Pogo_the_hobo 2 Posted December 24, 2017 A Netflix original absolute mess. I don't even know how to describe this. Can anyone help? Share this post Link to post
RyanSz 3140 Posted December 24, 2017 Actually liked this as an alternate reality where mythical creatures exist in modern times and those elements are mixed with a cop thriller. I felt Smith and Edgerton had great chemistry and the idea that a magic wand would be considered a WMD in this world is an interesting idea. I did feel some of the elements were haphazardly done, like the group of cops going from zero to corrupt in a second flat was a real flat cliche, and some of the mythology wasn't that fleshed out like the Dark Lord aspect. Also felt it was kind of weak that David Ayer re-used scenes from his other movies in this i.e. the scene in the Orc hideout with the gang leader's son was almost beat for beat the same as the scene in Training Day when Ethan Hawke is almost killed in the bathtub by the gangsters. Â What's funny is this is getting trashed by reviewers but pretty well received by viewers, but one review in particular from Indiewire where the reviewer doesn't so much review the movie but talk about how he was offended by it and its take on social situations, caused Ayer himself to respond saying he loved the review since it generated such a strong response and that the reviewer should write scripts as he tended to like string big words together, and that he'd love to read any script that man wrote. Share this post Link to post
