela, Matthew Page, Willem Dafoe

Rating: 6/10