Showing posts with label Mark Wahlberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Wahlberg. Show all posts

Sunday, September 17, 2023

2 Guns

2 Guns
Marc Platt Productions
August 2, 2013
Crime Comedy
DVD
C-

Not really my thing, but the banter wasn't bad.  Baltasar Kormákur directed, between 101 Reykjavík and Adrift.

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction
Hasbro Studios etc.
June 27, 2014
Sci-Fi, Action
DVD
D+


The cliched sideplots were relatively more interesting than the title characters/ situation.  Michael Bay directed, eighteen years after The Rock.  (Yes, I'm surprised I haven't had the chance to reject more of his movies in this project.)

Friday, January 20, 2023

Shooter

Shooter
Paramount
March 23, 2007
Action
DVD
D+

Bumped up a notch for nice mountain scenery and the laugh I got from "thirty-six months later."  This is based on Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact, and directed by Antoine Fuqua.

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Planet of the Apes (2001)
20th Century Fox
July 27, 2001
Sci-Fi
DVD
D+

It took most of the first quarter hour to actually get to the planet.  This is based on Pierre Boulle's novel and directed by Tim Burton.

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Patriots Day

Patriots Day
Lionsgate etc.
December 21, 2016
Drama
DVD
D

Uninteresting threads leading up to the Boston Marathon bombings.  Peter Berg directed and co-wrote, a dozen years after Friday Night Lights and a couple years before Mile 22.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Mile 22

Mile 22
STX Films etc.
August 17, 2018
Action
DVD
D-

I lost interest in this as soon as it became clear it wasn't about a couple bickering over directions.  Peter Berg directed.

Friday, May 21, 2021

The Italian Job (2003)

The Italian Job (2003)
Paramount
May 30, 2003
Crime Comedy
DVD
D+

Not as stylish as the original, although at least I recognized more of the cast.  F. Gary Gray directed.

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Instant Family

Instant Family
Paramount
November 16, 2018
Dramedy
DVD
C-
Odd story about foster-parenting.  Sean Anders directed and co-wrote.