Rogue

Rogue is a 2020 American action film directed by M. J. Bassett, who wrote the screenplay with her daughter, Isabella. The film stars Megan Fox as a battle-hardened mercenary leading a team of soldiers on a daring mission to rescue hostages in remote Africa.

Being honest, I only decided to watch this movie because of Megan Fox. I've always loved her in movies like Jennifer's Body and although she's not known for her "Oscar-worthy" acting chops I thought she played the lead here rather well. She's a strong heroic presence, bringing a bit more emotional depth to her performance than I anticipated. The film itself however slowly crumbles under bad dialogue, bad direction, bad CGI and shrewd characterisation. Beyond all of the key things that make a movie great, the film is sporadically rather entertaining - it's got a few fun fight scenes and car chases here and there and I was never bored throughout the film but the films cookie-cutter plot and cardboard characters weren't enough to warrant a higher rating from me I'm afraid.

I really didn't like it. It's a total cliché and Megan Fox doesn't convince anyone playing a tough ex military. The special effects are really bad, it lose proportionality between the computer animals and the actors. By the way, the overall acting is really bad.

"Rogue's" biggest shortcoming is it's indecision as to what its supposed to be.

Is it a "GI Jane" military style of film or perhaps a "The Ghost and the Darkness" deal, about man eating animals? The fact it's not clear about what it wants to be is a big part of the reason, it fails to gel into anything satisfying.

Its character development is weak for this reason too. You never get to know who the main characters are in any detail, as the move between genres leave's little room, for character development.

That's regrettable too, as the cast hand in solid performances. Certainly i have no criticism, on the acting front.

Really, this is what could have been two films, rolled uncomfortably into one. I'll add I'm also a little critical of the way it presents what are increasingly endangered animals, in a less than flattering or for that matter, accurate light.

It tries to smooth this over at the end with a conservationist message but I still don't think personally, this was a path that should have been taken to start with.

4/10 from me.

Well.. 3 stars only for the message this movie gave... stop hunting animals lions, tigers, elephants etc and save their habitat.

Movie sucks otherwise..

The title pretty much says it all. She is just there for eye candy and never seems to get dirty in any scene. Poor acting throughout. CGI of lions was low budget yet they are the stars of the movie. It tries to be non stop action, but the shaky camera and annoying shootouts are poorly done. And lets have a 200'+ cliff drop into a 20' rolling river like no problem.