Amusing, but never funny. If you didn't tell me this was directed by Akiva Schaffer, the genius behind POPSTAR and HOT ROD, I would have assumed it was some Disney journeyman. The plot works in the most basic terms, but there's an anarchic spirit missing, and every single joke has been tested within an inch of its life. Do you want to watch a lamer version of that hilarious BLACK DYNAMITE gag about solving the mystery? Well, it's in here!…
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Bruce And The Iron Finger 1979
Bruce Li stumbles into a giallo! But instead of a knife, the killer uses his deadly fingers!
Made the same year as THE IRON DRAGON STRIKES BACK (and seemingly featuring some of the same decrepit locations), this doesn't have the same grotty vibes, but it is sleazy and absurdly action-packed, with excellent fight scenes choreographed by the Bruce Leung (who co-stars) and Tony Leung Siu-hung - the director of SUPER FIGHTS.
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The Batman 2022
All billionaires are bad. Everyone in charge is corrupt. No amount of punching mentally challenged people can remedy this.
Yea, that's the shit the annoying guy at the party likes to spout when the subject of Batman comes up, but it's exciting material for a big-budget tentpole to tackle. The reality that the system itself is broken - and that a man going out as bat is a release valve for him, but serves no great purpose considering his resources…
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
Crap. I hate when that sinking feeling hits an hour into a movie - like, big neon letters, slowly coming into focus that read: THIS IS STARTING TO SHIT THE BED AND WILL NOT RECOVER.
MULTIVERSE starts on solid footing. It has a fun tentacled monster battle, Doctor Strange uses goofy ass magic that's never explained (GOOD!), and Raimi seems to be engaged.
But then, things are bogged down in endless television-style exposition (Hope you watched all of WANDAVISION!), every…
