Despite everyone talking about how bad this is, I watched this because sooner or later I’ll always show up for Ma Dong-seok.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t worth it.
It lives down to the hype - miscast leads, several languid dark muddy action sequences, endless exposition which only answers questions I didn’t have, excessive runtime, very low stakes. I had a bad time but also, it doesn’t seem much different from the other late-era Marvel movies I’ve stumbled into. I’m left wondering what was so much worse about this?
But enough negativity, let’s talk about why I gave it two stars instead of one. Of course, Barry Keoghan is crazy good but every other review mentions him too so let’s talk about the valet Karun, played by Harish Patel. Absolutely steals the scene with every moment his small part is given. His character is just delighted to be here but also provides the only grounding in reality for this movie.
