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Did they really just use the same two stock sound effects for the panthers?

Choose or Die is probably one of the best examples of an interesting premise executed in the worst possible fashion.

News flash: people are dumb.

Overly melodramatic, lowest common denominator filmmaking takes on a modern Nigerian prince scam that simple-minded, unsympathetic people still fall for.

Cheap, insipid, cringeworthy and chock-full of insulting product placement and dreadful acting, Complet Necunoscuți actively ruins the original in a way I didn’t think was possible.

The intention is admirable, but I can’t help the feeling that Să nu ucizi undermines the work the press and whistleblowers undertook to bring the Hexi Pharma scandal to light.

Placing it all on one fictitious doctor’s shoulders and making him go through the same story beats as 2015’s De ce eu? only serves to further lessen the overall impact and viewing experience.

wtf I hate the royal family now

Unbearable. Embarassing. Tasteless. House of Gucci.

Exaggerated as the topic itself may be, 30 de ani și 15 minute provides a compelling argument for the development of Romanian infrastructure.

It’s hard not to compare Dune to Star Wars in terms of ambitiousness, grandiosity and pure awe factor.

While it may not prove to be as genre or generation-defining as the latter, Dune brings much more elegance and finesse to the table.

While its heart is in the right place, Pentru Patrie stumbles as a consequence of its overly long runtime and exceedingly patriotic interpretation of historical facts.

me: мама, can we watch Chernobyl?
mom: нет, we have Chernobyl at home.
Chernobyl at home:

It doesn’t take the world’s greatest detective to find out what Murder on the Orient Express is guilty of: 

• at best a cursory reading of the source material
• being a shallow cash grab riddled with unnecessary additions
• an overexaggeration of the main character
• an inexplicable focus on action sequences, special effects and over-the-top panoramas
• a gross misunderstanding of the genre itself
• an insulting lack of confidence in its viewership