zwolsa

A great show that can only come out of the UK. Dark. Cynical, dry humor. Struggling characters, trying to do their best. Similar to Slow Horses but still different. Apparently they put a lot of effort into the design of the rooms shown. I can not remember another show that had so many unique room and interior designs as this show. Well done. What I absolutely hate is the extreme violence that's partially shown. I will never understand what's the benefit of this. There's enough violence in the world and the show would lose nothing without it. However, a great watch, without the violence a 9.....

The story is interesting and it's amazing what some people are capable of doing. What ruins the experience is the music. There is literally not a second without it and on my TV the music has the same volume as the narrators. What's wrong with the sound people in the industry? There are almost no movies anymore, where the music and effects are not double as loud as the voices. Don't you have TVs at home or neighbour's? I'm looking at you, sound designers. But this is the worst so far. Most of the time I was reading the subtitles because the voices are really hard to understand. I don't care if it's technically difficult with all the different sound formats and devices. Solve this. 8 stars for the story, 2 for the sound design, so I'm giving six (I know that this is mathematically not correct but I don't want to thrash an actually good documentary).

The movie consists basically of different settings in which they fight until all protagonists are dead, except Johnathan. Like in a shooter or beat em up video game. Arena after arena with waves of enemies that have to be killed. The settings are mostly pretty stylish and Jonathan looks like a hobo in it. That goes on for almost 3 hours. The first movie was a 10 for me, for many reasons. Then it got worse, with the 3rd movie hitting rock bottom. This one is better but it's probably the last one I'm watching. I expected the worst but since the stream was available for 99c I gave it a chance. It is better than the worst but not good. We, as humans, should actually stop making movies that portray violence and killing as something artsy, cool and stylish. Honestly. How should we grow when we entertain ourselves with hundreds of killings in 3 hours? I'm guilty too but where's the benefit to society in this? It's of course a fantasy movie (Kevlar banker suits..) but still...