What’s amazing about this movie is that every time you hit 2-3 minutes where you think you know where it is, it throws a curveball at you. It’s just one of the most engaging action movies of all time, with a great (flawed) hero and a great (likeable) villain and an all-time great setting.
Too bad the politics are a mixed bag. I love the anti-corporation satire; I hate the pro-cops-shooting-people stuff; I’m mixed on the depiction of marriage and family units. Why be so anti-women-with-careers?
But holy shit this is a masterpiece. Fullstop. Go watch it if you haven’t. And go watch it if you have.
Is It Good?
Masterpiece: Tour De Good (8/8)
Note: This capsule review was originally published elsewhere. If I watch this movie again, I might expand this to a full-length review.
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