American Assassin
He made it through the maze. He made it through the scorch. Now he faces the crazy super spy world trials.
American Assassin is based on a book of the same name. Obviously it's a spy thriller. And honestly, it looks pretty generic except for the cast. But it's a really good cast.
Dylan O'Brien plays the lead, a young man whose fiancée is killed by terrorists. He plans revenge all on his own and his efforts don't go unnoticed by the US government, and he is recruited into super spy stuff.
Michael Keaton plays the American super spy man who trains Dylan O'Brien in super spy stuff.
Taylor Kitsch - my main man - plays the villain. A bad super spy who was also trained by super spy man, Michael Keaton. I'm a big fan of Taylor Kitsch.
I would go see it if it wasn't rated R.
American Assassin is rated R for strong violence throughout, some torture, language and brief nudity.
mother!
From the nutter that brought you 2014's "Noah", comes "mother!".
Darren Aronofsky is psychotic. His movies are the cinematic equivalent of modern art. And just like with modern art, if you gave an elephant a typewriter and a camera, you would get the next Darren Aronofsky movie.
Jennifer Lawrence's star is fading. She has managed her post Hunger Games career poorly. She has not leveraged her fame well, and it is most certainly on the decline. It wasn't a terrible move to sign on to an Aronofsky film. It was a highlight for Natalie Portman in 2010, after all. But, crucially, that Aronofsky film was not written by Aronofsky.
Javier Bardem is always down for insane crap. He's Spanish. You'll remember that his is the culture that thinks it's a good idea to get everybody in the street and then release a bunch of bulls.
Put these three together and what do you get? You get "mother!".
I would try to tell you what it's about, but after watching all the trailers I have no clue. Even if I knew, Darren would be offended if I told. He would say I tried to explain the unexplainable, or something gay like that.
Just in case anyone here has forgotten, 2014's "Noah" is the one that had the title character deciding to spend his free time on the ark murdering babies. I'm telling you, Aronofsky is a wack job loony toon.
mother! is rated R for strong disturbing violent content, some sexuality, nudity and language.
Side note/warning: National Review critic Kyle Smith said of "mother!", "it may be the most vile and contemptible motion picture ever released by one of the major Hollywood studios". So it's bonkers and disgusting. I'd avoid this one.
Big Shot Critic
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