In Theaters: May 12, 2017

There are TWO wide releases this weekend.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

I fear this will do nothing but hurt the careers of Charlie Hunnam and Guy Ritchie.

Guy Ritchie is already coming off the box office stumble that is The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Charlie Hunnam isn't doing a whole lot better.  He's a good actor and he's surviving just fine, but his highest profile role is definitely still as the lead on Sons of Anarchy.  That's a TV show.  And as much as the lines have been blurred between film and television in the last fifteen years, it's still something of a graduation when you headline a movie after headlining a show.  And even though he's done that more than once, he's still not A-list.  He's not a household name and I'm afraid this isn't gonna do it for him.

I hope this movie does well, but the only person I know who's seen it really didn't like it.  That said, he really did like La La Land, so our taste doesn't always line up.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, some suggestive content and brief strong language.

But hey, Jude Law plays the villain!  And who doesn't like Jude Law?

Snatched

A little ironic that Guy Ritchie's opening weekend competition is a film called Snatched.  It's almost like somebody is trying to tell us something . . . 

ANYWAY, Snatched is a comedy about a woman who convinces her mother to go with her on a South American vacation, and they are kidnapped while in South America by . . . bad guys.  It stars Amy Schumer, so I didn't even want to watch the trailer, but I did.  I made that sacrifice for my readers.

Snatched is rated R for crude sexual content, brief nudity, and language throughout.

      Big Shot Critic