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I'm making this post to bring attention to original movies being released that people here might not have heard about. If it's recieved well, perhaps I'll make this a weekly series of posts about originals being released.
Okay, technically, A Working Man is based on a book, but for all intents and purposes, it's original.
I don't really hate Jason playing only one kind of role, if the universe around him is interesting.
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What you don't love his generic action movies like:
Beekeeper
Wrath of Man
Working Man
Wild Card
Hummingbird
Parker
Beekeeper 2
Of the many accusations that you can hurl at it, I don't know if "generic" applies to The Beekeeper. Like, the plot in that movie really goes places. Most of them ridiculously stupid,
Never seen it, but I've heard it described as "dollar store john wick", so I figured it fit into this list.
Don't get me wrong, it absolutely is that, but that's the surface level shit that got the movie financed. Underneath those obligatory trappings (which the film itself seems relatively uninterested in exploring) is a film so ridiculous, I have to question if they are pulling a sneaky and engaging in knowing parody. I refuse to spoil where the second act of that movie leads, because it was a wonderful surprise while I was watching what I figured was going to be, as you said, "dollar store John Wick".
I gotta be clear though, it still isn't better than a 3/5 even with an aggressively charitable attitude, but it should be criticized for its actual faults, not for what people assume it is.
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