![]() The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This isn’t an entirely bad movie but turning one of the most spectacular expressions of a filmmaker’s personality, however toxic, into this generic IP-extending product is still a shame. A nighttime motorcycle chase can’t come close to topping the last movie’s insane auto-pinball freeway sequence (let alone its notorious corpse-decimating second act chase), and some clever camera gags, like a fun full 90-degree tilt during a late shootout seems like firing blanks in the face of the 40-second 360-degree spin from II. Bay’s technique and capacity for pure evil are both unparalleled, and while the new blood skillfully deploy a lot of nice long handheld takes in their relatively legible and occasionally amusingly violent action scenes, they simply don’t have Bay’s manic, blinding, plastic virtuosity. Rather that they simply aren’t up to the comparison. ![]() Which isn’t to say that Belgian directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are slouches. In any other universe a serviceable action movie. This franchise has always been about Bay and his action. That would matter less if we were talking about Riggs and Murtaugh, but it’s worth remembering that Smith was the second banana in the original 1995 film. Even more unfortunate is Joe Carnahan’s screenplay, which frequently dips into a characteristic macho gravitas that clashes wildly with all the cornball dick jokes. The entire Fast and Furious franchise has grown up in the interim between Bad Boys movies, and so you can hardly blame this one for both trying to tame its noxious reputation by grafting some “It’s all about family” skin over those wounds, but the result is generic, tepid comedy. ![]() After barely surviving, he vows revenge and drags a newly-retired Marcus kicking and screaming back onto the streets. But a Santeria-obsessed cartel widow and her mysterious son turn up and toss a few bullets into Mike. Seventeen years after their last cinematic ride, Mike (Will Smith) is actively fighting against aging and Marcus (Martin Lawrence) has sunk even deeper into filial harmony as a new grandfather (his daughter married the boy we watched Mike hilariously threaten with prison rape in part 2, how sweet). And yet, in the terrible universe that we occupy, it has to follow one of the most unpleasant and thrilling entries in the history of the genre, from one of its greatest practitioners. Such is the timid pallor that hangs over what would be in any other universe a serviceable action movie. In this new, unfortunately Bay-less sequel, they fly commercial to Mexico. ![]() Having already launched his own athleisure clothing line (named Bel-Air Athletics, after his iconic Fresh Prince role), Smith hit the gym and documented every step of the process, going "back to square one" and working with trainer Aaron Ferguson to learn the best practice for how to train safely in his fifties.It’s not entirely fair to ding Bad Boys For Life for not being a Michael Bay movie, but late into the notorious climax of Bay’s 2003 monsterpiece Bad Boys II, the Bad Boys sneak a small army into Cuba and barely escape the minefields of Guantanamo Bay. Smith had put on weight and got, in his own words, "thicky-woo-woo" to play Venus and Serena Williams' father in the tennis movie King Richard, and then almost immediately went into lockdown, where he, like many others, acquired his "Covid body." After sharing his self-proclaimed dad bod online for accountability purposes, Smith then resolved to change that, and embarked on a mission to get as fit as possible. Prior to the Slap which derailed his career and the subsequent apology tour, Smith's fitness journey was one of his top priorities and the main thing he was posting about on social media: in May 2021, he shared a shirtless photo of his belly, saying that he was in the "worst shape" of his life. "Damn near WRECKED me," the actor joked in the caption of the photo, in which he shows off his jacked arms and shoulders. Confident enough, it seems, to run a 5K in 100-Fahrenheit heat. After losing 30 pounds and looking dangerously thin in his most recent movie Emancipation, Will Smith is back looking strong-and he's feeling "real confident" in his fitness according to his latest Instagram post.
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