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The Out-Laws (2023)
My expectations were low, and they were met.
With one being from happy Madison, I had exceedingly low expectations for it and they were met. This is one such movie where the wit begins and ends with the title, and what's left are annoying characters, jokes that never land and ineptly stage action sequences. Adam Devine is at his most insufferable in a rule that makes you question how a character this stupid and obnoxious could be a bank manager, let alone get with Nina Dobrev, and the dependable Pierce Brosnan looks bored out of his skull, albeit understandably so. Two stars for Michael Rooker for trying to make this dismal action comedy watchable.
Music (2021)
I don't know what's worse, Sia's willful ignorance on the subject of autism or her eagerness to please audiences in spite of everything else
A stupefyingly awful extended music video that's already so ill-advised in its depiction of autism but also defeats what it's going for by giving its titular character virtually no personality, Music is very much a vanity project that manifests itself in the awful cinematography/editing, uninspired direction, ghastly dialogue and obnoxious soundtrack.
Music is barely a character in her own movie, serving no purpose other than to bring others together (last time I checked, that's a plot device, not a character), Zu is an infuriating person to watch (her arc way came too late for me to care) and Ebo's role is to be the whimsical immigrant who explains Music's condition to us like we're morons. And that's before we get a self-indulgent cameo from Sia herself as the popstar "Popstar Without Borders."
A movie appalling in its eagerness to simultaneously please audiences and talk down to them, Music is sloppy, manipulative drivel made all the more baffling by the amount of talented actors, who have proven to be and are talented. It's enough to make you wonder what they saw in this.
Switch this one off.
The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
My expectations were already low and this movie exceeded them all.
An asinine, mean-spirited heist thriller with unlikable characters, brainless action sequences and even more brainless attempts at social commentary, The Last Days of American Crime does nothing to justify its bloated runtime or existence. Most of the actors look bored, Michael Pitt is the only actor trying to breathe life into this clunker and Sharlto Copley is pitifully underused.