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Onslaught

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Onslaught is a new movie this weekend that had some elements about it that I liked, but it was not a film that I would want to watch again. There were too many times where I rolled my eyes or found myself thinking that it was just too stupid for its own good.

According to IMDB, “When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter.”

Adria Arjona, who is rumored to be the next DC Wonder Woman (though unconfirmed), is the lead role of the film, the badass sniper whose daughter gets dropped off with her without warning. Then, a bunch of murderous super soldiers attack her for… you know.. reasons, and one of them turned out to be the most coincidental character ever in cinema history.

That might be hyperbole, or it may not. The plot of this movie, as it was, was lacking. It was really dumb and had really no reason to happen as it did. It all felt too unbelievable across the whole movie.

The film does have a fine cast, led by Arjona, who I liked as the protagonist. There were also roles for Dan Stevens (though nowhere as used as I anticipated), Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Rebecca Hall (who was on screen less than Stevens), and young actress Blake Kennedy. At the beginning of the film as the names were flashing across the screen, I thought that this had a great cast. I then realized that the cast was, for the most part, wasted.

There were some fun kills along the way and Arjona was definitely a bad ass, but this is one of those films that really did not have much to it. It was paper thin, and it depended on the blood and gore. That’s fine for some movies, but this one felt like it should have been more.

2.7 stars

Hit Man

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Glen Powell is hot right now. So when will there be a better time to make a dark comedy for Netflix than right now?

In Hit Man, Glen Powell played Gary Johnson, a college professor who would moonlight as a tech guy for the New Orleans Police Department. When the undercover officer wound up in trouble, Gary got thrust into the position of pretending to be a hit man for people wanting to hire him to kill someone.

Gary turned out to be very effective at getting these perspective clients to incriminate themselves, making Gary ultra valuable to the NOPD.

When Gary was meeting with a young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona) who wanted to hire him to kill her horrible husband, Gary, under his alias Roy, talked her out of it so she would not incriminate herself.

This led to Madison and “Ray” to begin a secret relationship with each other, leading to all kinds of trouble.

Directed by Richard Linklater, Hit Man is a lot of fun and has some very clever moments. Glen Power and Adria Arjona have sparkling chemistry and you find yourself rooting for them despite your better judgement.

I will say though that the ending took a darker turn than I thought and I’m not sure how I felt about it. The very ending is not how I would think this would have worked itself out and I am not sure I buy it.

The film calls itself a “somewhat” true story, as it made up a big section of the ending. Still, it is interesting to see where Linklater gets his inspiration for such a story.

This rom com makes for a decent time at home watching it on Netflix. I am not sure that it would have near the amount of success had it had a theatrical release. As a lazy afternoon watch, Hit Man is a hit.

3.5 stars