Go Back To China (2020), M.O.M (2020) and Spenser Confidential (2020)

When spoiled rich girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business. This was a pretty big disappointment, Anna Akana gives a decent performance and is quite frankly the only reason why I kept watching it. I think my biggest issues with this movie are two major things, one the movie tries way too hard to get you to sympathize for the father who is just unlikable in every single way possible. Two the movie really does not have much to say plus it really doesn’t do much. The movie seems to have trouble figuring out what plot line to stick with, it feels like it recycled through at least 2 or 3 plots during the running time. At the very least the acting, writing and the filming are passable, it is still a shame however because this movie did have a lot of potential to be a decent movie.

5/10 C

A distraught mother suspects her teenage son is plotting a school shooting, but when he slips through the cracks of the system, she is forced to take matters into her own hands. Picture We Need To Talk About Kevin as a found footage movie with less character development and you have this movie. I thought what the movie was trying to go for was interesting enough, the main issue is the character development. The son is psychotic for the sake of being psychotic there really isn’t any build up or showing how or why the son is doing what he’s doing, it’s all just “oh so he’s just doing this for no reason” plus a majority of the movie is the mother character talking to the camera which would be fine if it led to something interesting but unfortunately it doesn’t. The movie is decently acted, in terms of being shot and the writing is okay at times. Otherwise the movie is very below average and is definitely one of those found footage movies that I’ll forget I watched.

5/10 C

When two Boston police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk, to take down criminals. Awful with every sense of the word…What the hell happened to Peter Berg? This is the second terrible movie in a row (Mile 22) this is even worse and trust me that’s really saying something. If you have seen any given movie that has this exact same premise congratulations you have already seen this movie, the acting is horrendous it feels like Mark Wahlberg is phoning it in, everyone else looks miserable from just being on set. The writing is garbage it’s honestly hard to believe that this is from the same guy who did Deepwater Horizon and Lone Survivor. There is seriously not a lot to say about this one, it’s a typical action crime comedy movie except it’s horrendous. It’s one of those movies where at first you finish watching it you think to yourself “it could have been worse” but the more you think about it the worse it gets. The jokes aren’t funny at the slightest, the action scenes are piss poor and are just laughable when compared to some scenes in Berg’s other movies and the movie is predictable. This is a complete embarrassment of a movie avoid this one at all costs.

Disgrace To Cinema F

Guns Akimbo (2020)

A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.
Jason Lei Howden’s Guns Akimbo is incredibly ironic especially when the director himself turns out to be a troll and a racist. Shortly before this film’s release Howden went on a racist rampage on twitter I’m not going to say the full story but if your interested look up his name into google or name search him on twitter. Anyway the movie itself is a mess, the standouts here are Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving they definitely try their best with such a very weak script, the action scenes are fine enough but when this movie tries to build character development is where it falls flat. This is the type of movie where if you just want good action scenes and some okay acting then this might be okay. The direction is honestly really bad, it feels like it’s trying way too hard to be a cross between Nerve and Deadpool (two far better movies.) plus the movie does feel like it was rushed towards the end, lastly I just don’t find the movie very funny at all. Maybe if this came out back in the early 2010s the humor might be more forgivable (keyword being might.) overall I really don’t know about this one it has it’s ideas but for me it’s wasted potential. I know some people like it as a mindless action movie which is perfectly okay.

3/10 D-

Bad Boys For Life (2020)

The wife and son of a Mexican drug lord embark on a vengeful quest to kill all those involved in his trial and imprisonment including Miami Detective Mike Lowrey. When Mike gets wounded, he teams up with partner Marcus Burnett and AMMO a special tactical squad to bring the culprits to justice. But the old-school, wisecracking cops must soon learn to get along with their new elite counterparts if they are to take down the vicious cartel that threatens their lives.

This was a pleasant surprise if I’m going to be quite honest, while it did catch my interest with the trailers it always felt like one of those movies that could really fall in either decision. Luckily it falls in the right direction, I will tell you one thing I love about this movie seeing Will Smith be actually really good again. He does a fantastic job in his role and honestly gives the best performance in his career in awhile. Which is something really great to see because I have always liked the guy. Martin Lawrence was also really great, the chemistry between the two is just top notch. The humor is actually genuinely funny there were some jokes in the movie that I found myself laughing at, the new directors I thought added a nice touch to the movie as well. So overall the movie is a very fun movie that is so far one of the best of 2020.

7/10 B

Like A Boss (2020)

Two friends with very different ideals start a beauty company together. One is more practical while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.

This movie is pretty much the stereotypical “January comedy movie that is painfully unfunny” there’s so many problems with this movie it’s not even funny. I’ll go over the major ones, first off Tiffany Haddish seems to think that the peak of comedy is by yelling, it’s getting really tiring especially when you realize that she’s done this in almost every single role she’s been in. The rest of the cast isn’t much better here Rose Byrne feels very basic in a very bad way, there really isn’t anything interesting about her. Salma Hayek plays a very over the top villain and it’s just painful to sit through, it’s quite embarrassing. The writing is painful, the jokes aren’t funny like at all I’m not sure what the hell they were trying to go for with some of these jokes but they really missed the mark. I feel like the worst part about this movie is that it’s just not that interesting or engaging, it’s one of those really bad movies where you just sit there and think “when is this going to be over?” with some bad movies I often like to see how bad they can get which at least gives a movie some interest. With this movie you just don’t get that, overall Like A Boss is a huge waste of time it’s not funny, not well acted and very poorly written skip this one.

Disgrace To Cinema F

Bombshell (2019)

A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network. I think the most surprising thing about this movie is this is by the same director who did the Austin Powers movies and Meet the Fockers, I have to admit I actually thought this movie was pretty solid. In terms of acting this movie does a fantastic job Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Kate McKinnon and Charlize Theron all do a really great job. The standout being Charlize Theron she looks identical to Megyn Kelly it’s very convincing, the writing was also pretty strong. It did have it’s hiccups here and there that could have been improved but for the most part I thought the writing was solid. I do feel the movie starts out pretty slow, it takes some time to get going which does get a little bothersome, it’s kind of a weird choice but it does pick up as it goes on. Overall Bombshell is a really solid movie, while it might not be one of the best of 2019 it’s still worth a watch!!