Monday, 30 January 2017
Saturday, 28 January 2017
Departures (Re-watch)
Hadn't seen this in a while. Testament to how quiet and moving it is, my viewing companion burst into tears at the ending.
A good film that just explores ordinary people leading ordinary lives. 8/10
A good film that just explores ordinary people leading ordinary lives. 8/10
Thursday, 26 January 2017
The Jinx
Well. This was fucked up.
My friend put on the first episode when we were drunk round his once, and I'd told him to turn it off. I think because I found the opening so disgusting, and I didn't like the way the credits rolled and made it look like an episode of The Wire.
But I sat down yesterday and thought I'd give it another go sober.
And how glad I am that I did. It reminded me a lot of a true crime book I read by Richard Lloyd Parry about the Lucy Blackman murder in Tokyo called People Who Eat Darkness. If you haven't read that, you definitely should.
This was fantastic. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it. 9/10
My friend put on the first episode when we were drunk round his once, and I'd told him to turn it off. I think because I found the opening so disgusting, and I didn't like the way the credits rolled and made it look like an episode of The Wire.
But I sat down yesterday and thought I'd give it another go sober.
And how glad I am that I did. It reminded me a lot of a true crime book I read by Richard Lloyd Parry about the Lucy Blackman murder in Tokyo called People Who Eat Darkness. If you haven't read that, you definitely should.
This was fantastic. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it. 9/10
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Ghost in the Shell
So I went to the cinema to watch this, and I'm really glad I did.
I'd tried to watch it on VHS many years ago, and I'd given up. It was good to finally see it on the big screen, as it's definitely one of those cult classics worth knowing about.
And that's maybe the problem with this film: I'd heard so much about it; how it had influenced The Matrix; how it was incredible; how it was going to be made into a live action film with Scarlett Johansson; and all the rest.
But to be honest, this film has really dated. Such a great idea nestling behind it all – tech-fused with humanity, tech developing human characteristics etc. etc.
But this film is sooooooo slow. It takes ages to get going, and when it finally does, it's over. It's just a sad fact that Japanese animation has come on a long way since.
There was a sneak preview of the live action film before this screening, and I have to say – that did look pretty cool. I may have to check it out, perhaps it can develop on from concepts established in the original. But this anime film, I neither love nor hate. 5/10
I'd tried to watch it on VHS many years ago, and I'd given up. It was good to finally see it on the big screen, as it's definitely one of those cult classics worth knowing about.
And that's maybe the problem with this film: I'd heard so much about it; how it had influenced The Matrix; how it was incredible; how it was going to be made into a live action film with Scarlett Johansson; and all the rest.
But to be honest, this film has really dated. Such a great idea nestling behind it all – tech-fused with humanity, tech developing human characteristics etc. etc.
But this film is sooooooo slow. It takes ages to get going, and when it finally does, it's over. It's just a sad fact that Japanese animation has come on a long way since.
There was a sneak preview of the live action film before this screening, and I have to say – that did look pretty cool. I may have to check it out, perhaps it can develop on from concepts established in the original. But this anime film, I neither love nor hate. 5/10
Vice Principals
I've said before I didn't plan on reviewing series on here so much, and I still don't, because I don't watch many. But I've decided to make a note of any I do, because then it will explain gaps in my film watching.
From the team who brought us Eastbound & Down and The Foot Fist Way, this is a new HBO comedy series from Danny McBride and Jody Hill.
This first series was brilliant. So dark, devious and horrible, but great fun. They're so good at making terrible characters who you just can't help but follow (and not necessarily root for, but feel something toward them). I'm really looking forward to watching the second series when it comes out. 8/10
From the team who brought us Eastbound & Down and The Foot Fist Way, this is a new HBO comedy series from Danny McBride and Jody Hill.
This first series was brilliant. So dark, devious and horrible, but great fun. They're so good at making terrible characters who you just can't help but follow (and not necessarily root for, but feel something toward them). I'm really looking forward to watching the second series when it comes out. 8/10
Monday, 23 January 2017
Deprogrammed
Yeah. I'm glad I decided to rate documentaries out of ten, because this was not a good one. The subject matter was so interesting, but the filmmaker didn't delve deeply enough into it.
I came away from it wondering what exactly the film was trying to say. I'd say this was perhaps due to the filmmakers decision to sandwich the documentary with footage and an interview of her brother (who was deprogrammed, and wasn't a fan). I think it felt almost like she had an agenda to say that deprogramming was bad. But from what I could see, it had helped quite a few people.
What should we do? Stand by and let cults take our loved ones? Perhaps the feeling I get from this is that we should never allow the bonds that hold us together as family, and as friends, become so weak that a person feels like they need to seek love and belonging elsewhere. 4/10
I came away from it wondering what exactly the film was trying to say. I'd say this was perhaps due to the filmmakers decision to sandwich the documentary with footage and an interview of her brother (who was deprogrammed, and wasn't a fan). I think it felt almost like she had an agenda to say that deprogramming was bad. But from what I could see, it had helped quite a few people.
What should we do? Stand by and let cults take our loved ones? Perhaps the feeling I get from this is that we should never allow the bonds that hold us together as family, and as friends, become so weak that a person feels like they need to seek love and belonging elsewhere. 4/10
Capturing the Friedmans
I still feel hesitant giving this kind of film a score out of ten. It just seems insensitive to the subject matter. But then again, at some point I'm going to have to start distinguishing between good documentaries and bad ones.
This was most certainly a good one, albeit disturbing.
I just can't imagine what it must've been like being a part of this family, and I heavily sympathised with the mother. The sons were so abusive towards her, and I really hope she's found happiness in her new life. I also wondered about the absence of the eldest son, Seth. What happened to him? Perhaps he was a good guy and just got on with his life. I felt less and less sympathy for the father and the two sons involved in the film as it progressed. In my gut, I feel they were all guilty of something. Maybe this wasn't what the film was setting out to do. I'm not sure.
The tagline says: "Who do you believe?", and after watching the film, I'd say: nobody. 8/10
This was most certainly a good one, albeit disturbing.
I just can't imagine what it must've been like being a part of this family, and I heavily sympathised with the mother. The sons were so abusive towards her, and I really hope she's found happiness in her new life. I also wondered about the absence of the eldest son, Seth. What happened to him? Perhaps he was a good guy and just got on with his life. I felt less and less sympathy for the father and the two sons involved in the film as it progressed. In my gut, I feel they were all guilty of something. Maybe this wasn't what the film was setting out to do. I'm not sure.
The tagline says: "Who do you believe?", and after watching the film, I'd say: nobody. 8/10
Sunday, 22 January 2017
Pacific Rim
God this film sucks!
Anyone who thinks this film is good needs to reassess their life. This was my third attempt at watching it, and I only managed to get through it in three sittings. I'm still trying to watch it now – Idris Elba is giving a motivational speech. Almost finished, thank the Lord.
Where to begin with how bad it is... The concept is dumb, the dialogue is terrible, the plot is cack, the characters are flat. So much so that I was actually rooting for the Kaiju to win. Seriously – these poor monsters are just trying to get on with things and the humans keep fucking with them.
I don't understand where they got the technology for doing "the drift", and I don't understand how the two people control the machine from within. No one seems to mind that these Jaegers cause as much damage to the cities as the Kaiju do. None of it makes any sense, but we the audience are supposed to just lap it all up.
Everything that happens feels so predictable and so obvious that it makes watching the film a chore. The only good thing about this film was Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I'm shocked that this was made by the same guy as Pan's Labyrinth.
Pile of shit. 1/10
Anyone who thinks this film is good needs to reassess their life. This was my third attempt at watching it, and I only managed to get through it in three sittings. I'm still trying to watch it now – Idris Elba is giving a motivational speech. Almost finished, thank the Lord.
Where to begin with how bad it is... The concept is dumb, the dialogue is terrible, the plot is cack, the characters are flat. So much so that I was actually rooting for the Kaiju to win. Seriously – these poor monsters are just trying to get on with things and the humans keep fucking with them.
I don't understand where they got the technology for doing "the drift", and I don't understand how the two people control the machine from within. No one seems to mind that these Jaegers cause as much damage to the cities as the Kaiju do. None of it makes any sense, but we the audience are supposed to just lap it all up.
Everything that happens feels so predictable and so obvious that it makes watching the film a chore. The only good thing about this film was Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I'm shocked that this was made by the same guy as Pan's Labyrinth.
Pile of shit. 1/10
Saturday, 21 January 2017
From Dusk Till Dawn (Re-watch)
Watched this a bit drunk last night. Apparently I was spouting lots of theories about how revolutionary it was in subverting and fusing genres.
I don't remember so much about it this morning. It's a silly film. I remember when I first saw it, I didn't like the vampire section and wished it had just run as a gangster flick from start to finish.
Now I'm not so sure. The vampire section is pretty funny. 7/10
I don't remember so much about it this morning. It's a silly film. I remember when I first saw it, I didn't like the vampire section and wished it had just run as a gangster flick from start to finish.
Now I'm not so sure. The vampire section is pretty funny. 7/10
Thursday, 19 January 2017
A Simple Life
Yeah. I liked this film a lot. Great actors – Andy Lau and Deanie Ip had a great on-screen magnetism. I suppose it was a lot like a Hong Kong version of The Remains of the Day.
The mise en scène was beautiful, and I don't know what it is about films and photography that come from Hong Kong and China, but I find they often have a lovely texture to the picture. Difficult to describe, but I loved the colours and the cinematography, and the odd quirky camera angle that pops up here and there.
It was a sad film, which ultimately served as a reminder to me that it's not death that scares me, but growing old. The scenes from the old-people's home were just so desolate.
Growing old is a scary thing. 7/10
The mise en scène was beautiful, and I don't know what it is about films and photography that come from Hong Kong and China, but I find they often have a lovely texture to the picture. Difficult to describe, but I loved the colours and the cinematography, and the odd quirky camera angle that pops up here and there.
It was a sad film, which ultimately served as a reminder to me that it's not death that scares me, but growing old. The scenes from the old-people's home were just so desolate.
Growing old is a scary thing. 7/10
Big Night
Well, I loved this film.
What is it about food films? They're so soothing, so simple. It reminded me a lot of that recent Jon Favreau film called Chef, and also another film called Dinner Rush (which I caught once in a pizza restaurant in Roppongi and vowed I was going to sit down and watch properly some time. Still not sure if I've done that...).
At times the plot was overly-simple and transparent, and there was a kind of innocent awkwardness to the way the film was put together – like people learning how to make a film. But just like a lucky first time at trying a recipe, the end result was magnificent.
The relationship between the brothers was great, and the near silent exposition in the first scene was an incredibly great way to set up two characters without them really saying anything. Minnie Driver was stellar in this, as was Ian Holm – always good to see my fellow Brits killing it in Hollywood.
The final scene was just breathtaking. A man cooking eggs for two others, none of whom say anything, but the gestures, the balance, the breathing, the expressions told a story with an unconventional, yet extremely heartwarming ending. 8/10
What is it about food films? They're so soothing, so simple. It reminded me a lot of that recent Jon Favreau film called Chef, and also another film called Dinner Rush (which I caught once in a pizza restaurant in Roppongi and vowed I was going to sit down and watch properly some time. Still not sure if I've done that...).
At times the plot was overly-simple and transparent, and there was a kind of innocent awkwardness to the way the film was put together – like people learning how to make a film. But just like a lucky first time at trying a recipe, the end result was magnificent.
The relationship between the brothers was great, and the near silent exposition in the first scene was an incredibly great way to set up two characters without them really saying anything. Minnie Driver was stellar in this, as was Ian Holm – always good to see my fellow Brits killing it in Hollywood.
The final scene was just breathtaking. A man cooking eggs for two others, none of whom say anything, but the gestures, the balance, the breathing, the expressions told a story with an unconventional, yet extremely heartwarming ending. 8/10
Saturday, 14 January 2017
God's Not Dead (Re-watch)
I can't believe I'm writing this film down as a Re-watch.
But then again, I can't believe in God. Nor can I believe that this film a) was even made or b) has an audience at all.
The premise is just as unbelievable: Christian college freshman enrols in a Philosophy class where the lecturer begins his syllabus by telling them they all should be atheists, and that they must write down the three titular words on a piece of paper and hand it to him. Our humble hero refuses, and so ensues a fucked debate each week between him and the professor.
Which is stupid enough in itself, but then you get to see all the peripheral characters and sub plots – a lot of them are fundamentally offensive – as well as shitty camera work and bad music. This film is just pure Christian propaganda, and must have been funded on some massively misguided church donations.
I could go on and on listing how shit this film is, but it still doesn't change the fact that I chose to watch it for a second time... 1/10
...Oh, and there's a sequel.
But then again, I can't believe in God. Nor can I believe that this film a) was even made or b) has an audience at all.
The premise is just as unbelievable: Christian college freshman enrols in a Philosophy class where the lecturer begins his syllabus by telling them they all should be atheists, and that they must write down the three titular words on a piece of paper and hand it to him. Our humble hero refuses, and so ensues a fucked debate each week between him and the professor.
Which is stupid enough in itself, but then you get to see all the peripheral characters and sub plots – a lot of them are fundamentally offensive – as well as shitty camera work and bad music. This film is just pure Christian propaganda, and must have been funded on some massively misguided church donations.
I could go on and on listing how shit this film is, but it still doesn't change the fact that I chose to watch it for a second time... 1/10
...Oh, and there's a sequel.
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Listen Up Philip
I'm looking forward to reviewing this piece of crap later.
And now that I'm sitting down to write the review, I feel like some of the anger has subsided. Don't get me wrong – I still hate this film beyond belief. And I hate all of the similar American indie films, especially the ones set in New York concerning some of its more pretentious inhabitants. Here, let me try to write a scene of dialogue from this kind of shitty production:
INT DAY. A BROTHER AND SISTER ARE CLEARING OUT AN APARTMENT.
BROTHER: You know mother always blamed you for her cancer.
SISTER: You should shave that beard. Women don't like hirsute men.
BROTHER: That dress makes you look infertile.
SISTER: I can't believe mother left you her typewriter. She knew I wanted that.
And so on. You get the picture. Horrible people who think they are very clever saying snarky "witty" things to each other. Add a shitty narrator's voice over the top, make the main character a selfish writer who is completely dislikable, give him an older writer to look up to, throw in some stupid affairs that lead nowhere. You've just made a shitty film that stupid people will go watch thinking it makes them clever.
Fuck these kinds of films. Get in the sea. 4/10
And now that I'm sitting down to write the review, I feel like some of the anger has subsided. Don't get me wrong – I still hate this film beyond belief. And I hate all of the similar American indie films, especially the ones set in New York concerning some of its more pretentious inhabitants. Here, let me try to write a scene of dialogue from this kind of shitty production:
INT DAY. A BROTHER AND SISTER ARE CLEARING OUT AN APARTMENT.
BROTHER: You know mother always blamed you for her cancer.
SISTER: You should shave that beard. Women don't like hirsute men.
BROTHER: That dress makes you look infertile.
SISTER: I can't believe mother left you her typewriter. She knew I wanted that.
And so on. You get the picture. Horrible people who think they are very clever saying snarky "witty" things to each other. Add a shitty narrator's voice over the top, make the main character a selfish writer who is completely dislikable, give him an older writer to look up to, throw in some stupid affairs that lead nowhere. You've just made a shitty film that stupid people will go watch thinking it makes them clever.
Fuck these kinds of films. Get in the sea. 4/10
Atari: Game Over
This was pretty interesting. It's always fun to watch these documentaries about video games. I always feel like it's such an overlooked art form.
I think I'm getting a little tired of this whole 'it's cool to be a geek' movement. Can't we just enjoy things without having to make it a lifestyle choice? I mean, just because you like games do you have to buy a black T-shirt and not wash your hair?
Can't we just enjoy games without turning it into a cult? 7/10
I think I'm getting a little tired of this whole 'it's cool to be a geek' movement. Can't we just enjoy things without having to make it a lifestyle choice? I mean, just because you like games do you have to buy a black T-shirt and not wash your hair?
Can't we just enjoy games without turning it into a cult? 7/10
Saturday, 7 January 2017
Audrie & Daisy
This was pretty shocking. It made me despair about humanity a little. I'm not going to rate it because that feels insensitive to the subject matter.
But it was definitely an eye-opening documentary.
But it was definitely an eye-opening documentary.
Friday, 6 January 2017
Silence
I was really excited about seeing this film having enjoyed the book so much. Ironically, despite it being a great film, I think it was my prior knowledge of the plot that spoilt my enjoyment slightly. It's that age old cliché of the film never living up to the book.
But I thought Scorsese did an amazing job, and I loved the decision not to have music in the film. I wasn't sure about the insinuations the ending made, and I think it might have deviated from the book slightly, but I'll have to go back and re-read to check.
Great cast of actors, beautifully shot. A good film overall. 7/10
But I thought Scorsese did an amazing job, and I loved the decision not to have music in the film. I wasn't sure about the insinuations the ending made, and I think it might have deviated from the book slightly, but I'll have to go back and re-read to check.
Great cast of actors, beautifully shot. A good film overall. 7/10
Thursday, 5 January 2017
Nightcrawler
This film was fantastic.
I wasn't sure what to expect going into it, but it turned out to be one of those pleasant surprises. Jake Gyllenhaal's performance was exceptional. Having seen him recently in Nocturnal Animals he seemed like an entirely different person. I loved his character in this – like a demented Steve Jobs clone working the seedy streets of LA with his camera, spouting weird business buzzwords to the excellent Riz Ahmed who played Rick (Riz is a British actor who was also in Four Lions). Rene Russo and Bill Paxton also put in great appearances.
Everything about this film worked perfectly, and was so enthralling, I'll definitely revisit it at some point. I hope it withstands multiple viewings. 9/10
I wasn't sure what to expect going into it, but it turned out to be one of those pleasant surprises. Jake Gyllenhaal's performance was exceptional. Having seen him recently in Nocturnal Animals he seemed like an entirely different person. I loved his character in this – like a demented Steve Jobs clone working the seedy streets of LA with his camera, spouting weird business buzzwords to the excellent Riz Ahmed who played Rick (Riz is a British actor who was also in Four Lions). Rene Russo and Bill Paxton also put in great appearances.
Everything about this film worked perfectly, and was so enthralling, I'll definitely revisit it at some point. I hope it withstands multiple viewings. 9/10
The Revenant (Re-watch)
I'm not going to spend too much time on this film.
I saw it originally at the cinema, and I think I was slightly more blown away by it the first time. It didn't live up to re-watching so much.
I think the reason for this is that it's stunning visually (same cinematographer as Children of Men) but the storyline is a bit weak. There are so many little plot holes and pitfalls in the narrative that really stand out on a second viewing, and aside from the beautiful landscape photography and a couple of wicked action sequences, there's not much to this film.
A bit like ringing out a slightly damp cloth. 7/10
I saw it originally at the cinema, and I think I was slightly more blown away by it the first time. It didn't live up to re-watching so much.
I think the reason for this is that it's stunning visually (same cinematographer as Children of Men) but the storyline is a bit weak. There are so many little plot holes and pitfalls in the narrative that really stand out on a second viewing, and aside from the beautiful landscape photography and a couple of wicked action sequences, there's not much to this film.
A bit like ringing out a slightly damp cloth. 7/10
Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Coraline
I really enjoyed this film, and it made me want to check out the book. I liked the talking cat in the other world, and it made me think of a dark Alice in Wonderland. I was a bit drunk when I watched this, so I might have to go back and look at it again to get a stronger impression, but I think the story had a good kind of moral – try to be content with what you have. Things could always be worse than they are now.
Not a bad way to think about life. 8/10
Not a bad way to think about life. 8/10
Big (Re-watch)
This was one of my favourites from when I was growing up. I remember renting it from the video shop with my parents and watching it umpteen times as a kid. I don't know how many times I must have seen it.
Kind of a strange experience watching it again, and now in retrospect I can see why. When I first watched this film, I would've been about 7 or so – even younger than the 13-year-old version of Tom Hanks. And at that time, even he seemed big to me. When he transformed into a man, that was just something unfathomable at the time. But now, watching it as a 34-year-old man, there's something clawing away at me inside about how sad it all is. And maybe not in the way the film intended.
This 1980s idea of materialism, money and power keeps pervading these old films I watched, and now I see how we were kind of indoctrinated in that era to covet those things. I'm not sure whether the film deals with this in a positive way or not, and the moral message of the film seems lost to me now. Is it about growing old? Is it about staying young? Is it about a loss of sexual innocence? (someone pointed out to me while we were watching that it was kind of sick that he has a sexual encounter with an older woman in the film). Experiencing the right things at the right time? Being careful what you wish for?
And that's what makes it tough to watch now, as an older man. What seemed so sad and poignant to me as a child when he looks back at his adult girlfriend wearing that baggy suit, having changed back into a child again, I feel like I see a different kind of sadness in the film now. That I look back on a film I once loved so much, and now just see it as kind of mediocre. 7/10
Kind of a strange experience watching it again, and now in retrospect I can see why. When I first watched this film, I would've been about 7 or so – even younger than the 13-year-old version of Tom Hanks. And at that time, even he seemed big to me. When he transformed into a man, that was just something unfathomable at the time. But now, watching it as a 34-year-old man, there's something clawing away at me inside about how sad it all is. And maybe not in the way the film intended.
This 1980s idea of materialism, money and power keeps pervading these old films I watched, and now I see how we were kind of indoctrinated in that era to covet those things. I'm not sure whether the film deals with this in a positive way or not, and the moral message of the film seems lost to me now. Is it about growing old? Is it about staying young? Is it about a loss of sexual innocence? (someone pointed out to me while we were watching that it was kind of sick that he has a sexual encounter with an older woman in the film). Experiencing the right things at the right time? Being careful what you wish for?
And that's what makes it tough to watch now, as an older man. What seemed so sad and poignant to me as a child when he looks back at his adult girlfriend wearing that baggy suit, having changed back into a child again, I feel like I see a different kind of sadness in the film now. That I look back on a film I once loved so much, and now just see it as kind of mediocre. 7/10
Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Sunday, 1 January 2017
Barfly
I really enjoyed this film – although, I'm not sure how much I was convinced of Mickey Rourke's imitation of Bukowski. He just didn't seem much like Bukowski, and in some ways I think the film would've benefited from making the main character a bit less like Bukowski, and a bit more like Mickey Rourke, or something... But what do I know?
It didn't detract from an entertaining examination of LA's seedy underbelly with its drunkards, fighting, dive bars and seedy guesthouses, with poets and whores lurking in every corner.
I thought this was a great film, and the actors all put in solid performances. There was a good trace of humour to the story too, and it wasn't all just doom and gloom. The sprit of the film searched for a beauty, or an elegance in a subculture that many turn their noses up at. 8/10
It didn't detract from an entertaining examination of LA's seedy underbelly with its drunkards, fighting, dive bars and seedy guesthouses, with poets and whores lurking in every corner.
I thought this was a great film, and the actors all put in solid performances. There was a good trace of humour to the story too, and it wasn't all just doom and gloom. The sprit of the film searched for a beauty, or an elegance in a subculture that many turn their noses up at. 8/10
Lo And Behold
Classic Werner Herzog.
Another solid documentary from the master. Of course, at times I don't necessarily buy into nor agree with some of the views and opinions expressed by the people interviewed for this documentary. Nor do I share such a bleak view of the Internet itself.
However, you cannot criticize Herzog's method of telling a story, or the classy little humourous bits that pop out in the film. One of the most memorable for me was the footage of all the Buddhist monks on their smartphones by the river in that American city (was it Colombus, Ohio?) coupled with his voiceover saying something like, "Do the monks still meditate? Or are they all just on Twitter?"
The parts about AI and robotics were fascinating. 8/10
Another solid documentary from the master. Of course, at times I don't necessarily buy into nor agree with some of the views and opinions expressed by the people interviewed for this documentary. Nor do I share such a bleak view of the Internet itself.
However, you cannot criticize Herzog's method of telling a story, or the classy little humourous bits that pop out in the film. One of the most memorable for me was the footage of all the Buddhist monks on their smartphones by the river in that American city (was it Colombus, Ohio?) coupled with his voiceover saying something like, "Do the monks still meditate? Or are they all just on Twitter?"
The parts about AI and robotics were fascinating. 8/10
They Live
This was an absolute gem.
I'd been meaning to watch this for a while, and it was good to kill a few hours on a long plane journey to America. I'd seen clips of the epic fight scene, and it didn't disappoint.
Just a fun, incisive criticism of capitalist 80s America. Brilliant concept, immersive storytelling, and good entertainment.
Loved this. 8/10
I'd been meaning to watch this for a while, and it was good to kill a few hours on a long plane journey to America. I'd seen clips of the epic fight scene, and it didn't disappoint.
Just a fun, incisive criticism of capitalist 80s America. Brilliant concept, immersive storytelling, and good entertainment.
Loved this. 8/10