12 Strong
So here it is. I have no doubt that 12 Strong will easily be the best war movie since the last one.
Apparently right after 9/11 some soldiers saw battle in Afghanistan on horseback. The story was declassified, a book was written, and some producer somewhere said, "Ooh! Ooh! Me first!", and bought the film rights.
12 Strong looks like painting by numbers for war movies. It just feels a little pre-packaged, like someone pulled out their calculator and averaged out all the value of the explosions, action scenes, sentiment, and shaky cam you see in successful war movies set after the first gulf war. I could be wrong . . . but I doubt it.
12 Strong is rated R for war violence and language throughout.
Den of Thieves
The latest copycat of The Town.
A bunch of criminals who do heists decide to do another heist that is naturally bigger than their last heist.
There's a good chance that Gerard Butler will be fun to watch in this movie, I should mention that right away. He plays a cop that at least makes for some good lines in the trailer, like proclaiming himself the member of a gang that wears badges, or telling the criminals to their faces that they aren't the bad guys, he is, and that he didn't even bring handcuffs. But that's all you're gonna get out of this movie, unless someone in this world actually cares about 50 Cent's first major film role since Get Rich or Die Tryin' back in 2005.
I also feel obligated to mention that the final heist is the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve, and that it is preceded by smaller heists at banks and stuff. If this doesn't sound familiar, then congratulations on not being a nerd, but this is pulled straight from the main story of Grand Theft Auto V. Embarrassing.
Den of Thieves is rated R for violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.
Forever My Girl
If you look closely you'll find that is not Andrew Garfield in the poster.
Let's review. We have a Black Hawk Down copycat, a The Town copycat, and this would be the Country Strong copycat. I am a little distressed that moral tales featuring made-up country stars is a sub-genre. The main difference with Forever My Girl is that instead of Gwenyth Paltrow and Garrett Hedlund we have all the star power of Abby Ryder Fortson. She's the cute little girl from Ant-Man, duh.
In Forever My Girl, Liam is a country star who stood up his fiancée on their wedding day eight years earlier, before he was famous. He returns home because someone died (how else are you gonna kick off some domestic drama?), and he finds that Josie, his ex-fiancée, has moved on with her life and has a seven-year-old daughter (Abby Ryder Fortson). Guess who the father is. Correct. From there on out it becomes the first Cars movie where he has to choose between small-town life or the obligations of being famous.
It looks pretty bad.
Forever My Girl is rated PG for thematic elements including drinking, and for language (thematic drinking strikes again!).
Big Shot Critic
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