U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett, Bugzy Malone, Eddie Marsan, Peter Ferdinando
The lukewarm spy thriller offers a convoluted, meandering storyline almost entirely devoid of tension and suspense.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Erwin, Brent McCorkle
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney, Jonathan Roumie, Anna Grace Barlow, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
The narrative is numbingly agreeable, with likable characters working through a drama with no real teeth.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui
The mediocre mystery/thriller not only fails to draw in viewers but falls short both in terms of world-building and suspense.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-03-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Intense Disaster Scenes)
Genre: Action
Director: Jean-Francois Richet
Cast: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Tony Goldwyn, Paul Ben-Victor, Evan Dane Taylor, Yoson An
The movie offers limited entertainment for those who enjoy this sort of fare but fails as anything more than a throw-away streaming option.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Nia DaCosta
Cast: Brie Larson, Toyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson, Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Seo-Jun Park
Instead of offering engaging storytelling, it give us flashes, bangs, bad dialogue, and a mountain of fakery.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Nimrod Antal
Cast: Liam Neeson, Matthew Modine, Embeth Davidtz, Jack Champion, Lilly Aspell, Noma Dumezweni
"Retribution" seems especially disappointing because of its untapped potential to be cheesily entertaining.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-08-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, Cliff Curtis, Sienna Guillory, Melissanthia Mahut
Hopefully, this sequel will sink into the trench from whence it came and nothing else will surface in its wake.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-09-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Action
Director: Scott Waugh
Cast: Jason Statham, Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Andy Garcia, Sylvester Stallone, Randy Couture, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran
Feels like a movie that never should have been made for a franchise that, having lain dormant for nine years, did not deserve a resurrection.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-06-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Science Fiction
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Cast: Anthony Ramos, Dominque Fishback, Dean Scott Vazquez, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Pete Davidson, Michelle Yeoh, Peter Dinklage, Colman Domingo
There’s nothing remotely adult to be found here, even for those deep in the grip of nostalgia.
U.S. Release Date: 2023-04-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Cast: Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Eduardo Scarpetta, Tim Daish, Giulio Corso, Tommy Rodger, Alessandro Bressanello
Viewers are forgiven for expecting more than a couple of professional performances in a sea of unfunny, maladroitly crafted refuse.