EXTRACTION directed by Sam Hargrave (USA, 2020)
Whereas most action movies have plot holes, this one has giant craters. The filmmakers work on the quite reasonable assumption that most viewers are not expecting social-realism or profound insights into the human condition.
Normally, I’d pass on a film as mind-numbing as this but during this lockdown period the options available on Netflix are getting slimmer and slimmer. A good part of the streaming service’s content is tailored for ‘Young Adults’ I am increasingly struck by how few seem to have ‘Old Adults’ like me as their target audience. ‘Extraction’ is aimed at ‘ok, if there’s nothing better to watch’ market. Continue reading
Yesterday, I blogged about Gus Van Sant’s flawed attempt to deal with complicated issues of guilt and grief in ‘The Sea of Trees’.
These days I find most TV shows cringeworthy rather than bingeworthy. Black Mirror is the exception that proves the rule.
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