An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since there was a solid cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, if you are familiar with the John Wick franchise, this movie will really feel like it was some kind of spin-off focusing on the Continental (which did get a mini-series in 2023). So, basically, because of the super famous franchise, this movie did feel rather derivative after all but it doesn’t mean that it wasn’t entertaining though. Indeed, the mood was neat and it was visually not bad at all. However, what really worked in this movie was the cast though (Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista, Brian Tyree Henry, Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Jeff Goldblum). Indeed, even though all their characters could have been beter fleshed out (with barely 90 mins of running time, there was simply not much room for that), they were quite game and it was pretty cool what they all managed to do with this material. The only exception might be Jeff Goldblum who was such a pitch-perfect choice to play this character but, with only 5 mins of screen time, he was pretty much wasted here. Above all, it was neat to see Jodie Foster after 5 long years and, contrary to some acting legends like Robert de Niro or Al Pacino, she doesn’t apparently feel the need to piss on her legacy by showing up in dozens of awful features seemingly for an easy paycheck. Anyway, she obviously had some fun here and she was quite entertaining. Anyway, to conclude, it was basically a B feature but the makers never pretended it to be anything else so it actually worked pretty well and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10