b"18 OCTOBER 21, 2022 The Great Eastern Mailmovie reviews www.waldowatches.comMovie Review by Michael Waldron PITT SAVES BULLET TRAIN IN CINEMAS NOW TRAIN TO S OME films utilise great narratives to drive engagement from the viewer, some use intriguingNOWHERE colour palettes and wide angled lenses. Some just add bit of dumb action to your cinema experience and Bullet Train is one of those.Brad Pitt continues the modern trend of ageingall you need. LOTS OF FUN IN ACTION-FILLED comedic lunch as the actors embracing the actionIt's a barrel offilm ticks on. By the hero character as Ladybug,funthe actionFILM FULL OF SURPRISE CAMEOS end of the film, that an assassin experiencingis great and thehorse is well and an existential crisis. His firstdialogue is funnytruly dead.job back after rediscoveringfor the most part.The film definitely himself is a simple snatch andThis is a waste ofbenefits from the grabthe grab is a suitcase.Pitt's talents as anThere is a serious numberand make everything largeon a little too long for itsbig screen viewing Nice and simple . or not.actor, and he largely nails itof cameos involved withand bombastic regarding theown good. Action moviesexperience however this Lemon (Brian Tyreeas an assassin looking for histhis that catch you off guardaction. It's a formula that hasgenerally top out at 100would be a good fun movie Henry) and Tangerineinner zen. Maybe he neededand, for the most part, theybeen done so many timesminutes for a reasontheto experience at home as (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) area pay cheque?all work. This film uses theover the years and, well, itnarrative simply isn't strongwell. It's probably not for you the cockney brothers whoThe two stars of the showsame template as Smokin'works.enough to carry it further.if you aren't an action fan people call for the messyare Henry and Taylor- Acesget a bonafide star asDirector David Leitch isThe last act tries to squeeze abut if you need something jobs and they are taskedJohnson and they do muchthe lead killer (Ben Affleck inmaking a career of this withlittle too much from it, leavingfun for a Saturday night in, with retrieving the same caseof the comedic heavy lifting'Aces, Pitt here), put a myriadAtomic Blonde and Deadpoolyou checking your watch atthis could do the trick. It's a for the son of a mysteriouswith their fun and ridiculousof other characters in theon his filmographytheytimes. The banter is also ablip on Brad Pitt's career but character known only as banter. Joey King has hersame space with the same ormight not be classics but theylittle overplayed by the end it's worth seeing it for those The White Death. That'smoments as Prince, anothersimilar motivations, use overare fun and entertaining films. we get it, Ladybug is havingtwo geezers, Lemon and about all there is regardingof the wet work operatorsstylised graphics and filters toThere are a few downsides,a moment, the repetitiveTangerine.plot and quite frankly, that'saboard the same train. give it that video game lookone being that this dragsmoments of clarity lose theirRATINGyears old by Rufus Buckbucks that trend by using (Idris Elba) which set himan almost entirely Black on a crash course with Buck,cast and putting women in looking for revenge. Reginapositions of powerRegina King is Trudy Smith, Buck'sKing is at home as Trudy right hand woman andwho puts fear into the heart Lakeith Stanfield is Cherokeeof anyone, man or woman. Bill, purported to be theThe genre needs diversity quickest gun in the West andand this film goes some way Buck's muscle. to correcting that.The film kicks off at quiteThe last thing worth a rapid pace for a Western,praising is the soundtrack quickly establishing who it is wall to wall bangers. Nat Love is and what hisOpening with Guns Go Bang motivations are. In a swiftby Kid Cudi and Jay-Z, the and violent opening stanza,soundtrack is composed we know exactly why Love isalmost entirely by Samuel Movie Review bygunning for Buck and gain ahimself. It's provides some Michael Waldron glimpse of what makes Buckimpact that Westerns miss a stone cold criminal. Thewith subpar scores failing to THE HARDER THEYstory goes from strength toRAPID FIRE WESTERN punctuate the feeling that strength with Love's singlea strong narrative drives. FALLfocus of finding Buck andThe only negative I have STREAMING ON NETFLIX NOW Buck re-establishing himselfto report is that Elba, while W ESTERNS are anover the entire film is thePOWERFUL PERFORMANCES performance, isn't featured after a stint in jail. Loomingdelivering a tyically strong acquired tastegrowing anticipation of theIN GROUND-BREAKING FILMenough throughout. You can't because they relyclash and the film plays togo as far to say that his talent purely on characters andthat brilliantly.is wasted however you are left narrative. There's someThe clear winner of thefeeling he wasn't fully utilised.action but the heavy lifting isshow is Lakeith StanfieldMajors with less screenthat doesn't get any shine.or Stagecoach Mary (ZazieThe Harder They Fall is done by the people and thewho, so far at least, hastime. He makes you hate theAll of the characters in thisBeetz) the first Black femalea great Western which may stories they tell. The Hardercrushed every single film he'scharacter and love him at thefilm, while represented withmail carrier, this shines aentice people into the genre. They Fall is a great example ofin. Whether it's his role insame time, a testament tovarying degrees of historicallight on Black history thatThe star power of Idris Elba a film that is all that and moreJudas and the Black Messiahhis acting ability. Part of youaccuracy, actually existed.we've never seen before onlures you in and the fantastica love letter to Westernsor here as real life cowboyroots for him even thoughWhether it's Cherokee Bill,film. Samuel clearly lovesperformances from the entire but has a modern sheen to it. Cherokee Bill, Stanfieldhe's a bad guy and it takes athe famed outlaw, BassWesterns but as outlinedcast keeps you there. The only Jonathon Majors is Natdominates the screen with hisspecial actor to pull that off. Reeves (played amazinglyin an interview with Vanityregret I have from watching is Love, an outlaw who robspowerful performances. He'sDirector Jeymes Samuelwell by Delroy Lindo) whoFair, the genre frustrates himthat I didn't do it sooner.outlawsthink Omar fromas cool as ice despite beingtakes the Westerna whitewas the first Black deputybecause it's dominated by The Wire. His parents werean antagonist and managesdominated genreandwest of the Mississippi, Natwhite men with women in killed in front of him at 10to outshine both Elba andexplores a side of historyLove, the cowboy and author,subservient roles. This filmRATING"