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This is no soulless cash-grab. Spielberg’s "West Side Story" is a resplendent entertainment.

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2021-04-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Stefano Sollima
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell, Guy Pearce, Lauren London

For something based on a Clancy novel, it’s disappointingly lacking in the author’s trademark complexity and detail. This is pure disposable entertainment – nothing more, nothing less.

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2021-12-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Nathalie Biancheri
Cast: George MacKay, Lily-Rose Depp, Paddy Considine, Eileen Walsh

The world-building is inadequate and the storyline is erratic. There are some good performances here, but the movie as a whole doesn’t work.

An example of something that can work well on the written page but loses a lot when condensed and brought to the screen.

All the ingredients seem to be in place for a rollicking violent time but the elements don’t gel.