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Atlas Entertainment, DC Comics, DC Entertainment,

Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne, Viola Davis, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Jay Hernandez, Karen Fukuhara

Our government is once again petrified that the next Superman that comes along may be a really bad guy who might be ready to wipe out humanity, so they figure they got to do something proactively to prepare in case a bad space alien shows up. So the plan is to put together a team of really bad folks with superpowers and keep them safely locked up and protected, but to hold something over their heads so that in case something bad happens, the will have a desire to do what is asked of them for their own greedy purposes. But when the super villains figure out that maybe they’re being used, many decide to go out on their own wreaking havoc and destruction everywhere as the rest try to contain them. What follows is an epic battle of evil vs more evil.

Each time I watch and review a movie featuring comic book characters, I mention the fact that I have never been a huge comic book/ comic book movie fan. But there have been some that have really impressed me and make me really glad I watched it. This one, however, isn’t one of those. I found this one really tedious, I’m sorry to say. But as I read other users and their comments, I figured out pretty quick that my feelings were felt by many other people as well which sort of validated my indecisiveness about this film. I was afraid it was my fault as a non-comics guy, but it’s more than that. I was bothered by Will Smith as DeadShot. He is a bit too recognizable to take on a role like that, and it bothered me all the way through that it was Will playing the part. There were a LOT of characters that are not really very recognizable, and it took a lot of effort to try to figure out all those characters and what their back story and motivation was so we could know where they were coming from. The battle scenes weren’t bad, but the feeling that I got was that it was all being done just to have something to do to fill up the time. The story did not catch me, and I was very apathetic as to whether they succeeded or not. The whole movie was just a bit chaotic for my taste and I sure got distracted all the way through. When it was over, I said, “That’s it?”, but then realized that I wasn’t playing that much attention to it. Not a great experience for me, so unless you’re a big Comic Book fan, there are many better choices that this one. Guardian of the Galaxy (which this movie obviously tried to cash in on) was a much better movie, for sure.

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Voltage Pictures, Truth Entertainment (II),

Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare, Steve Zahn, Griffin Dunne, Michael O’Neill, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin

Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConnaughey) is a hard living, heavy drinking, drug using part time electrician and part time rodeo clown. He lives life hard and fast. He’s very homophobic and when his doctor tells him he is suffering from aids and has only 6 months to live, he gets really mad. I should say this is in 1987 and aids was pretty much a death sentence in those days. While in the hospital with a very unusual roommate Rayon (Jared Leto) Ron accepts the fact that he is really very sick, and starts researching the disease. When he finds out that AZT is being used to treat the disease, but AZT is illegal in the US, Ron sets out to get the medicine for himself and Rayon at any price, even if it means becoming an outlaw. This film is based on a true story.

This film garnered lots and lots of awards this season. Many people think this is Matthew McConnaughey’s best work ever. I was not highly impressed with this film. It wasn’t bad, but I didn’t really enjoy the characters. That’s not really anybody’s fault, I suppose, because of the fact that it’s a true story. When you’re playing a real person, I guess you have to play that person. But I don’t think any of the people in this film are people I would really care much about. It was interesting that Matthew McConnaughy lost a TON of weight to look like a raggedy aids patient. That was pure dedication, and I hope there are no long term effects from that. But I just didn’t get invested in the story that much. I appreciated what he went through and what he did, but he was a rather shady guy to begin with, and you can’t help but have the feeling that he kind of deserved what he got after all. There was probably a little extra embellishment to, or poetic license, if you will. I suspect it wasn’t as exciting as the story made it appear, but I suppose that is to be expected too. All in all, I found it a little flat and was just not blown away with the story or the acting, and I just didn’t care for the characters. This is not a pleasant story, so don’t pick this if you’re expecting an uplifting and heart-warming story. It’s certainly not that. In fact, when it was over I didn’t really care much about it, and just sort of shrugged and though, “Gee, that wasn’t worth the effort.” At least it was a rental.

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