Flight is a movie about a struggling alcoholic. The film opens with Whip, played by Denzel Washington, waking up, finishing a beer, doing some coke, and then flying a commercial flight. During the flight there is a mechanical failure and the plane goes down. Whip pilots the plane to a miraculous landing saving 96 of the 102 people on board. The rest of the film follows the fallout of the crash.
The first half of the movie is great. Denzel's performance is nuanced and engaging. The film falls apart however because it doesn't go anywhere. The second half of the movie loops in on itself and repeats the same series of actions over and over. Denzel's love interest is so underdeveloped and contrived it takes you out of the film anytime it's shoehorned into the plot. The ending is sappy, unsatisfying, and unbelievable.
After ten years of dealing with computers it seems Robert Zemeckis has forgotten how human's actually work.
Rent It.
The Man With The Iron Fists is a Kung fu movie written, directed, and starring RZA. The dialogue is terrible, the plot makes no sense, but the fighting is great. As I watched it I felt like it was a complete waste of time until I realized what a passion project it was for RZA. Everyone knows how much the Wu Tang Clan loves Kung fu movies. And it's obvious that a lot of love went into the movie however poorly it turned out. If RZA decides to make another movie I would simply suggest working with a professional screenwriter.
And the wigs were absolutely terrible.
Don't See It.
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