Precisely one interesting scene—Jack Ryan staring in fascination/horror as he watches a spy satellite feed of an SAS strike force assaulting an IRA training camp he ID’d—and then a whole lotta Harrison-Ford-90s-Movie white noise. (The Fugitive seems to be the one notable exception during this career lull.) Granted, Jack Ryan’s never been all that exciting of a protagonist, his (dubious) selling point being “He’s an analyst, not an action hero!”, despite constantly being thrown in action hero situations. But journeyman…
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Once Upon a Time in China 1991
Stellar example of a reportedly very fine movie from a genre I give roughly one-point-five shits about. Which is to say, hey, nice job Tsui Hark: you’ve made what Wikipedia tells me is one of the greatest Wuxia movies of all time, so you’ll receive a well-earned high five from me if/when we ever meet. Otherwise…just kinda bored throughout most of this; I enjoyed the incessant needling of colonial powers looking to slice up China in the name of spreading…
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Geostorm 2017
Back in 1994 I had a huge crush on a cheerleader at my high school named Ginger Jordan. The odds were decidedly not in my favor; I was a pudgy, oily-skinned, Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker-obsessed sophomore, while Ginger was a senior, one of the most popular students at the school, and only a few months away from heading off to college at UGA. Ginger tolerated my presence in a court-jester-to-the-queen sort of way—we shared the same drama class, during which I would use…
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