Well, idk how they managed to get Michael Shannon on this one but dear lord this was borderline insulting...my intelligence I mean.
40 Reviews
Awful movie
tiffanyliu-6686122 November 2020
Ironically, a subpar movie for millennials
carlos-pires15 November 2020
It's ironic that a movie that somewhat tries to champion the notion that western (and US in particular) society in the 2010's was cruel to millennials actually falls short on its own merits... which is something that happens to many millennials, in spite of their feelings of entitlement. The thing is... You can be rejected because you just can't cut it, not because you are a millennial or whatever. This was probably the most self-centred generation in modern western history.
Plus, this movie tries to have it both ways, as it tries to portray an objective view by using the "journalist writing a book" gimmick (which takes you away from the subjective view of each character and hence leads you to interpret this view as more "objective), but at the same time it slants the narrative towards a supposedly "social-justice" attitude from some of the protagonists. Well, this is all BS. The protagonists are not some modern day Robin Hoods. They are actually entitled spoiled brats and/or lazy wimps who just want their kicks and their money. Maybe this is yet another sign of the decadence of western civilization.
Surely, this is a nice production with a decent cast overall (with maybe the exception of Schwarzenegger Jr., though, because acting isn't his strongest suit), and competent execution all around. But this surely isn't a valuable contribution to cinema nor to culture as whole. And you won't be missing much if you skip it.
Plus, this movie tries to have it both ways, as it tries to portray an objective view by using the "journalist writing a book" gimmick (which takes you away from the subjective view of each character and hence leads you to interpret this view as more "objective), but at the same time it slants the narrative towards a supposedly "social-justice" attitude from some of the protagonists. Well, this is all BS. The protagonists are not some modern day Robin Hoods. They are actually entitled spoiled brats and/or lazy wimps who just want their kicks and their money. Maybe this is yet another sign of the decadence of western civilization.
Surely, this is a nice production with a decent cast overall (with maybe the exception of Schwarzenegger Jr., though, because acting isn't his strongest suit), and competent execution all around. But this surely isn't a valuable contribution to cinema nor to culture as whole. And you won't be missing much if you skip it.
Echo Boomers.
lakes-4906816 November 2020
I Totally agree with Khasding...What a Waste of Actors etc, Stupid Storyline, & ONLY,if you ENJOY seeing beautiful items of a persons belongings being utterly destroyed,watch this,OTHERWISE please avoid it,like the Plague !!!!
A very mild, pg13 heist film which tried very hard to be flashy. Nonetheless, it is entertaining n moves at a decent pace.
Fella_shibby14 November 2020
While this is not a pulse pounding thriller n Michael Shannon's role aint that big either, it is pretty entertaining n moves at a decent pace.
It is very mild compared to most heist films, ther is no action or devious plans. All the robberies r a piece of cake.
I am generous with a 7 cos i found it engrossing.
I saw this for two reasons, Michael Shannon and the genre heist.
They shud have shown the explanation of the cousin's behavior towards the end, was it really planned or not?
Pure unadulterated trash
RomeoQQ14 December 2020
I don't know why Michael Shannon agreed to be in this movie. He should fire his agent. This movie falls shorts on everything, the story, the plot, its own merits, the forced and very juvenile dialogue.
I recommend forgetting this movie and moving on. This isn't even good as a "for fun" movie to watch, or a random movie to watch during the weekends. It's pure unadulterated trash.
I recommend forgetting this movie and moving on. This isn't even good as a "for fun" movie to watch, or a random movie to watch during the weekends. It's pure unadulterated trash.
Bad Bad Movie
karlos-kastanheira16 November 2020
Rating based on HD quality of movie, plot, but not on acting
shojoe200128 January 2021
This movie was rated a 6 for the HD quality of the movie especially low budget type B production. It had a good plot and some factual basis for the story line. However, the acting was only acceptable, not good or great perhaps better story boarding or directing might have helped.It had draw power with the likes of Michael Shannon and (fans of) Lesley Ann Warren. The story line was not fluid enough to make a sort of glued to your seat watching a thriller. If the movie was re-edited and was more fluid, I would give it higher ratings.
Again, I must commend the people who did the camera work.
If you have the time watch it to understand how many people now feel and try to live a life of entitlement-this was accomplished in the movie.
Wasn't a fan of this film at all and I'm a millenial.
Brooklynsmagicmike23 December 2020
This film was supposed to appeal to our masses. Lucky I think very different from others in my generation.
The movie as whole portrays a group of young adults who are struggling in society/financially and decide to rob houses to get by. The movie at first seems interesting but after awhile it gets kind of slow and boring. The cast (which has plenty of good actors) is left squandered in this with cheesy dialogue. The film also feels low budget and visuals weren't anything great.
Overall Just wasn't fan of this B-movie, the only type of people this appeases to is teenagers to young adults who find movies like this "rad". Most older adults won't enjoy this at all.
The movie as whole portrays a group of young adults who are struggling in society/financially and decide to rob houses to get by. The movie at first seems interesting but after awhile it gets kind of slow and boring. The cast (which has plenty of good actors) is left squandered in this with cheesy dialogue. The film also feels low budget and visuals weren't anything great.
Overall Just wasn't fan of this B-movie, the only type of people this appeases to is teenagers to young adults who find movies like this "rad". Most older adults won't enjoy this at all.
Entertaining and beautifully shot
andrewdylansavoy14 November 2020
It's all about who you know
nogodnomasters28 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Based on a true story. Lance (Patrick Schwarzenegger) who can not get a job out of college travels to Chicago to work for his cousin Jack (Gilles Geary). Jack leads a group of disillusioned Echo Boomers on a crime spree. They break and enter the homes of rich people and steal the art and valuables that they fence to Mel (Michael Shannon). We know they get caught because they are telling the story from behind bars.
People smashing stuff and claiming it is political is the heart of the tale. Lance borrowed $60K to get his degree in art and not engineering. He wonders why he can't get a job and pay back the loan. Duh! Lance gives us a list of 9 commandments of life. Here are my 2. 1) If you have a good thing going, be quiet about it because someone will mess it up for you. 2) Don't get caught. And one I got from a movie, 3 people can keep a secret if 2 are dead.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
People smashing stuff and claiming it is political is the heart of the tale. Lance borrowed $60K to get his degree in art and not engineering. He wonders why he can't get a job and pay back the loan. Duh! Lance gives us a list of 9 commandments of life. Here are my 2. 1) If you have a good thing going, be quiet about it because someone will mess it up for you. 2) Don't get caught. And one I got from a movie, 3 people can keep a secret if 2 are dead.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
Dull heist movie with nothing to show for.
cruise0124 December 2020
2 out of 5 stars.
Echo Boomers tries to be a heist thriller. About a young college grad who has difficulty trying to get a job. Instead joins his group of friends who break into high class peoples home to steal there valuables and vandalized the property.
Plot tries to focus on the generation group of people. Which they feel like they are cheated in our society. So they try to get back at it by robbing peoples stuff. Dumb plot. The direction is predictable. The performances are tedious. And the film is quite forgettable.
Echo Boomers tries to be a heist thriller. About a young college grad who has difficulty trying to get a job. Instead joins his group of friends who break into high class peoples home to steal there valuables and vandalized the property.
Plot tries to focus on the generation group of people. Which they feel like they are cheated in our society. So they try to get back at it by robbing peoples stuff. Dumb plot. The direction is predictable. The performances are tedious. And the film is quite forgettable.
Not A True Story
Draysan-Jennings16 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I wasn't able to find any trace of events that supposedly happened in this film. Whoever wrote this based it off aspects from several different heists. He basically slapped them all together and called it a true story. What a sham. With the exception of the ending that doesn't mean the movie was 100% terrible. It had it's moments here and there, but that ending was just plain stupid. The Schwarzenegger kid falls in love with the leader of the Echo Boomers girlfriend. She overdoses one night and he's the only one who sticks around to make sure she's ok. Now Arnold Schwarzenegger's son is all butt hurt because none of the other crew members go with her to the hospital. Which basically didn't really matter because at this point she didn't give a 💩 about the group. Fast forward to the end. The group finally decides to do their big hit. They go into a huge mansion, pistol whip the owner and rob his safe worth millions in cash. While two of the thieves are still in the vault, Schwarzenegger locks them both inside. They obviously get caught and without hesitation spill the beans on the whole operation. Now Schwarzenegger is a wanted man & his face is all over the news. And to top it off, the girl of his dreams wants nothing to do with him. That's not even the worst part of the story. While on the run Schwarzenegger's cousin waits till he falls asleep and takes off with the money. LMAO. So stupid. He could of gotten away clean, split the money four different ways and disappeared. If this is a true story whoever the real guy is was a total moron. There was literally no moral to this story. Out of all the people to get away, it was the shadiest people in the film. This movie is not something I'd watch again but would recommend just for the humility..5 stars.
Worth watching
jewelch20 March 2021
Fascinating, dialogue-rich crime drama, based on a true story, centered on five disillusioned graduates who plunder and destroy in protest against the previous generation. Yes I recommend it. James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 3/20/2021
Rancid twaddle.
namstonk6 January 2021
"The most dangerous people are those with nothing to lose". - Rule #8
classicsoncall17 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Score one for the snowflake generation raised by parents to think they're entitled and educated to believe that everyone and everything around them is unfair, except of course, for themselves, and you've got the raison' d'etre for "Echo Boomers". One can feel some empathy for young college grads who can't get a job in an overcrowded market, but smash and grab doesn't really strike me as the way to go. Funny, but I didn't know Arnold Schwarzenegger had a son named Patrick even if he's been around a little over a decade making films. I think he looks a bit more like his mom (Maria Shriver) than his dad, but the combined set of good genes made him a good looking actor.
So this whole rebellion against the system takes a wicked turn when Lance Zutterland (Patrick Schwarzenegger) decides to go solo, even throwing some of his cohorts overboard when push came to shove. He got to know what that felt like when cousin Jack (Gilles Geary) made off with a king's ransom in stolen cash, ditching Lance in a seedy motel and taking off on his own. The story is sort of laid out in numerical order with Lance's narration of the Top Ten rules for enterprising thieves and home wreckers, some of which I would actually agree with outside of the story line's context. You would think that with everything he went through and learned about trying to take short cuts in life, Lance wouldn't have admitted to doing it again in a heartbeat.
What I wouldn't necessarily go along with though was Lance's Rule #7 - 'The best things in life are expensive'. If that powder blue suit was any indication, I'd say he would have done a better job off the rack at Old Navy. But who could argue with the price tag, six grand for a new set of duds. How can they do it so cheap?
So this whole rebellion against the system takes a wicked turn when Lance Zutterland (Patrick Schwarzenegger) decides to go solo, even throwing some of his cohorts overboard when push came to shove. He got to know what that felt like when cousin Jack (Gilles Geary) made off with a king's ransom in stolen cash, ditching Lance in a seedy motel and taking off on his own. The story is sort of laid out in numerical order with Lance's narration of the Top Ten rules for enterprising thieves and home wreckers, some of which I would actually agree with outside of the story line's context. You would think that with everything he went through and learned about trying to take short cuts in life, Lance wouldn't have admitted to doing it again in a heartbeat.
What I wouldn't necessarily go along with though was Lance's Rule #7 - 'The best things in life are expensive'. If that powder blue suit was any indication, I'd say he would have done a better job off the rack at Old Navy. But who could argue with the price tag, six grand for a new set of duds. How can they do it so cheap?
Gripping story
bardars24 July 2021
Actually a really decent movie.
brad_notpitt22 March 2021
I was shocked to see that this movie has a 5.3 rating. I really enjoyed it. Each actor played a convincing, entertaining role. Michael Shannon is always solid. Alex Pettyfer is excellent as well.
And Patrick Schwarznegger, I've never seen act before. But I must say that he did an excellent job.
Great movie, definitely recommend watching it.
94 minutes seemed like 940
dlmiley30 December 2020
Pure Drivel!
Signet7 January 2021
An unbearable, lengthy pastiche of whining by despicable young adults who feel cheated because adulthood has not arrived gold-plated and wrapped in pretty silk bows. By halfway through, I got tired of the carping and complaints , not to mention the greed and disloyalty on all fronts. and began speeding through scenes that showed people engaged in conversation. Bluntly, I was uninterested in anything these fictional characters had to say.
This film was demoralizing and depressing. Even their crimes were too nasty to be enjoyed. Skip it.
This film was demoralizing and depressing. Even their crimes were too nasty to be enjoyed. Skip it.
Echo Boomers go Smash
TheTruthofItIs30 November 2020
Decent enough story about a gang of disenfranchised millenials taking their unemployment frustrations out on the 1% with robbery and over-the-top vandalism. Michael Shannon plays the menace who only issues threats/discipline to the gang, acting as their fence. But the criminal enterprise falls apart from in-fighting, jealousies, and the ironic desire to be as independently wealthy as the 1% they condemn! The ending left one loose-end out there and that was a bit aggravating.
Entitled millenials
amyfleck16 December 2020
The movie is about a bunch of kids of this generation that think just because they went to college they should be handed good paying jobs out the gate. The true story of entitlement actually falls ironically to the main lead, Patrick Schwarzenegger, who wouldnt even be in the movie if it wasnt for his uber famous father. Boy was he terrible. Patrick, perhaps you should take some of daddys money and invest in a college degree. Or just sit on the couch and play video games like the rest of your generation.
VIEWS ON FILM review of Echo Boomers
burlesonjesse517 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
"I didn't see anything". I did earlier today when I felt giddy and decided to hit the almighty Redbox. I saw Echo Boomers. It's a dated robbery flick directed by a rookie and it's overt style that sometimes begets substance. 2010's The Town while more epic in scope, did this stuff better ten years earlier.
Anyway, "Echo" is my latest write-up. Using fast cutting flashbacks and title cards in cursive, "Echo" was released in November while being filmed almost two years ago (January 2019). Echo Boomers' helmer (Seth Savoy) commits to every shot as if his life depended on it. Channeling Joe Carnahan and a little D. J. Caruso, he fashions a vehicle that is briskly edited, hyperkinetic, snide, and unintentionally hollow.
Echo Boomers takes place in Chicago yet you can tell it was sometimes filmed elsewhere (some Second City exteriors, Salt Lake City, and neighboring Los Angeles). I live in Chi-town and yup, that always seems to annoy the heck out of me.
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Patrick (who might even be a better actor than his father), featuring Michael Shannon as the always reliable co-star, and running a fast-paced ninety-four minutes, "Echo" contains mostly unlikable characters who you don't feel much sympathy for. Even Patrick Schwarzenegger's persona as the antihero protagonist, has unclear reservations by the time "Echo" concludes.
Echo Boomers is based on a true story (I'm thinking it's the bare bones of a true story). It's about some arrogant millennials who break in, amass mass destruction, and steal from the wealthiest families in The Windy City. They do this because they can't get jobs and feel cheated by their place in the US economy. That's funny, boo-hoo-ish, and forced. I know plenty of adults between the ages of 22 and 38 and they seem to be doing just fine. Pure bullocks perhaps? You decide.
Anyway, "Echo" is my latest write-up. Using fast cutting flashbacks and title cards in cursive, "Echo" was released in November while being filmed almost two years ago (January 2019). Echo Boomers' helmer (Seth Savoy) commits to every shot as if his life depended on it. Channeling Joe Carnahan and a little D. J. Caruso, he fashions a vehicle that is briskly edited, hyperkinetic, snide, and unintentionally hollow.
Echo Boomers takes place in Chicago yet you can tell it was sometimes filmed elsewhere (some Second City exteriors, Salt Lake City, and neighboring Los Angeles). I live in Chi-town and yup, that always seems to annoy the heck out of me.
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Patrick (who might even be a better actor than his father), featuring Michael Shannon as the always reliable co-star, and running a fast-paced ninety-four minutes, "Echo" contains mostly unlikable characters who you don't feel much sympathy for. Even Patrick Schwarzenegger's persona as the antihero protagonist, has unclear reservations by the time "Echo" concludes.
Echo Boomers is based on a true story (I'm thinking it's the bare bones of a true story). It's about some arrogant millennials who break in, amass mass destruction, and steal from the wealthiest families in The Windy City. They do this because they can't get jobs and feel cheated by their place in the US economy. That's funny, boo-hoo-ish, and forced. I know plenty of adults between the ages of 22 and 38 and they seem to be doing just fine. Pure bullocks perhaps? You decide.
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