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Kaos (2024)
Just "blah".
Using ancient Greek history or mythology is a trend for the movie industry which is usually twisted in such a way and to such a point that becomes fantasy.
This series managed to do one more step towards failure. It is becoming surreal and in a way uses the Greek ancient mythology to amplify context of the story.
If you remove the names , the story frame of Ancient Gods, you could have a mediocre comedy (not dark comedy..not even close) of a family somewhere in the world where the "family dad" feels insecure of his "domain" and his surroundings.
What someone is watching is again a "bad borrowing" of names , mythology and trends of Ancient Greece just to impress.
Other than that, as already said ...a mediocre netflix series comedy which you can easily pass and watch something else.
Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
Inaccurate historicaly, ending is B class cheap
I watched the whole series and while 1st season was great and 2nd was good enough, the 3rd one looks like a cheap production with cliche dialogues and really looks like the old "Xena Princess" of the 1990s.
Historically it can not be more inaccurate and is very close to become a fantasy series than something related to Vikings or Byzantium, or even the Vatican/Europe pre-dark ages era.
It seems that recently most of the series (especially on Netflix) are becoming more and more cheap looking and of boring plot, which have nothing to offer than wasting free time watching it.
There of course series that could attract attention and keep you with them until the end (e.g. Shogun or Dark Matter) but the common perception is that quality recently seems to be going down the drain.
Giving a 5* just because a great first season.
Chao ji de wo (2019)
Nice Dark Fantasy movie
This is a nice movie in the fantasy realm. Reminds a bit of a comic dark world which has action, a good story and gives a nice scent of another world.
Full of twists and surprises and can give you some enjoyable viewing time.
I would categorize it among fantasy and thriller. Also has some nice theories in and quite a surprising end.
Also nice timing as it was available during Halloween time and has some nice dark and frightening moments. CGI is also well.made and gives a plus to the dark character of this movie
Nice also to have in English language which makes it more easy to watch for international viewers.
I would recommend it for it's interesting plot and nice atmosphere given by director.
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
Great acting, nice story
While we have been used to watch action pack Denzel , killing literally on the clock, this ones is unusually good.
Even though actions is present only in some scenes, the story is great, it keeps you through the movie to check what will happen. Twists also exists in plot in addition to one very strong feature. Denzel is a ruthless assassin which is very clear in these few action scenes.
Very well filmed, good acting even from small role actors, nice soundtrack and a pretty good ending for these series.
My suggestion is to watch it, enjoy it cause this one shows a way on how to end a movies series and not fail any expectations.
Heart of Stone (2023)
nice enough for a beer and some chips.
An action movie which for me looked like a bad combination of Mission Impossible, Person of Interest and agent X with little points of 007 and agent Q on tech level.
Nothing different or remarkable.
Acting is mediocre, action scenes with no realism (seems to vlbe the norm nowadays) , "super agent women Vs bad men" (duh! )
It's just following NETFLIX's recipe of no real meaning in scenario, full of senseless cgi.
Fun to watch for a while but not something that would pay serious attention at. If you do not have anything serious to do , we'll grab a beer and some snacks and get some watch time along with some laughs on the super skills out of reality.
A solid 5.
FUBAR (2023)
Fun as series, bellow average as action or thriller.
It all comes down under what category you would place these series.
If you think that you are going to watch an action thriller fullpack of twists and action plots then you are indeed in for a major disappointment.
If however you watch it as a fast paced fun action comedy series with no real expectations of serious drama, but just funny cheesy quotes and "spy stuff"..we'll get a bag of popcorn and a soda and have some fun.
To be honest however , taking under consideration that it is looking more like a classic contest (lol) between Schwarzenegger and Stalone (with Tulsa) from the 1980s in making a comeback with action series now, I would expect something better.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
A fantasy series.. But not a Tolkien's one
Being honest here...It is a good fantasy series, but not a Tolkien one.
The creators use names and references but they are not following the original story even as a basis to build on. Characters are not represented as described on books , stories of origin are re-written, locations are poorly presented (even though they are also described in great detail on Silmarilion).
So long story short, creators exploited the Tolkien literature masterpiece and the success P. Jackson LOTR trilogy had and tried to make a "modern story" of Middle Earth which failed miserably on so many levels.
On the show itself as i said if the names were different , story was about something else , this could make a nice fantasy story. It could even get some more positive points for music and variety of characters. However when you try to present something that is un-changed for almost a century, you may "expand" some things in order to put it on screen, but you do not change basic things, cause it is simple.. YOU ARE NOT TOLKIEN to change the story with equally good results.
So in my mind... a 4 for the effort to make a fantasy series and spend some time to create something new, but truth be told, this is a failure if the goal was to represent Tolkien's world.
Kateo (2022)
Solid recipe bad execution
While movie has a nice story, has a full pack of action scenes , however most combat scenes are unrealistic, blood splatter scenes which are also more close to a comic than an action movie, shaky camera movement which makes you dizzy.
Nice in concept, bad in execution. Watched it normally for 30 minutes or so and then fast forwarded it to check if something of the above changed during story play. It did not.
The Batman (2022)
dull, dark..failure.
Batman's character equals action. Character in comics was developed to show how a vigilante enforced justice by living two lives. One glamorous, flashy, shiny. The other one was secret, somehow dark, violent and ..full of action.
This movie was too dark. Putting everything out of color and add a taste of blackness may be adding some noir detail but is not always a recipe to success, especially if it done without balance.
3 hours long movie with some points of interest. But no real scenario being played out, no character development, a batman character which felt a bit "thin" and not able to convince about its strength, more convincing about not being in balance.
Being honest took me about 6 hours to watch it , as I fell asleep a couple.of.times in the process.
My rating: 2 for the movie. 6 for cinematography. An average of 4.
Tip: Watch Nolan's trilogy which still is the best batman series so far and maybe pass on this one.
Beckett (2021)
wasted 2 hours
I think that it would be funnier to watch painted wall dry. Bad acting, no cohesion, meaningless action scenes, in realistic shots, and many other things that lead to another very waste of money by Netflix on movies that do not attract anyone.
They should try to get into the real world and make real action films than persist on a failed recipe of films and series that "try to send a message".
The Seventh Day (2021)
a thriller, not a horror movie.
The whole movie was looking more like a police story with violent crimes .. good enough to watch unless you expect something like "rite" or "deliver us from evil".
Not the best but good enough for watch.
Run Hide Fight (2020)
Good enough for popcorn but not realistic
Movie is ok in terms of action and "fireworks" but most of the plot is unrealistic and follows a usual pattern of action hero stuff, though lacks the feel of it.
If you run into it on streaming it's ok, otherwise nothing special.
Cliffs of Freedom (2019)
Good enough
Movie shows a glimpse of what really happened for 400years of Ottoman occupation over Greeks. Though as people mentioned this is not a documentary. It's a love story taking place over that era (pure fiction that is).
It is a nice movie to watch with heavy dose of historical truth that may have an impact on Greek sentiment and to those who keep liberty protected all over the globe. Watch it by thinking of this. It is not a documentary.
Britannia (2017)
An enjoyable fantasy series
A series about Britannia in Roman era based upon fantasy and some history data which are not matching that period. However it is enjoyable to watch and has some nice plot. However what is out of place, out of context and in general does more damage to the series is both first and second music intro and choices of some music themes at certain episodes.
As said..nice to watch, nothing great but enjoyable. Tip: skip the music intro by fast forward.
La belva (2020)
Nice effort, but...
The movie is watchable and actors are decent in performance. Especially the main character who looks true enough when PTSD is getting over him.
However..
Battle and action scenes are less than poor. From the way people holding their guns (no trained person would do it like this) to the point fighting scenes are taking place looking slow , similar to a training pace.
A person who is supposed to have such a long time in special forces as described , should at least have a certain fighting style and pattern , quite distinctive from average persons or even thugs.
All in all, good effort in plot and acting...but failed huge when it comes to battle/fight choreography. In an action movie this should be a pro+ and not a con-
movie to my opinion is a 6 to 6.5. Watchable but nothing more than that.
The Liberator (2020)
Very good series
Although animated , it can perfectly give you the battle feeling and all sentiments that such a situation carries. It does (to a point) copuly the classic of "Band of Brothers", but it is certainly a very good series to watch.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels: Santa Muerte (2020)
Pretty good but not Penny Dreadful by a Longshot
Penny Dreadful originally was about a paper costing a penny at London region with dark goth tales of horror in the past. It has a certain audience with according expectations
It's more like a mystery thriller series ..kinda good but far from being a chapter of the original series. Watch but do not compare
The Mandalorian (2019)
A true Star Wars series.
This pays real tribute to the saga which recently has not been the same. CGI is not all over the place, and this little Yoda looks like a character that may promises a new saga under a new tittle maybe and a different story, but equally fascinating.
6 Underground (2019)
what a waste...
While this movie had some very nice action scenes, has a typical blockbuster script, ... the whole movie was wasted due to serious script flow issues, had no cohesion what so ever, .. no to mention the hasty development of some very interesting points of the story. Too bad for Netflix.. this could be a blockbuster, as money spent were good enough for an action film
Inside the FBI: New York (2017)
A very good documentary
Taking under consideration that giving intel about FBI is highly scrutinized , especially regarding classified intel that should not be publicly disclosed, this show gives a very well presented image of FBI service.
I believe that this attempt is also a "positive campaign" that is mainly focusing on how to counter balance all this negative publicity that surrounds the agency after Trump's - Comey dispute.
All in all, if you want to get a reality check on what FBI service does and get a generic idea of some incidents, it is a nice and pleasant show to watch.
American Gods (2017)
Up and down. Plot is too slow
I have not read the book. I had no clue of the story of this series. Just watched first two episodes.
However: 1) is there some Director school out there that says "strange and slow" is the new way for attracting viewers?if there is , then shut it down. It is killing all stories that may be superb on normal flow.
2) While the story seems interesting and has some "supernatural hints" that keeps you addicted, it does not need some shots that gets you wondering if you should do some kind of drugs to keep up with it.
3) Really like this "devilish - demonic" twist of words and phrases. They are something that makes a lot of difference for such a story.
will stay with it to watch 1 or 2 more episodes, but things really need to speed up and these "long-lasting" director shots that add nothing to the plot need to be taken out , to my opinion.
Legion (2017)
A very nice show to watch if in need to get some sleep.
Really now... if you are suffering from some kind of insomnia and you need something to ease your lack of sleep , i totally suggest this one.
Too slow, too psychedelic to the point that you want to take something to follow their lead, too much effort to transfer a solid and mysterious comic story to the big screen where result is absolute boredom and a major headache.
Watched 5 episodes, on all 5 after 10 or 20 minutes i fell asleep.
Save yourself some time.. don't watch it.
The Exorcist (2016)
great start for a revived story.
So far this series has met expectations to my opinion. Looks like the initial story of the movie is there again, but only with significant differences being good enough to keep you in the chair.
You might also feel the chilling effect on your back , in one or two scenes as story evolves and certainly something that needs some kind of mood preparation that this is gonna be a horror story to watch like old times, with lights off and maybe use a dolby dts system.
One suggestion here... there is a time-line point where the original soundtrack is playing again which is simply one thing i would really like to stay. All in all, fans of this kind of horror movies, you should watch this. Negative part... only 5 episodes!
Mr. Robot (2015)
Total disappointment
as usual in series, season 2 fails to meet expectations
- Hacker is addicted to drugs and psychotic. - evil corps and security services are always working to conquer the world. - no real action than just a boring and slow process of character development to present ... really what are they trying to present? What is the set of questions that are brought for thinking here? Hackers trying to take over the world while some others try to do the same with other means?
Too bad.. first season was indeed something that was working viewers interest and scaled up reactions to a dramatic end. This season we still have not seen a scenario/plot forming up rather than a presentation of each person's story.
Kill Command (2016)
A nice surprise.
Although most of the times ratings in IMDb do give a nice warning on what you are about to watch, this time , this 5.9 rating is probably a rating that does injustice to the movie.
There are a lot of special effects with CGI and carefully designed for friends of sci-fi movies and the scenario is quite interesting. Of course it lacks certain details on actors lines and plot, (otherwise it could be a blockbuster), but the whole concept is interesting and troubling at the same time. Certain details regarding tech on this movie are not fictional and have a base on what DARPA has produced recently along with battle equipment that already exist, on a different form.
All in all, i think that this movie is totally worth watching and it is certainly something that would trigger some wondering afterwards on what is about to come on battlefields, regarding technology and human-troops.