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Mayhem follows Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) who works his way up, passionlessly, through the corporate ladder as a lawyer in a corrupt firm. During a normal workday he runs in to Melanie Cross (Samara Weaving) who is trying to stop the foreclosure of her house, but unable to get anyone in "the firm" to speak with.

Unforutnately, a virus named ID-7 ("Red Eye") spreaks throughout the workplace. ID-7 causes people to lose their morals and revert to their base instincts -- most becoming angry and violent.

Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving are fun to watch onscreen and have genuine screen chemistry. The cast of bosses are also very easy to hate and the actors all are fantastic in their roles: Steve Brand as the big boss, Caroline Chikezie as a bootlicker and Kerry Fox as a board member.

Mayhem is a fun energetic movie, ultra violent, bloody and gory movie. But having said that, given the premise of the movie, it didn't go as far as it could have. Surprisingly through all the violence and humor, it is able to slide in some social-economical commentary -- and it doesn't feel forced or shoved down the audience's throat. The movie is less than 90 minutes and a rush to watch because of the energy and editting. As a random watch, Mayhem was a surprise for me.

Rated 7 out of 10.

Streamed on Plex

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Mayhem movie poster with Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving. Yeun is wearing black pants, white undershirt and white shirt -- all of it bloody. He's holding a pistol. Weaving is standing behind him a red shirt, tan skirt and pink sunglasses. She's holding a nail gun.

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"There is no Geneva Convention up here [in space]."

Oh my goodness Incoming is boring -- how can they make a movie starring Scott Adkins boring? Talk, talk, talk is how. This movie is 89 minutes long, the action doesn't happen until 69 minutes of non-stop terrible dialogue have passed including winning lines like "Don't fuck with America." And what action there was, even with Adkins trying his best, is a snooze-fest that is badly shot.

While I often like low-budget films, this one just didn't work at all and it's a crime they wasted the talents of Scott Adkins in the movie.

Rated 1 out of 10.

Streamed on Tubi.

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Scott Adkins in space looking very serious and about to kick some ass.

The script by David Koepp starts the audience mid-action and for a while treats the audinece as intelligent and does a lot to show instead of tell. But, as the movie progresses, there is a lot more telling and not showing -- which is unfortuante. The script aimed for the events of the movie to be profound, but it never reached that level.

Janusz Kamiński's cinematography was beautifully naturalistic and that worked well for the mulitple oners that were done in the movie -- including a four-minute oner with Emily Blunt that was very well executed.

John Williams' score works for the film while it was running, but it was a bit forgettable without any themes that I can remember after the credits rolled.

There are a few nits that I have about the film, the biggest being the ultimate lack of impact of a bag full of data.

Disclosure Day is worth a watch, but there are better movies tackling these themes. A better film dealing with aliens and religion is Contact. A better Spielberg film dealing with aliens is Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Rated 7 out of 10.

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Emily Blunt in a red dress standing in front of a weather forecast screen.

"Persuading the Roses to let the crew shoot in — and drive a car through — their bespoke glass-and-steel home felt to Coker like a hard sell."

Jason Klamm in Chicago Magazine: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/june-july-2026/inside-ferris-buellers-iconic-ferrari-crash-scene/

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https://youtu.be/g6YvkbqAhAY

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I came for martial arts, I walked out more than satisfied and even wowed. The Furious is an action movie through-and-through, the filmmakers knew what they were aiming to make and they made it.

The fight scenes are well choreographed, but never feel overly choreographed. What makes them awesome is that they are so well shot that I was able to keep track of everything that was happening -- even when there are five people, split into three motivations fighting each other. It is brilliant.

It helps that the actors all martial artists and can do their own fighting on screen.

The story is simple enough to be the connective tissue for the action scenes. A journalist, Navin (Joe Taslim) is searching for his missing wife Matia (Jeeja Yanin). She was researching a child smuggling ring. A mute father Wang (Xie Miao) is searching for his kidnapped daughter Rainy (Yang Enyou). There are an assortment of baddies, the most memorable being Ho (Brian Le) who portrays a giant henchman.

I highly recommend The Furious. Come for the martial art and you won't be disappointed.

Rated 10 out of 10.

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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off just turned 40 today. happy 40th birthday to this classic film!
https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/ferris-buellers-day-40-year-anniversary-matthew-broderick-alan-ruck-rcna348084

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The Wind and the Lion | Full Movie with Sean Connery
https://youtu.be/D-In3mEfBxg

This movie was filmed before the normalization of brainless Hollywood portrayals of all foreigners as mindless drones. It showed an era of mutual respect and honor codes between adversaries instead of jingoistic 'light of the world' self-worship.

No spoilers. It is too good for that.

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Bearded Berber Sultan with black and red head dress, portrayed by Sean Conner in the movie, The Wind and the Lion.