Here is My Movie Review of Passenger

 

Here is My Movie Review of Passenger

Now when it comes to this film I was looking forward to it because the trailer looked interesting and it had a cool poster. The cinematography is really awesome. So I watched it and I have to say this is one of the dumbest movies of this year. Mainly because it's not scary and the characters are such fucking jackasses they make the dumbest decisions To the point that it makes the characters In Winnie The Pooh Blood And Honey look like the characters in alien in comparison. That's how bad the characters are in this film. 

Now I will say my only positives about this movie is that the trailer was awesome and the poster looks really good other than that this movie is shit it's really bad and really boring and not even scary because when it tries to be scary they just have a bunch of stupid jump scares that don't do anything. To be honest the stuff in Constantine with Keanu Reeves was more scary than anything in this movie. 

Now let's talk about the story which this has to be one of the dumbest premises for a horror movie because what this movie is about is that you have these two people named Tyler Genochio and his fiance Maddie Brecker and they're together and they are driving along the road until they see this dead body and apparently they're this entity known as the highway from hell ak the passenger and they have to figure out what who he is going to kill next And try to put a stop to it. Yeah that is so fucking stupid do you know what this reminds me of the movie Se7en was Brad Pitt in Morgan Freeman because both of these movies focus on people trying to figure out What is the serial killer´s next Target but here the difference Se7en wasn't borning and stupid it actually a very smartly written psychological Thriller and the character that weren't a bunch of stupid jackasses they were smart. 

Now let's talk about  the acting in this movie is really bad because this might be some of the dumbest acting of the entire year. Now everyone is just on autopilot and their characters which oh my god we'll get to the characters later because I actually have a lot to say about them. This movie is probably up there with Moana 2026 as one of the worst acted films of the entire year. It is also up there with The Grudge from 2020 as one of the worst acted horror movies of the 2020s. 

Now Jacob Scipio plays Tyler Genochio In the film and his performance is really nothing he did give the life with and flat out boring performance in this film and sometimes it comes off as laughable whenever he is screaming or freaking out you can tell that it is obviously he is just on autopilot in terms of  his acting. But the character of Tyler Genochio is a complete idiot because this character he is trying to figure out who the passengers next victim is but there's literally a scene where He is getting attacked by The Passenger and he doesn't even run off the road he gets dragged under a car and he's just freaking out and he is screaming and it's just so laughed with dumb it's probably one of the dumbest moments of the film It doesn't really go through a character development he's just there to figure out who the Passenger´s next victim is and that's it. Again him getting pinned under that car by the entity AKA The Passenger was still left with stupid because You can't take it seriously due to Tyler screaming like Nicholas Cage To be honest if Nicholas Cage one in the movie at least I will be able to laugh at more because even in a bad movie Nicholas Cage can still be funny And you can tell he's having fun As the character. The chemistry between him and Lou Llobell, Melissa Leo, and Joseph Lopez is okay. 

Lou Llobell plays Maddie Brecker  and her performance might just be the worst performance of the film because she goes so over the top and it is so dumb and so annoying to watch in fact whatever she It's freaking out or screaming it is so stupid to the point where you just don't care about the performance you just get annoyed by it. Although it felt like she was trying to act like Shelly Duvall in The Shining, the difference being when Shelly Duval sadly rest in peace. Now when she was freaking out in The Shining as Wendy Torrance it made sense because her husband Jack Torrance played by Jack Nicholson he was crazy because he was possessed by the ghost in the hotel that's why he went crazy and tried to kill her and their son. Now it worked there because the characters were actually more intelligent and you actually enjoyed watching them. But the character of Maddie Brecker If so dumb because their scenes where she's about to be scared or trying to figure out what is the passengers next victim and they're literally a scene where she's in the car and the entity starts choking her and strangling her and she doesn't even know that the entity is in the car until she starts beating it up and that just proves how dumb her character is and the romance between her and her boyfriend Tyler was so stupid to the point that I didn't care about the romance. The chemistry between her and Jacob Scipio is okay. 

Melissa Leo plays Diane Larson and her performance is probably the worst performance in the film because the biggest problem is that much like with every other performance in this film all she does is yell and freak out and just go completely over the top and it gets really really annoying throughout the film and it feel like She was in another horrible horror movie like something like The Turning  that's how bad her performances. But the character of Diane Larson much like the rest of the characters in this movie she's also really dumb because even though she tries to help Tyler and Maddie Brecker trying to figure out who the passengers next victim is and trying to prevent another person from being killed. But the thing of that this character makes so many dumb decisions because there's literally a scene and I'm not  Even kidding here where Where Diane Larson is in the car talking to Tyler about the passenger and she doesn't even know he's right behind her and he chokes her and she like screaming and he rips her fucking head off Now they watching this I'm like wow you are the dumbest female character of the entire year because we see a serial killer get out of the fucking car and try to either fight it or run to the Hills run as far away as possible but yet this character doesn't even fucking do it then she just get their fucking head ripped off. Seriously, that's how dumb this character is. The chemistry between her and Jacob Scipio is okay. 

Joseph Lopez plays The Passenger and his performance is essentially a nothing performance because he is just really boring in this movie because you barely see him and when you do he's covered in really bad CGI. Not to mention The passenger as a villain is nothing because the movie doesn't explain anything about him. I get that the point of the character is that he's very mysterious and they try to make him like Kevin Spacey's character John Doe from Se7en. But the difference is that John Doe had a personality and he was memorable. The Passenger is just this dark entity who follows people around and kills them and takes the form of them. That's all it does. Not to mention whenever the Passenger shape shifts in this movie especially in the third act where it becomes Diane Larson the person that died it looks so artificially cheap Manly because of the really bad CGI. Although the scenes with the passenger is just so boring they're not even scary even when you see it in the beginning we're just stands On the side of the road it's like that's not really scary in fact I would argue that Moment in The Shining where Jack Torrance goes crazy and tries to kill his family with more scary because you understood what drove Jack insane With this I get what it is trying to be like it's trying to be a like A supernatural entity Like in the film it follows where the entity with the sexual transmitted disease but the difference being that that film executes its villain Better This one does not do it well at all. The chemistry between him and Jacob Scipio is okay. 

However the worst thing about this movie is the directing by Andre Ovredal Now the weird thing is that  is his directed some really amazing horror movies like The Last Voyage of the demeanor which was  a  film I really enjoyed. He also directed the autopsy of Jane Doe. He also directed scary stories to tell in the dark. So you'll think He would make another terrific horror movie giving his pretty good track record. But unfortunately His perfect streak has come to an end because his directing the film is terrible because he doesn't develop any of these characters Because all we know about our main character's Tower and maiden is that their love and they have to try to figure out what the the passenger is going to Target next and who is he going to kill. That's all these characters do and he also has these characters make some of the dumbest decisions in this movie especially again Diane Larson where she just sits in the car and lets the passenger choke her and rip her head off she doesn't even bother to get out of the car she does even try to fight back against the the passenger she just lets it rip her head off. Although the scares that he puts in the film are just horrible jumpscares they're just not scary they're very poorly placed in the film In fact His other movies are scary like the last voyage of the demeanor when you see Dracula on the ship it's a really scary scene. The stuff in The Autopsy of Jane Doe  That movie is known to be one of the scariest films Of 2016. Even the stuff in scary stories to tone the dark there's some really scary stuff in that film as well. But the way he tries to make this film scary is so dumb and ridiculous he doesn't develop the passenger all we know is that he is an entity that takes the form of people and killed them And that's it and not to mention he tried to make this movie like seven with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman but the difference is that film had better characters and way better writing and I would say that that film was a lot more scarier than this film was because it actually shows the dark and brutal stuff that happens in the film. This film just Wants to show it in the dumbest way possible. So overall I think he did a terrible job directing this film which is really disappointing because he directed those other films that I've mentioned perfectly. 

So in conclusion I hated this film mainly because it wasn't scary and even when it was trying to be scary it just had a bunch of false and really dumb jump scares that didn't even scare me. To be honest the stuff in Constantine was Keanu Reeves with more scary and more intense than anything in this film. The only thing I liked about this movie is the poster and the trailer and the cinema photography. But other than that I thought everything else was bad especially the storyline wasn't even that good because it was just a lazy rip off to Se7en because both movies revolved around people trying to figure out what the killer's next victim was going to be. But I think Se7en did it better because that film had bad acting and the characters We're not as dumb as the characters in this movie. The characters in Seven were smart. Also the acting is so over the top and stupid To be honest I think the acting in Renfield, The Lighthouse, The Shining with Jack Nicholson and The Long Walk with Mark Hamill. Which all of those movies had way better acting then in this dumb film mainly because the writing was way better than the awful writing in this film. I think this film is up there with Moana 2026 as one of the worst films of the entire year. It is that bad. I would say that this film is also up there with Imaginary  as one of the worst films of the 2020s. I say just skip this movie go watch The Shining with Jack Nicholson go watch the movie Se7en with Brad Pitt or you know what actually go watch Renfield with Nicholas Cage Because all of these have better acting and bare storylines and hey you can laugh at The Shining because there are moments that are so dark that they're kind of funny especially when jack Torrance Says to Wendy Whenever you see me type or not typing That means I'm thinking you are distracting me now get the fuck out. And the reason why it is funny is because of Jack Nicholson's line delivery. But yeah all these movies I'm mentioning are all better than this. So I give this movie a 1/10. 

Top 20 Superhero Cast Into That Fans Would Hate

 Top 20 Superhero Cast Into That Fans Would Hate

20. Nicholas Cage as Nightcrawler

19. Tommy Lee Jones as Thor

18. Haley Steinfeld as Black Widow

17. Will Forte as Batman 

16. Awkwafina as Lady Sif

15.  George Clooney as The Punisher

14. Harrison Ford as Beast

13. Matthew McConaughey as John Constantine

12. Russell Crowe as Doctor Strange

11. John C Riley as Aquaman

10. Al Pacino as Namor

9. Ben Affleck as Hawkeye

8. Willem Dafoe as Vision

7. Billy Bob Thornton as Dr Fate

6. Steve Carell as Professor X

5. Jack Nicholson as The Silver Surfer

4. Owen Wilson as Hawkman

3. Kumail Nanjiani as Green Lantern

2. Ke Huy Quan as Daredevil

1. Jack Black as Nick Fury

My Ranking of All 20 Post Endgame Villains That I Would Recast Ranked from Likely to Most Likely To Be Cast

 My Ranking of all 20 Post Endgame Villains That I Would Recast Ranked from  Likely to Most Likely To Be Cast 

20. Leonardo DiCaprio as Mr Paradox

19. Ethan Hawk as Electro

18. Gary Oldman as General Drakeov

17. Jude Law as Adam Warlock

16. Ron Perlman as Airstrom The Judge

15. Michael Shannon as Ikaris

14. Austin Butler as Gorr The God Butcher

13. William Hurt as Red Hulk

12. Ben Mendelsohn as Super Skrull

11. Ethan Hawke as Mysterio

10. Jason Statham as Taskmaster

9. Ke Huy Quan as The Leader

8. Simu Liu as Namor 

7. Javier Bardem as Kang

6. Ke Huy Quan as M.O.D.O.K

5. Mark Hamill as Mephisto

4. Steven Yeun as Xu Wenwu/The Mandarin

3. Denzel Washington as The High Evolutionary

2. Tilda Swinton as Cassandra Nova

1. Jude Law as The Void

Here is My Movie Review of Batman The Killing Joke

Here is My Movie Review of Batman The Killing Joke

Now when it comes to Batman The Killing Joke I finally read the graphic novel and I really like it because it does show the relationship between Batman and Joker and also it shows a flashback of Joker's possible origin story and I thought that was really awesome. So I watched the movie and oh my God this was fucking stupid because this movie it is so bad and the frustrating thing is is that it does have stuff I like. But the problem is it felt like it was trying to be two movies because I'll tell you the first half is Fifty Shades of Batgirl because all the first half is is just her fucking Kevin Conroy AKA Batman and then by the fucking 30 minute of the film you finally see the killing joke story play out. Trust me I have a lot to say about Batgirl as a character. Although the infamous rooftop scene I want to talk about. 

Now the storyline in this film is really bad because the first half is about back road trying to prove that she's independent and then she ended up having sex with Batman and then the second half it is the killing jokes story that everyone knows and loves the problem is it takes too long for the story to start and when it does start you're already more than halfway done with the movie. And the words of Christian Bale give me a fucking answer as to why they did that because I don´t like the stupid change. But yeah that is the storyline is just a stupid mess. But again I enjoy the second half of it. It finally goes to the killing joke stuff that is when I was impressed. But yeah the story is still stupid. 

Let's talk about the performances now I will admit the voice acting's fine except for one performance but the writing is so fucking shitty the writing and actually the biggest problem in the directing but aside From that I think there is some good acting in the film it's just held back by bad and really disgusting writing. 

Now let's talk about Kevin Conroy who voices Bruce Wayne / Batman and what can I say he is a tremendous Batman ever since Batman the Animated Series he is tremendous and look even parts were this movie is not working Conroy gives it his all he's really fun he's very entertaining as the character now the character of Batman I'll get to in like a second but I thought acting wise Kevin Conroy is still tremendous as the character. Now what I said Kevin Conroy is really great as Batman. The character of Batman is a fucking idiot he's not smart especially in the first half where he r yelled at Batgirl which I don't really blame him for being an asshole because Batgirl was being a fucking bitch in this movie and unlikable. But I do blame him for randomly deciding to have sex with Batgirl which I'll get to later but they just make him so unbelievably stupid Now In the second half he does become the Batman we all know and love but yeah in the first half then make him unbelievably dumb. Now I will say though the scenes of Batman with The Joker are incredible they're Dynamic in the Highlight of the film especially the ending where they laugh at this one joke that the Joker tells him and it's one of the most creepy but one of the most entertaining moments in the film And even when Batman attacks the criminals it does lead to some really dark and some really horrifying moments in the film. So again I don't blame Kevin Conroy I blame the horrendous writing. The chemistry between him and Tara Strong and Mark Hamill

Easily the worst performance of the entire film is Tara strong as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl and oh my God did I fucking hate this performance Manually because she is annoying half of her performance is just her whining and complaining and it's really really annoying in this film. You know I'm going to say this if you think Florence Pugh is really terrible as Yelena in the MCU oh my God she wasn't nearly as fucking terrible as this performance Manly because Florence Pugh didn't act like she was on her fucking period throughout the MCU she gave a normal and subtle performance and show the least fucking funny when she got annoyed by others like with Red Guardian. You know I'm going to say this Awkwafina wasn't this annoying in the MCU as Katy and she did make me want to bash my fucking brains out like this fucking stupid performance did. I also she was better than Tara strong because oh I don't know she was fucking funny in the MCU Maybe that's why her performance didn't make Want to bash my skull with a hammer or throw myself off of the Empire State Building. That's how much I hated her performance. Also Tara Strong obviously acts just like Amber Heard AKA Amber Turd throughout the whole movie. That is her performance she just acts like a stuck up little bitch. Now the character of Batgirl I fucking hated and was sad that I liked her in Batman the Animated Series but in this movie she is such a fucking bitch all she does is yell at Batman for being her fucking babysitter in this movie and when they argue I got so annoying I'm like can Christopher Walken come back as Max Shrek and fucking kill this bitch and yes I am not kidding I literally want Christopher Walken character from Batman Returns Max Shrek to go up to Batgirl on the roof hold the gun to her face and  says Barbara Barbara Gordon you're fired and shoots are off the roof and kill her that's how much I fucking hated her character and when you want an obscure Batman movie villain to kill the main female character in this movie that means you hate the writing. Now let's talk about the most Infamous moment in the film and that is Batman and Batgirl fucking on the roof and oh my God this is the worst moment in any comic book film because it shows that she thinks batman is attractive and all she wants to do is to get into pants that's all she doesn't even get over it after they fuck each other she yelled like oh I didn't mean anything and I´m like fuck you bitch you fucking weirdo. I would take the bath house scene in Spider-Man brand new day where Yelena says to Spider-Man when he gets out of the pool she says you know you're not alone in the same more I've seen your belly button and that is more fucking funny and It is a lot less creepy and disgusting then the moment in this film because Yelena is just flirting and teasing Spider-Man just for fun they're just having a funny conversation and it only lasts for like a minute. This moment even though it lasts for like 30 seconds it felt like it lasted for 3 hours. That's how disgusting this scene was. I would take the scene and Shang-Chi where Katy looks out the window at the building falling apart and she says oh hell no screw you I'm not doing this would be a million times more funnier than this stupid moment in the film. Also there is literary a joke where the random guy says to Batgirl oh is it your time of the month and applying that she is on her period and I'm like maybe she is on her period because she's such a fucking piece of shit character but even though when the guy mentions that it is just another dumb sexist joke. Seriously in the words of Christian Bale What the fuck were they doing give me a fucking answer. Also again it feels like Fifty Shades because it felt like a Batman and Batgirl porn sketch because the further app is just a bunch of dirty sex jokes which were not funny. If I want the dirty raunchy shit I will go watch my the Deadpool movies or The fucking the departed with Jack Nicholson in that movie is even though it's not a comedy I got more laughs out of that than watching Batgirl fucking Batman on the roof. Also at least I can laugh at the part where Frank Costello says School is out or the scene where he says When you're pointing a load of gun what's the difference. Again both of these moments are not supposed to be funny. But Jack Nicholson makes them fucking funny and they're they are more funnier than the stupid sex jokes in this movie and I already said they're not funny. Seriously fuck Batgirl and fuck her character her character is awful. The chemistry between her and Kevin Conroy is decent. 

However the actor who steals the entire show is Mark Hamill as Joker and look even parts where this movie is not fucking working Mark Hamill he gives it his all Not to mention I would say he's kind of like the Christian Bale of this film. What I mean by that is that people really hate Thor Love And Thunder. But they say Christian Bale is the best part of the film and that's how I would summarize Mark Hamill in this film. The movie is  garbage. But he is the best part of the film. Not to mention he's so iconic as the Joker he is perfectly cast and you can tell that he was having a lot of fun in this movie and that is why Joker is one of his most iconic roles of his career. He loves playing this character in  Batman the Animated Series and in the Batman Arkham games. Now the character of Joker is perfect, he's crazy, he's scary, he's downright cyclonic because he doesn't care who he has to kill, he's just having a lot of fun doing it because he treats it as a fun hobby that he does. Also his motivation is exactly how it is in the comic because he wants to drive commissioner Gordon mad by showing that anyone can go crazy after one really bad day. I also like how you see a bit of Joker's origin in the film. How can he start it out as the Red Hood and then he fell into  chemicals in his skin that got bleached and that was the moment that pushed him over the edge to become Joker. The scenes with Joker are tremendous. There are so many memorable moments whether it is him seeing his song I Go Looney where he's torturing commissioner Gordon on the carnival ride or him saying this really funny joke to Batman at the end of the film. Or my favorite part is where he says his iconic quote which is sometimes I remember it one way sometimes another. If I'm going to have a past I prefer to be multiple choice. It does lead to some really scary and some really darkly comedic moments in the film and that's all due to the way Mark Hamill delivers the lines of dialogue.The chemistry between him and Kevin Conroy is tremendous because you can tell they really liked working together as these characters they had such tremendous and amazing chemistry whenever they voiced Batman and The Joker that's how perfect their chemistry is both on screen and off screen. 

Now let's talk about the directing in which this is where we go to the major issue with this film because the film is directed by Sam Liu and I don't know what the fuck he was doing with this film because it's supposed to be the killing joke storyline but rather than focus on that he decided to focus on Bat Girl trying to prove that she's a strong woman and she doesn't need Batman's help only for the two to fuck each other and she it's so bitchy and so stupid so he is made background to a fucking Amber turd type character And then by 31 minutes into the film he finally gives us the killing joke and I'll say That is the only thing I like about his directing because he know the glorious job of adapting the comic book With the relationship between Batman and Joker Was really awesome and I like how he showed Joker's Origin story how he started out as a failed stand-up comedian named Jack Who was roped into helping these two gangsters steal from the chemical plant But then he fell into the chemicals and he found out the skin turned permanently white and his face was stuck in a smile and now the thing that drove Jack completely insane. So that was really interesting but aside from that everything else that he does with these characters is stupid he also make Batman pretty dumb in the first half But yet understanding because he made Batgirl like shit which what's that find the watch because Batgirl is a stupid bitch in this movie Because all she does is complain and it annoy me to the point I wanted Christopher Walken to come back as Max Shrek and Point the gun at her and say Barbara Barbara Gordon you're fired and he shoots her and kills her That's how much I hated her in this movie you know it's bad when you want fucking Christopher Walken to come back as Max Shrek and kill Batgirl that's how much this movie ruined her out of character. So overall I think he did a crappy job directing the film. 

So in conclusion i did not like this movie at all and what frustrates me is that there is stuff I want to like about this movie the stuff with Batman and the Joker is really awesome in fact I did the second half is really amazing The voice acting is really good especially from Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill as Batman and Joker i still think those actors are tremendous as these characters. The animation is really awesome. Everything that has to do with Joker is really amazing. His villain song I'm going Looney was really amazing. All of his lines are perfect and the rivalry between him and Batman is incredible. Also the humor is still amazing even though it's a lot darker than it was in Batman the Animated Series. I still found it funny. Now if I was just talking about the second half of the film I think the second half gets an 8/10. But due to that horrible first act of Batman and Batgirl having sex which is essentially Fifty Shades because It was just there for shock value. and Batgirl being a fucking bitch and being so annoying to the point that I want again Christopher Walken to come back as Max Shrek and confront Batgirl on the roof and pull out his gun and say Barbara Barbara Gordon you're fired and shoots her which would have killed her. So they essentially assassinated her and just made her into a spoiled teenage girl and  acted like Amber Heard AKA Amber Turd. Not to mention Tara Strong was horrible as Batgirl she was horrendously miscast. Also again I'm going to say this if you think Florence Pugh is really terrible as Yelena in the MCU oh my God she wasn't nearly as fucking terrible as this performance manly because Florence Pugh didn't act like she was on her fucking period throughout the MCU she gave a normal and subtle performance and at least she fucking funny when she got annoyed by others like with Red Guardian. Also I'll take the bath house scene where spider-Man gets out of the pool and Yelena says You know you're not alone in the same way I've seen your belly button. What that is more fucking funny than Stupid sex scene In the film because at least When Yelena Says to Spider-Man You know You're not alone in this anymore I've seen your belly button at least with that. Yelena is not being horny teasing Spider-Man because she is just being funny with him and flirting with him and it's not creepy or disgusting because Spider-Man is an adult and he is in college now if Yelena did it captain America Civil War where Spider-Man is 15 years old yes that would be really gross and really creepy. But lucky they didn't do that. But unfortunately due to that horrible first hour I'm sorry to say that I have to give this movie a 3/10. Which is really disappointing because I think the second half is really great in fact it feels just that the second half of this movie would be good. But no they had to add a stupid prologue and a stupid sex scene and a dumb argument sequence between Batman and Batgirl. That just proves that Bruce Tim is a fucking idiot because they did the same jackass who decided to gender swap the penguin into a woman as well as Mad Hatter into a woman which is so dumb and keep in mind does it the same guy who thought it would be funny to have Harley Quinn rape Night Wing in Batman and Harley Quinn and also have Batman make that stupid joke where Harley Quinn farts in the Bat mobile and he says smells like disappointed. But it so stupid how he made Batman so dumb in these movies. So yeah it's his fault that this movie is terrible. 

My Ranking of All 7 Actors That I Would Recast as The Phase 1 Villains Ranked from Likely to Very Likely To Play Them

 My ranking of all 7 Actors That I Would Recast as The Phase 1 Villains Ranked from likely to Very Likely To Play Them

7. Christopher Lee as Laufey 

6. Tom Hardy as The Abomination

5. David Harbor as Whiplash

4. Al Pacino as Justin Hammer

3. Christoph Waltz as The Red Skull

2. Christopher Walken as Iron Monger

1. David Tennant as Loki

Ranking Everything I Watched In August Ranked from Worst to Best

 Ranking Everything I Watched In August Ranked from Worst to Best

23. The Wizard Of The Kremlin

22. Dune 1984

21. Hot Summer Nights

20. Black Widow

19. Troy

18. Spectral

17. Shelby Oaks

16. The Big Sick

15. Gladiator II

14. A Quiet Place Day One

13. Last Breath

12. 1917

11. Thunderbolts*

10. Silent

9. World War Z

8. Aviator

7. Don't Look Up

6. Oppenheimer

5. The Matrix Revolution

4. The Matrix Reloaded

3. Spider-Man Brand New Day

2. The Matrix

1. The Last Temptation of Christ

Here is My Movie Review of The Wizard of The Kremlin

 

Here is My Movie Review of The Wizard of The Kremlin

Now when I saw the trailer for this movie I thought it looked really bad because of the acting and the actor they got to play Vladimir Putin with actually the main reason why I wasn't looking forward to this film. But I will say the thing that I was looking forward to was to see Pitch Black and The Riddler in a film together. So I watched the film and I have to say this is one of the most boring films of the entire year. Now it's not as bad as Mercy with Chris Pratt is not as stupid as Moana 2026. But that being said it is still a bad movie.  But I will say though I think the first 20 minutes I was actually enjoying I'm like this might be a great film but after the 43 minute mark when you see Vladimir Putin that's where the film fell off for me that's why my  film is really dumb and really boring. Not to mention it wasted its idea. This idea of Pitch Black and the Riddler and movie together. The film ruined that concept in execution. 

Now the storyline in this film is really stupid I will say unlike the room this at least had a storyline but it's really dumb because it tells the true story of Vadim Baranov meeting Vladimir Putin and  help him control the government of Russia and that's essentially what is the storyline that is all that happens there's nothing remotely interesting that happened then to be honest i think the Apprentice with Sebastian Stan did this storyline a much better how it showed Donald Trump and his rise to power wow this one really doesn't at all it's just filler. 

Now let's talk about the acting because that was the other thing I was not looking forward to. To be honest  this movie does have good actors but half of them are either boring or in the case of one actor who is completely wasted and doesn't do anything. 

Now let's talk about Paul Dano because going into this film he was the one thing I would look forward to because Paul Dano is a tremendous actor and he has given some really amazing performances whether it's him as the twins In There Will Be Blood or him as the Riddler in the Batman or him and Swiss Army Man as Hank. Among other films he was in. Now as for the film he actually did a terrific job as the character of Vadim Baranov because he did actually get the accent down he did put on a tremendous Russian accent. It was really good and despite how bad the writing is Dano was really good in this film. Also the character of Vadim Baranov Was really awesome in fact out of all the characters in the film he was the best one because I like how it showed his origin of how he became a young artist and then he became a television type personality and had his own TV show I think the first 20 minutes I actually enjoyed I would say the first 20 minutes when it focused on Paul Dano’s character the movie was actually really decent. Also all of Vadim Baranov's moments are really great whether it is him meeting Vladimir Putin for the first time or him explaining how he is an artist. I think those moments are some of the more tolerable moments in the film because the rest of the movie is boring and really dumb. The chemistry between him and Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Jeffrey Wright, Andris Keiss is decent. 

Now let's talk about Jude Law. Now he is a tremendous actor you know if you saw him in Rise of the Guardians. He's really good in that film as Pitch Black. If you have seen him in Gautica, he's really awesome in that film as Jerome Eugene Morrow. Even his small role in Hugo he's really good in that film as well. But unfortunately i didn't like him in Captain Marvel as yon Rogg He that gave a really boring and really flat and really bland MCU villain performance to be honest I Think they should have cast him in Thunderbolts as The Void I think that one made a lot more sense and it would have been cool to see him and Florence Pugh in an MCU movie together. But as boring as he was in the MCU. Now as for this film he plays Vladimir Putin and you'll think with a movie like this you'll think Jude Law will give a great performance. But here I'm sorry to say this he is really bad in this movie. Now I will say though his performance is not as bad as John Travolta's performance of John Gotti I think that is more dumb and way more of a horrendously bad performance because  at least with Jude Law he's given a more boring performance. But that being said however he is horrendously miscast and he doesn't even put on a Russian accent because emoji uses his normal speaking voice he doesn't really change it up. Also that dumb haircut he has, it just looks really ridiculous. Also I feel like they should have gotten David Harbour to play Vladimir Putin because he can do a Russian accent. Not to mention when you watch Jude law Is not even scary as Vanamir Putin because when you compare him to other actors who have played horrible pieces of shit like Coleman Domingo as Joe Jackson in Michael, Robert De Niro as William Hale In Killers The Flower Moon, Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in The Apprentice were really awesome because they got these real life figures accurately with their performances. But with Jude Law he is just playing himself. I didn't really see the character of Putin, I just saw Jude Law with a stupid haircut. That's all I saw and it does prove that they should have gotten David Harbour to play Vladimir Putin. Now the character of Vladimir Putin I guess is accurate hear the dictator but he's too mellow In the film Putin needs to be peer evil and this it feels like Vladimir Putin just want to take a nap that's his character is because he's just so boring and interesting. Now I will say that there are some okay to decent scenes with Vladimir Putin. I think whatever it focuses on is him talking to Vadim Baranov. The movie got a little better. I think their interactions are somewhat the highlight of the film but it doesn't hide the fact that the film is still garbage. The chemistry between him and Paul Dano is pretty good. 

Alicia Vikander plays Vadim Baranov's Love interest in the film Ksenia and she doesn't do anything in this movie she does give a really bland and really boring performance. To be honest I don't have much to say about her because she's just there to be Vadim Baranov’s wife and that's it she is just a nothing character. The scenes with her and Vadim Baranov are okay. They're not that interesting and they're just mediocre at best. The chemistry between her and Paul Dano is pretty good. I think they do have decent chemistry in the film. 

Now let's talk about the most wasted actor in this movie and that is Jeffrey Wright now this guy is a tremendous actor he have given a lot of tremendous performances like providing the voice for the Watcher on Marvel's what if commissioner Gordon in the Batman, Even in his minor role in Asteroid City. But in this movie I don't know what he is doing. He is playing the character of Rowland and he doesn't do anything. He's only in three scenes in the movie and they could have just cut this character out in the movie would not be any different. And this really sucks because Jeffrey Wright is a tremendous actor. But this is probably one of the blandest performances he had ever given again. He is trying his best but he's just there. To be odd they don't have much to say about the character; he's just there to talk to Vadim Baranov. That's all the character does and I guess I'll say that the moments between him and Vadim Baranov are just okay. The chemistry between him and Paul Dano is great. 

Andris Keiss plays Yevgeny Prigozhin In the film and he is just boring. He gave her nothing and a really boring performance. Also the character of Yevgeny Prigozhin  It's just there to talk to Vladimir Putin, that's all he is here to do in the film. He's not interesting, he's just really boring. Also the moments with Yevgeny Prigozhin are just nothing, they're just really boring. All he did was just him talking to Vladimir Putin and that's it he doesn't really do anything and none of his moments are memorable. The chemistry between him and Paul Dano is decent. 

But now let's talk about the worst thing about the film it acts to the directing by Oliver Assayas because his directing is terrible because he tries to make this story about Vladimir Putin but the thing he doesn't really do a great job Showing Vladimir Putin's rise to power because essentially it is just Boring because For the majority of the film all Vladimir Putin does it just sit around talking to politicians and that's it. Not to mention he doesn't even show Putin doing anything disgusting or evil he just makes him way too laid back and mellow. I will admit I think he did a decent job of developing Vadim Baranov of how he started out as a young artist and how he became Vladimir Putin's assistant. I think the  development of that character was really awesome and really good. But everything else he just gets everything wrong and not to mention this film is rated R but it just feels so watered down to the point that he could have told this story with a PG-13 rating that's how uninteresting the characters were in this film. No I will say that when it comes to the same photography he know the glorious job with that you really feel like you're in Russia that´s how  great the cinematography is in the film but other than that I think he did a really bad job directed because I think he should have gone so in like David Harbor someone who could do a Russian accent but no they he got Jude Law who were they great actor but he was horrendously Miss cast. So overall I think he did a terrible job directing this film. 

So in conclusion I did not like the film manly because I thought the storyline was really stupid and really boring there'll be times when I just zoned out because of how boring this film is and again it's not much of a storyline all it is is just Vadim Baranov being Vladimir Putin's assistant and trying to help him seize control of the Russian government and that's it the boys storyline. Also the acting was not that good. I mean Paul Dano does a fantastic job with his performance and looks even parts where this movie is not working. Dano gives it his all you can tell that he is having fun and the character. But Jude Law was really bad as Vladimir Putin. Now there were moments where he was trying to give a good performance and again I will say his performance is not on the level of John Travolta's performance as John Gotti. I think that performance is really terrible. Well this was just boring. I think Jude Law just gave a boring performance. But that being said, however he is horrendously miss cast I think they should have gone to someone like David Harbor to play Vladimir Putin. I think that would have made a lot more sense and I think David Harbour would have given a bear performance as Vladimir Putin. Also Jeffrey Wright I have to say I thought he was very boring in the film. Again he's a great actor. I like him in the MCU. I like him in Batman . I liked him in Asteroid City. But here he was just really boring and really boring to him and Paul Dano. They do have decent chemistry. Also Jude Law and Paul Dano also had decent chemistry. But  the worst thing about this movie. They take a really fun idea and that is of course Pitch Black and The Riddler and Lieutenant Gordon in a movie together and that could work but unfortunately they completely fumbled that idea and they fumbled it badly because you could have had a great movie with these 3 actors but since they were in this boring movie that just shows that even though you have good actors that's not the most important thing about a movie the important thing is that you need a great script and this movie had no great script. Also again I liked the idea of Pitch Black and The Riddler and a movie together with Lieutenant Gordon I think that idea is really awesome and I can see Jude Law Paul Dano and Jeffrey Wright in a movie that's not boring or stupid like this movie again I don't blame the actors I really don't I blame the writing. This is up there with Moana 2026 as one of the worst films of this year. I think this film is up there with Madame web with Dakota Johnson and one of the most boring movies of the 2020s. I say just skipped this movie go watch Killers than the Flower Moon with Robert De Niro because that film has a much better storyline way better performances a bear screenplay and has better pacing than this film does and you'll have a lot more fun with that film than you'll have with this waste of a biopic. I give this movie a 2/10.