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... so you know those perpetuals in 40k yeah ......

There can be only one.

In other news, is Charlize Theron pulling a Liam Neison? As she gets older she is reinventing herself as an action star? Typically, such a fate is only reserved for Male Leads, so she is really treading new ground! I love it!

 Easy E wrote:
There can be only one.

In other news, is Charlize Theron pulling a Liam Neison? As she gets older she is reinventing herself as an action star? Typically, such a fate is only reserved for Male Leads, so she is really treading new ground! I love it!

Indeed. She was great in Atomic Blond I thought. She would be great for acting films that have action.

Hey Disney, she'd be a great villain for a multiarc movie series...

Who wants to live forever indeed

looks fun

I'm down for it, Theron's been in too much stuff I enjoy to not be interested.

 Easy E wrote:
There can be only one.

yes right!

Definitely think it can benefit from a Queen soundtrack

Looks like it will be worth a watch, Charlize Theron definitely looking like a good action film go-to what with this, Mad Max and Atomic Blonde.

I got the first comic I think and was interesting Hope it iwll be good

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Who wants to live forever indeed

looks fun

I'll take it if you dont want it - ageing and disease are crap

..... but its not FURIOSA is it :(

It looks an awful, by-the-numbers, cringefest to me. Different strokes, and all that I suppose.

So this is out now on Netflix. Watched this tonight. I enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting much going into it, but the fight scenes were good and the story was decent but a bit predictable. Definitely worth checking out though.

The story was predictable, but I loved the reason for the Immortality, and the fight scenes were really fluid, and visceral.

Nicely done film, - looked good, action was plentiful but not overwhelming, the characters were engaging and so enjoyed it alot

 Mr Morden wrote:
Nicely done film, - looked good, action was plentiful but not overwhelming, the characters were engaging and so enjoyed it alot

Agreed. It was a nice popcorn film. Thought the actors were excellent in their roles.

Watched it last night, enjoyed it.

It was aggressively fine.

It certainly made more interested to see what comes next, which is a win I guess?

Honestly my fav part was when one of them was scolding those soldiers over calling the other one his "boyfriend", detailing exactly what he meant to him, and how the soldiers could never understand the love that had grown over literal centuries. That was very well written.

And the new girl was good.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
It was aggressively fine.

It certainly made more interested to see what comes next, which is a win I guess?

Honestly my fav part was when one of them was scolding those soldiers over calling the other one his "boyfriend", detailing exactly what he meant to him, and how the soldiers could never understand the love that had grown over literal centuries. That was very well written.

And the new girl was good.

That was one of my favorite parts as well.

Highlander with guns! It did exactly what it set out to do- and I loved the idea that these immortals weren't better because they were super strong or super fast- they just flat out had more practice working together than you, and so made your special forces look like raw recruits.

Excellent film, and it really made me want a Highlander reboot.

Saw this, thought it was pretty good. It hewed very close to the comic book - many scenes were word for word, such as the best scene in the movie (the one HBMC pointed out, and I agree with).

The only notable changes from the comic were

Good popcorn movie, pretty forgettable, I hope they do a sequel.

Que: Dun Dun Dun Da Dun overused trailer drums.

Strong women and her firends fight the power, or something. VIOLENCE SUPREME! But we still humans, we have emotion! (but you won't actually see it in film). We fight for people against Illuminati.Random person who somehow has same powers, join us! Oh no, bad guys found way to kill us, everyone 'sept me an new girl will die. In end we somehow disappear into living our lives off grid. IGN 5/10 MASTERPIECE.

Big. Freaking. YAWN.

 Togusa wrote:
Strong women and her firends fight the power, or something. VIOLENCE SUPREME! But we still humans, we have emotion! (but you won't actually see it in film). We fight for people against Illuminati.Random person who somehow has same powers, join us! Oh no, bad guys found way to kill us, everyone 'sept me an new girl will die. In end we somehow disappear into living our lives off grid. IGN 5/10 MASTERPIECE.

Yeah none of what you just said is the plot of the film.

Really helps to see something before you "review" it.

 Necros wrote:
So this is out now on Netflix. Watched this tonight. I enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting much going into it, but the fight scenes were good and the story was decent but a bit predictable. Definitely worth checking out though.

Eh. The fights were nicely choreographed.

Now I'm not a great bladed weapons expert, only having done some fencing and stick fighting but you telegraph your movements like they are doing and you're going to get beaned. Economy of movement has many more advantages than any extra momentum you might pick up doing a twirly twirly. Mostly your target is either going to move or simply hit you.

I get the flashiness of a popcorn movie, I'm just not going to celebrate it. Is there a Taran Tactical for bladed weapon fighting that can do to blades what John Wick 1 did for guns?

 Togusa wrote:
Que: Dun Dun Dun Da Dun overused trailer drums.

Strong women and her firends fight the power, or something. VIOLENCE SUPREME! But we still humans, we have emotion! (but you won't actually see it in film). We fight for people against Illuminati.Random person who somehow has same powers, join us! Oh no, bad guys found way to kill us, everyone 'sept me an new girl will die. In end we somehow disappear into living our lives off grid. IGN 5/10 MASTERPIECE.

Big. Freaking. YAWN.

I’m not sure you’re posting in the correct movie thread.

 Togusa wrote:
Que: Dun Dun Dun Da Dun overused trailer drums.

Strong women and her firends fight the power, or something. VIOLENCE SUPREME! But we still humans, we have emotion! (but you won't actually see it in film). We fight for people against Illuminati.Random person who somehow has same powers, join us! Oh no, bad guys found way to kill us, everyone 'sept me an new girl will die. In end we somehow disappear into living our lives off grid. IGN 5/10 MASTERPIECE.

Big. Freaking. YAWN.

Each to their own but you need to actually have watched the film.....

There is no Illumanti or "Power" just someone trying to make a fast buck, and someone helping him who thinks that they can help the world.
Yeah there is aviolence - cos they are soldiers.....wierd that.
Loads of emotion in the film especially between the gay couple who Spolier alert
Person is a replacement.
Bad guys don;t want them to die - whole point of the film!
They learn that they are doing more good than they thought.
No the whole team does not die.

In fact I can't see a single element of your "review" that is factually acurate.

talking to people who watched the film did

I do not believe she did, no. She’s just that good.

Solid B+ action movie, with some nice characterisation and plot. Also nice that it’s a self contained story, but that also has some hooks to allow sequels &/or prequels. Felt complete but also left me wanting more (and given the reception it’s getting, hopefully will get some).

 Ouze wrote:
perhaps the comics writers gave the movie producers a heads up as to their plot bible,

Greg Rucka wrote both the original comics and the screenplay for the film. Given how successful it seems to have been I have hopes that we might see a Netflix 'Queen and Country' adaptation one day. I'd be all over that.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Togusa wrote:
Strong women and her firends fight the power, or something. VIOLENCE SUPREME! But we still humans, we have emotion! (but you won't actually see it in film). We fight for people against Illuminati.Random person who somehow has same powers, join us! Oh no, bad guys found way to kill us, everyone 'sept me an new girl will die. In end we somehow disappear into living our lives off grid. IGN 5/10 MASTERPIECE.

Yeah none of what you just said is the plot of the film.

Really helps to see something before you "review" it.

I'm not reviewing it. I'm calling it as I see it in the trailer. Looks dumb, so I shan't waste my time.

 Togusa wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Togusa wrote:
Strong women and her firends fight the power, or something. VIOLENCE SUPREME! But we still humans, we have emotion! (but you won't actually see it in film). We fight for people against Illuminati.Random person who somehow has same powers, join us! Oh no, bad guys found way to kill us, everyone 'sept me an new girl will die. In end we somehow disappear into living our lives off grid. IGN 5/10 MASTERPIECE.

Yeah none of what you just said is the plot of the film.

Really helps to see something before you "review" it.

I'm not reviewing it. I'm calling it as I see it in the trailer. Looks dumb, so I shan't waste my time.

Fair enough - your choice.

As several of us who saw the film have said however every one of your assertions that you gained from the trailer is wrong.

I watched and enjoyed it.

I am surprised that the baddies kept trying to use lethal force weapons, and didn't really switch to other options. I mean a taser, gas, stun guns, etc would actually have messed the Immortals up just as bad or longer. We saw how effective it was to simply sedate them, and a few times when we saw a stun gun or gas it seemed to work pretty good.

You do start losing a bit of tension since.... they are immortal. But, the fact that they could suddenly lose it helps keep a bit of tension as we did see Lykon die in the past.