SLJ Crime Thrillers & Revenge Flicks

[00:00:00] This podcast is a production of Unfiltered Studios. If you would like to know more about joining Unfiltered Studios, please visit our website at unfpod.com for more information. I've had what I think is a pretty great career, you know. I mean, it's not that... I mean, getting an Academy Award would be great, but it won't validate what we've already done or make people understand and say,

[00:00:22] Oh my God, he's so great. He won an Academy Award. Because your movies make money, people have seen them and their things, you know, there are actors that go through their whole careers and nobody knows anything. One thing they do or don't relate to it. Right. And they're amazing actors. They're awesome. We know who they are or whatever. But we have these unique places in pop culture. Right. So what can I say? You know, Jackson's the man. Jackson's the fucking man.

[00:00:51] Everybody likes him. Absolutely. Everybody likes him. The only people who hate him are probably just the worst people on planet Earth. So let's just leave it at that. So it's continuing in the same Jackson revenge movie trend. This is a tasty burger. Mm-hmm. The smart motherfucker, that's right.

[00:02:01] With Samuel L. Jackson between true romance and Pulp Fiction. And that's fresh. Gonna mention that one. Good call. Good call. As the douchebag abandoning dad who lets his kid. Yeah, it's an amazing role for him to be in because Bo Zyakin did it. And so I'm calling it being just like blown away. This kid is like 12 years old. His father, he plays the alcoholic father who's a speed chess champion. Right. And he just, he's to get out.

[00:02:30] He's totally cops out. He's to like abandon his kid and then just laughing at him like, you don't get it, man. It's easy. Just hustle, hustle. And it's like, why would any psychopath, you know, just let their kid just deal drugs and be around violent people? It's just like, damn. And the ending. Ah. Ending. They're playing a game of chess. And the father just berates him and like, you know, just basically puts him down.

[00:02:58] Looks and like, you know, he's looking up at his father crying. He's like, you know, he kind of lost his childhood in that movie. And the father's like, you know, the... He starts scuffing, yeah. Yeah. Don't get it, son. You don't get it. You know, but that movie, I remember seeing that movie and I was just being like blown away by it. But his, he comes into that role, the way he comes into his scenes.

[00:03:28] I just seen Pulp Fiction the year before. Because we got, you know, the year after. It was somewhere we would watch in college. And I was like, your head turns when he's in those scenes, you know. Yeah, because he starts out narrating and you don't realize, you think he's abandoned the kid. And then you realize, oh my God, that dude the kid was talking to is his dad. Who he's recounting all his dreads.

[00:03:54] Be a very depressing episode of Homicide or The Wire ends up being a full-fledged, just relentless account. Kind of like Goodfellas, but for, you know, hood dealers, you know. The thing that always upsets me is that that kid, the kid, his best friend Chucky, the real heavyset kid. Yeah. Like making himself out to be a drug dealer. And like he goes to shoot the guys and he drops the gun. The gun goes under the tire. He shoots the tire. Then the guys come and shoot him. You see like the kid's face.

[00:04:22] Oh my God, they just shot my friend. Yeah. It's very, very, very hard to look at. I mean, it's not hard, but it's like, you know, it's very, very tough. Instead of feeling like a, like you say, a very staged movie, it does feel very relentlessly real. Giancarlo Esposito. Yeah. But definitely the first movie I saw him in. Well, yeah, that's true. He is in school days and even trading places. But that was definitely the first movie where he played a very key villain role that I was like, I remember.

[00:04:52] I know this guy's face. He's this part Italian, part African guy who was on Sesame Street and Breaking Bad. He was on Sesame Street? That's how he started out. Oh my God. He can sing and dance. So yeah. We'll definitely have plenty of stories for him.

[00:05:12] So what's interesting, like to say, seeing Fresh and then seeing him in his uncredited cameo in Out of Sight as George Clooney's, you know, prison bound, you know, guy on the bus as well as Minister Society is the alcoholic drug fodder who has just one line saying, give me my fucking money and shooting the guy in Minister Society. You know, it just made sense that he's in Fresh because he's just now he's playing different degrees of criminals and fodder figures who are unreliable.

[00:05:42] He's also in Eddie Murphy's. Yeah, he is in Eddie Murphy's Raw and as his dad in like one segment. So yeah, Raw is definitely an interesting role for him because it's just an atypical dad role. So on to another noir that's a favorite of John's, Kiss of Death, the 19th noir film. I would just always see this on cable TV.

[00:06:03] And what was always just so funny is, you know, Nicolas Cage is kind of one of the few movies I could stand him in, even to this day where he, you know, before he became Mr. Bad Movie himself. So he was, you know, going around causing mayhem. It was David Caruso's attempt at being a movie star that didn't pan out, but it's an interesting noir piece. Jackson plays, again, one of the guys in law enforcement helping him get a conviction on Cage's kingpin.

[00:06:31] And it was always so funny because depending on what channel I was on, I could tell which one, you know, was the safety version of the movie versus the not safety version. Because there's a lot of scenes in a strip club. So it was always just one of those I would catch on TV. And I was like, because it has similar titles to other movies in Jackson's filmography, I didn't necessarily know which one, you know, he had a big role in. And this one does have an interesting role where he just flat out socks Caruso in the face.

[00:07:00] He just flat out punches him in the face. He's like, there, now we're even. What do you need my help? Just pull back the vest and assert yourself. Before you go making fun of yourself, putting on your shades, how about I just give you a fucking slug to the face? Yeah. Yeah. Listen, Jay, I thought he did good at just still being in Jim Kelly and YPD Blue mode.

[00:07:24] He wanted to be taken serious and he had this ego and narcissism that was just to the point where everyone just was like, OK, fuck it. Do it your way. But as soon as we wrap, we're not you're not coming to the wrap party. I will say as far as remakes go, the movie holds its own. The original movie is a good, you know, black and white noir piece. But, you know, come on. No, you got no. I got to disagree because Richard Widmark is Tom as Tommy Newell.

[00:07:54] Newell. That's true. No, that's fine. No, I mean, I just like what I'm trying to get as I like both movies as their own thing versus as where you look at the remake and all you get is, oh, less, less, less. Less, less, less, less, less, less. But yes, Widmark is an excellent actor. Ironically, it's one of the first movies that comes up on his resume each time you Google his name. So there you go. That's how important a role it is.

[00:08:20] So we're just going on even further into the wormhole again. I told you about Kiss of Death and from that section. And again, that movie holds its own. It's not perfect in every way, but it is psychologically satisfying cat and mouse. It's whatever you want, Friday entertainment or 2 a.m. fun. It works in either direction. But let's go on to the caveman's Valentine. Yeah, man, I have struggled with this movie.

[00:08:49] I am a huge... Again, I checked out so many great character actors, obscure filmmakers, pretty famous movies and TV shows. Didn't matter. If it was on a video store or it had caught my attention, I hunted it down. So I used the hell out of RapidShare Mega Upload back in the early 2000s to 2010s before they got shut down.

[00:09:17] And I got caught up in so many actors I admired from 2007 to 2012. So I was ahead of the curve for life. I didn't have to hunt down movies that weren't even on Tubi or Amazon Prime. And so, yeah, Samuel L. Jackson was just one of the many. I just always was like, I'm going to tackle every movie he does and know more about him. How does he evolve as a sci-fi horror featured ensemble actor? How does he feature as a mystery actor?

[00:09:47] How does he work in either a crime drama or a comedy film? And, of course, what are his badass moments as an action star? So I love Casey Lemons as an actress and as a director. She's married to Bondi Curtis Hall, who serves a lot of the same functions. In this case, she decided let's team up with Jackson again because Yves Bayou was a good coming-of-age Southern Gothic thriller movie.

[00:10:17] And with an all-star cast and very tragic movie. But Jackson was a very good bad guy in that role. And, again, you know, she's acted in plenty of other stuff like Candyman and School Days. And, yeah, this movie just did not pan out.

[00:10:42] I definitely recommend her other stuff like Harriet, Black Nativity, Talk to Me with Don Cheadle. But, like, this was a dent in the road. It's not the worst movie of all time. It's just you're not going to remember it when all is said and done. Despite being produced by Danny DeVito's company for even co-produced with Franchise Pictures, the infamous B-movie company for Universal. It just didn't pan out all that great. I literally remember very little about it.

[00:11:10] And what I did, it just was a total meh. It was watchable. But even with the critics saying the movie falls flat under the weight of its ambition. Like, literally, the only selling point is, hey, Sam Jackson plays a hopeless man who, you know, suffers from schizophrenia and encounters a crime.

[00:11:35] And, I mean, it might entertain people who like some other psychological movies. But, unfortunately, it couldn't even bother to do the whole what is real and what isn't. It might have come on Showtime or USA Network. But, yeah, it just wasn't a standout movie. It was just kind of too grim for mainstream audiences and for limited releases. It's just people didn't show up even then. And so, it's called the Cayman's Valentine because, again, this homeless man lives by himself.

[00:12:05] And the crime happens on Valentine's Day. But the only stuff that came out of it that was any good was Tamira Tooney, co-star of this, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. She does good. She'd already done The Devil's Advocate and done soap operas. She's already part of Mono SVU. And continues to work with Casey Lemons on other stuff like the Whitney Houston biopic.

[00:12:32] And she's been in other stuff like Flight with Denzel Washington. Always a dynamite actress. Delightful, charming, and still striking. But, yeah, I... If you're gonna complete it, like, Confeor always plays a bad guy. And Juwan Ellis was a solid police officer. But Anthony Michael Hall had a brief supporting role in this. Yeah, I... Did not leave me with much.

[00:13:01] I might rewatch it out of curiosity, but I can't say. It's a must-see. Even if I want a decent movie. So, really, only watch this if you are a... Jackson Completus. I want to see some of his movies that fell between the cracks. But I guarantee you, like... No one saw this. They saw his uncredited role in Out of Sight. They had already seen, you know, his other 90s movies. It's like Negotiator and Deep Blue Sea.

[00:13:29] You've seen The Avengers and Star Wars and Tarantino and Spike Lee joints. That's it. Like, yeah. Any... I guarantee you, you've seen all the other obscure and less-seen movies like Formula 51. No one, not many have seen McCayman's Valentine. And... It just doesn't really stand out. Which is a shame. Because when I think of something like this, someone who... You know... This should totally be a Gorky Park... ...kind of movie.

[00:13:58] Or that John Hurt, Joanna Pacula film. Great film. Because it mixes action with mystery and... More in intrigue. This reminds me more of that one Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt. Young Morgan Freeman movie. The name of it would be Eyewitness. And yeah. That's an example of a movie that... Had a cool concept.

[00:14:26] And a big all-star cast, but didn't do anything good with it. So this is... At least Casey avoids being a style over substance filmmaker like Brian De Palma. And this even could have benefited from some... Bloodletting in a Dario Argento type level deal. And... I might check out other stuff that the screenwriter has done. George Green. But... I don't know, man.

[00:14:55] It did not ignite. So... I can barely think of any words to say about it. So that tells you all you need to know. Yeah. Let's go with No Good Deed. Yeah. This is a surprisingly sufficient movie. It's a neo-noir film. This would come on real late at night on FX Network. It premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival. Before getting a wire release in June 2002. It's not going to host John. You heard on some of these other archive chats. You know, has... Seen it in recent years.

[00:15:27] It's kind of taken off even in more recent years. It's just... It's been re-released on DVD. 2010s. It's been in DVD movie packs. Coincidentally, both this and the 2014 Idris Elba Taraji P. Henson Home Invasion movie is pretty similar to this one. And the same name. This is based on an actual book. Dashiell Hammett. But I think this one's a little better.

[00:15:53] Because the Idris Elba similarly titled movie is more... Coincidentally, both of these are by Sony. What is going on here? You know, that's more of a home invasion, psycho film movie. This is a solid final outing by Bob Raffelson. Best known for earlier Jack Nicholson and the Monkeys films. This is based on a short story. The House on Church Street by Dashiell Hammett. Yeah, as I said earlier. And it kind of just...

[00:16:23] If you are a noir completist, you're going to like this movie. I have just always dug it. You had Samuel L. Jackson as an off-duty detective. I've got... I was searching for a missing teen. Only held captive by a group of thieves. Led by Evil Stone Skarsgård. So it's a deep blue sea reunion. While held in the house, he develops a tense, intimate relationship with Aaron, a member of the gang. So yeah, I just dug the mind games in this. What's funny is I was mentioning it in one of the other chats with my buddy Daniel.

[00:16:52] And he's like, yeah, I did see that. That wasn't half bad. I was like, yeah, it's not bad at all, actually. And yeah, I... Unfortunately, a lot of people just... It got not... The director did get nominated for a prize in the Moscow International Film Festival. But it was just kind of one of those just... I mean, it even had TV composer Jeff Bill. Remember him? He's composed all kinds of stuff, including... Shock and Awe, Once Fallen.

[00:17:22] And yeah, he's... You probably know him best for House of Cards, Monk, In Plain Sight, Carnival, and Rome music soundtracks. But yeah, I dug the jazz atmosphere. It's a solid genre outing.

[00:17:43] And I like how it's a mix of both unlikely love mixed in with, again, a reverse home invasion and then a robbery. And it gives you all the gun battles and psychological attention you need for this kind of movie. I still can't believe who was involved with this. You know, it's like the desert props. Doug Hutchison was also in here. Percy from the Green Mile. You know him also from Lost.

[00:18:14] Eugene Toomes on The X-Files and Looney Benjamin Punisher Warzone. He was with Jackson as the guy who assaulted his daughter in A Time to Kill. So yeah, it is a reunion of actors who have worked with each other. It was a Germany co-production. But yeah, I... It just fell through the cracks because, you know, 2002, we just had all the different Bourne identity and just utter throwback movies, frilty, all that. All that jazz.

[00:18:43] And big genre movies and sequels and crappy remakes. And it's like, yeah, no. You can throw away the Truth About Charlie remake. You don't have to throw this one away. This is a keeper. And it's been... Again, I've seen it popping up now and again. And occasionally people mention it saying, what a great Jackson and Milla Jovovich film. So this is proof Milla Jovovich can act. And it is a shame that, unfortunately, most people are just going to bring up her crappy Resident Evil films.

[00:19:13] It's like, no. You should bring up Fifth Element and you should bring up some of her Tough Gal outings. Because, you know, she was great in He Got Game, the Spike Lee film. But she's been underutilized, unfortunately. And this would definitely be in her Top 10 easily. Because she... You think she's going to be a ditzy, torturous blonde working with these guys. And just the tables are turned without misogyny, without threat of assault. It's more just like...

[00:19:42] You think she's a seductress. And then Jackson gets close to her and is like, hey, you're in with the wrong person. And I just love how, again, like, just the mind games that both she and Jackson play. And Jackson does more than just be Mr. Tough Guy detective. He's like, what are you trying to do in my house? What do you want? And how am I going to get out of this? It's like, it was just so cool to see a movie like this not resort to a strong dog's level assault.

[00:20:11] You know, barbaric, one-dimensional torture or violence. It's like, no, it was pretty taut. And Skarsgard was a pretty good villain who's mostly ahead of the curve and organized. I mean, it works way better than other similar movies of this time, like Don't Say a Word. So that says a lot. Yeah, I don't know why it wasn't a bigger hit other than it was a limited release. But it should have been bigger.

[00:20:39] It definitely would go in 10 most underrated Jackson movies, that's for sure. Again, sometimes you just like those kinds of efficient genre films that get the job done. So, one of many other movies where Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson work together. This was another film that filled with the cracks. Jackson's worked already with Rennie Harlan. The infamous filmmaker behind, oh, you guessed it. Matt Brown, Elm Street 4, Cliffhanger, and all that jazz.

[00:21:06] And this is probably the only movie I can say I actually don't mind buying them. It's a very lazy and very predictable millennium films and screen jams. Sony-produced mysteries. Basically, it could have been an episode of CSI. It's worth a one-time watch. There's a big all-star cast. You got Kiki Palmer. You got Eva Mindez and Ed Harris. Maggie Lawson from Psych. Rob Forster.

[00:21:36] So, Jackie Brown reunion. Yeah, this movie had some okay visuals. And it's also been popping up recently on streaming. What is going on here? Yeah, despite all that, it just didn't really leave much to chew on. But it'll get the job done however you need it to. So, let's move on to the next one.

[00:22:06] Meeting evil. Okay, well, it's not the greatest. But it is interesting seeing a full-blown collateral pitcher-type psycho role. When did that come out? It was around... It had to be 2012. Around the time that everyone's racing, you know, limited releases.

[00:22:30] Not his biggest must-see movie, but if you just want just a random serial killer causing mayhem, it's absolutely worse. Interesting. So, a little more on Meeting Evil. Again, it's a total copycat of The Hitcher. It's a total collateral. Despite that, it was just when Sony's Pictures side company, Stage 6, was doing a lot of these independent films.

[00:22:57] And this was just one of the way less schlocky productions. It's got some surprisingly decent reviews on some sides as well as made-for-video sides. It was just one of those of just like in and out. It's just a partial release. And despite the not-so-great digital filmmaking, it surprisingly has everyone playing against type. It's kind of actually based on a 1992 novel by Thomas Berger. I'm not familiar with him, but he's most known for hard-world stuff.

[00:23:27] It just does an interesting deal of just... It's almost like The Highwayman with Jim Caviezel. It's almost like some of those other just dual kind of movies. So, it would have probably been better as a Masters of Horror or, shall we say, probably a Twilight Zone episode. But, yeah, it's a typical man who's selling insurance, gets set up, a serious stranger comes into town.

[00:23:56] The movie keeps it going despite not being the most original. It's just good at being very atypical. It's also interesting seeing Muse Watson from Prison Break and NCIS in an atypical role. You know him as the killer, and I know what you did last summer films, too. So, atypical slasher slash action mystery quasi-horror is definitely way more respectable than 1408.

[00:24:24] And I will dig that to my grave because that movie is all about a plot twist that doesn't work. And this one is about just getting in, getting out. And even if you don't remember it, you're also still going to be like, I'm not sure what I watched last night. I'm still thinking a little bit about it. So, on to the next one. So, on to another one. It's basically his taken man on fire in The Samaritan.

[00:24:52] He plays an ex-con who gets into another just final heist and finds out a bunch of other just deadly secrets. This is an interesting neo-noir where he's at a bar. And, again, someone makes a scene. He has already told them off multiple times. And he just finally just whacks the guy into the damn bar. And the guy just dies instantly because, you know, he's hitting like the throat.

[00:25:17] And then the guy, the bartender's like, oh, what do you want me to do with the body? I'm just dealing with, you know, creeps like this who never show up again. And Jackson's like, I'll deal with them. You take the tip. And so, it's an interesting neo-noir film that's pretty comfortable being its own gritty side. And Jackson, at one time, before we find out that he's got like some kind of terminal disease, just randomly just starts crying.

[00:25:47] Very believable. Not in just a, oh, it's just more like he starts coughing and everything. And just seeing him in that, I was like, okay, cool to see him do this. Can't remember the last time he got very emotional like that. Usually, he mixes emotion with shouting very loud in here. Got to kind of show a vulnerable type. Two modes, normal and Samuel L. Jackson. Motherfucker. Yeah. Oh, God. Turn on, turn off.

[00:26:17] So, what can I say? What can I say? On to the next bit with Jackson. Yeah, so, we talked about the Samaritan, but I got to talk about Kite. Kite is way, way underrated. It's been compared to some of those other Taken or Leon the Professional type movies. It was actually based on a graphic novel, believe it or not. So, and one of the first movies I saw India Isley in.

[00:26:46] It's got some other okay movies. It was a South African production. Jackson was definitely the biggest star, but people were just being so cruel when every other actor was doing video on demand movies at this time. And it was like, no, no. You're just being so jerky. And, but yeah. And it was like, no, no, no. But yeah, I don't care for the final plot twist of this movie, but it's kind of just the intensity that gets you going on this film.

[00:27:16] So, despite some questionable production value in between that, it is interesting how it's also inspired by the earlier animated film. So, if anything, it got me interested in wanting to look up the source material. But I did kind of just how it's set in a future society.

[00:27:41] And despite it being toned down for the American version, because there was some statutory stuff that was implied. I can understand that wouldn't fly anywhere. I didn't mind it. I didn't feel like it was cut down or compromised. It's definitely not like the live action Ghost in the Shell or Dragon Ball Evolution. It's not like any of that kind.

[00:28:11] Blood the Last Vampire was a better anime turned movie. I do have fun with the second Guyver, as well as Crying Freeman and Fist of the North Star. So, it's somewhere in that deal where it's like, yeah, it's not Akira. But it gets the job done. And basically, just the style and vivid colors were the reason to watch it. Even though it's not always the most engaging.

[00:28:43] But I was just glad. I just went in and got it. And apparently David R. Ellis, who had directed Jackson and Snakes on a Plane, and done other blockbusters like Shark Night and Cellular and the Final Destination films, was going to direct it. But departed at last notice. So, I didn't mind it. It just was one of those, just like they said, hey, let's get this South African guy who's done music videos and other commercials and partially seen movies.

[00:29:11] Basically, yeah, if you're an anime completist, you might like this movie a little more than most. I just was like, hey, that was an okay time killer. But that was a little uneven towards the end. It just kind of had too bland a plot twist for today's crowd. So, here we are. So, Reasonable Doubt. This is another movie from 2014. I couldn't figure out what got released properly first. But, so I just organized it and just took a chance.

[00:29:41] It doesn't matter. You're going to watch either of these anyway, if you're a Jackson completist. So, this is a Canadian-German co-production. It follows a district attorney, played by Dominic Cooper, involved in a hit-and-run, which sabotages the prosecution of a man wrongly accused of the crime. You also have Gloria Rubin from ER and Homicide, playing the detective who's trying to figure this out. So, I thought it was taught for a while, and then it got kind of a stale whatever ending.

[00:30:10] But, so, this is more interesting if you're just kind of like some of the better kind of cat and mouse kind of stuff. You, you know, so you've probably seen it done better in like Unlawful Entry or Pacific Heights Territory, but same kind of movie. It's definitely not as good as Jackson's earlier film, like Terrorists. But, you know, despite this, you know, I think just, we've seen too many movies,

[00:30:39] so I've definitely seen too many stuff, things like this. Only one review was positive. Some okay user reviews, but most people thought it was just, the ethics kind of went out the window. So, this needed one more rewrite. So, it's kind of a C-level movie. But, hey, I watched it because I just wanted to see just, I don't know. An atypical kind of movie, but Criminal Law with Kevin Bigg and Gary Oldman, it is not. So, hey, better look next time.

[00:31:09] And the next one. Or, shall we say, the final one. So, here we go. Ladies and gents, Damaged. One of Jackson's more recent movies. Depending on the site, some say it's a prime movie, thriller, other say it's action mystery. It's definitely both. However, despite being mildly, interesting, it is never fully engrossing. A lot of that lies in just the screenplay.

[00:31:38] It's just, by the end, when you find out who the bad guy is, and why they did what they did, it is just lame. The only interesting thing is the intrigue. It's like, what if a U.S. cop from Chicago teamed up with a Scotland detective? It was filmed in Scotland. The main deal is too many cooks. There's three writers. And Gianni Capaldi is one of them. He is a not-so-great Scottish actor and producer.

[00:32:08] You've seen him work with Casper Van Dien, Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, all those B-movie guys multiple times. He was in a crappy movie with Mickey Rourke and Michael J. White, so that tells you a lot. He's okay and nice in interviews. Unfortunately, he's just not an actor. I do have to agree. And even people who review indie and made-for-video movies will agree with you. He's just not all that great. He's nice.

[00:32:37] He's professional. But he just leaves you just very underwhelmed because you're just like, I don't know what you're doing. But it's not Lorenzo Llamas or Hasselhoff level where you're like, that's weird. But it is just kind of like, eh, you're just taking me out of it because you're just wanting too much me, me, me time. But he seems like a nice guy, so I guess unfortunately he's going to keep working. But John Hanna of The Mummy and Spartacus fame

[00:33:06] also has a big part in this. Yeah, I'm a Jackson completist, and I got to agree. While the critics are way too rough on this, this is definitely a 4 or 5 out of 10. And just, you know, like some of, you know, French legend Vincent Castle's chemistry, you know him from his work with Gaspar Noe and Atikusovic and Luc Besson, for starters. You know, David Krodenberg, Eastern Promises,

[00:33:35] probably his last huge hit. He was on a spy show with Eva Green recently, so he's always working, always around. Screen legend. But despite him and Jackson's buddy stuff, you know, it does an okay job of balancing out 48 hours grit with a Murdoch murders type mystery. Obviously, if you just like anything with the actors, you might be okay with this,

[00:34:03] if you just want just an okay page turner. But yeah, it's just once you find out the twist and not great buildup, it just becomes a light D movie. It's just like, eh, mediocre. Jackson's doing so much heavy liftings. I don't think the director's a hack. He's a solid British director who's done everything

[00:34:28] from a docudrama that is about the creation of Doctor Who to everything else. No Ordinary Family, The Cage, Breaking Bad, Criminal Minds, Disney Channel shows, for God's sakes. You know, The Expanse, as well as other stuff in his country, like 11th Hour, Wiring the Bloods, The Street. So yeah, he's not schlocky.

[00:34:53] But yeah, this production just felt very undercooked. It was like a very bland pasta. It was like you're eating it and then you realized, eh, I could have gone to a different restaurant instead. That's how I felt about it. That's how I think most will. It just, it needed more Walter Hill or Sidney Lumet type grit, where it was like, we got to just, just a better dialogue or something to just get us to compel to continue.

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[00:36:48] and wild history, then the Florida Men on Florida Man podcast is for you. Each week, Josh Mills and Wayne McCarty bring you the absolute best Florida has to offer. So if you're looking for a show that's safe for the family but funny enough to help you escape everyday life, then listen to the Florida Men on Florida Man podcast. That's Florida Men, plural, on Florida Man podcast. Do you ever find yourself thinking about who would win a fight between Goku and Superman? Hi, I'm James Gavsey

[00:37:18] and on the Who Would Win show, me and my co-host Ray ignore anything important happening in the outside world and debate fictional battles between characters from comics, movies, and video games. We got a new show every week and almost always am I the winner. Yeah, not true, Ray. In the past, we've discussed such matches as Captain America versus Darth Vader, Solid Snake versus the Iron Giant, classic matchups like Robocop versus Terminator, and even the Muppets versus Sesame Street. That one was crazy. So if you're a fan of geek culture

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