Rating of
0.5/4
No real heroes in this movie except for Pepsi
Indyfreak - wrote on 05/16/24
Colossal misfire of a movie. The acting is bad, the writing is bad, the directing is bad, the editing is bad. I have not seen a superhero movie this badly made since the 2015 reboot of Fantastic Four. It is honestly kind of breathtaking to fathom how bad this movie really is.
Lead actress Dakota Johnson looks like she does not want to be in the movie. Her entire performance appears to be predicating on barely concealing her seething contempt for the script and its source material. Tahar Rahim's whole role as the villain is completely neutered by his dialogue obviously being dubbed over. Seriously, it looks like a random narrator takes over for his performance and does not sync with his line-reading.
The supporting cast members are wasted and feel like extras from a cheap slasher movie. The one person who almost could work as their respective character is Adam Scott as Ben Parker. Who you know...Uncle Ben? Huh, huh? *wink wink*
The movie is set up as a thriller, not an action movie. So most of the plot involves the characters standing around in a room or a forest or a diner or someone's house. Even when there are action scenes, it is pieced together in such a nonsensical format that audiences cannot hope to make out what is happening.
And I wasn't kidding with the review title about Pepsi. The villain is taken out by a giant Pepsi sign. That's really what happens. The End.
