Bullet Train - semi decent action comedy on board of a bullet train to Japan. The interconnected story was relatively well woven, the action scenes were nicely done too. A group of unconnected assassins board a train to bring home a crime boss's son and his loot. It reminded me a lot of Smokin' Aces, but I've also seen it described as a Guy Ritchie movie...both are good comparisons. The bad bits were the constant need for humour when it didn't need it, (I found the whole Brad Pitt giving therapy while fighting boring after it seemed to be in every fight scene he was in). It also was weird that there was meant to be a big age between Hiroyuki Sanada's (age 63) character, the Grandfather, and Brad Pitt's (age 60) character. That just didn't work. Also Michael Shannon cosplaying as a Russian didn't really work for me either. The other thing is the lack of any Japanese representation in this movie. It's a Japanese story, set in Japan, with Japanese mythology...fine you want to adapt it for American audiences, but did it need to be in Japan that case? Anywho, it was good and passed the time. 6.5/10
The Flash- whoever thought that the only thing that could be better than one Ezra Miller is two Ezra Miller's needs to be shot. The best thing about this movie was Keaton. I grew up watching Tim Burton's Batman movies, and seeing Keaton in the cape and cowl was worth the ticket fee alone (I didn't pay to watch this movie, I was on a plane). Keaton aside, it was an ok movie - some nice nostalgic moments with Christopher Reeves, Adam West etc when we look into other universes. I think the fact that both DC and Marvel are on this train to move all of the previous iterations of their IP under one umbrella is now stagnant, but it doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon. Is this the reset movie for the DC universe now? As Ezra Miller is now stuck in the Joel Schumacher George Clooney universe? Or have I got that all wrong. 5.5/10
Black Adam- not sure where to start with this. Does the Rock even act? It seems he had one expression throughout the whole movie, and that was to look as bland as possible. I found the scenes with Pierce Brosnan's Doctor Fate the most interesting - wasn't sure why he had / needed to die though. There was some interesting world building here with the JSA and that Superman scene, but not sure what or if it goes anywhere with the DC reset? The movie itself was a pretty crap one. The best bits were the scenes with Mo Amer. 4/10