The Rhythm Section
by Mark Burnell
Seven out
of 10
This is a
note on the film based on the book by Mark Burnell…
Having a
strong, determined, courageous, intrepid, battle hardened, excellent, gritty,
intelligent, sometimes emotional female lead is to be appreciated, especially given
the fact that we have had so many James Bond, Jason Bourne and other action
movies, where the stars have been almost exclusively male and female leads are
still rare in such genres, though not impossible to find…take Hanna - http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/06/note-on-hanna-with-saoirse-ronan-eric.html
- or Wonder Woman - http://realini.blogspot.com/2018/07/wonder-woman-by-allan-heinberg-story-by.html
Alas, the
problem is that we have been there before, so many times that the sense of déjà
vu is overwhelming and even if the action figure is no longer 007 or some macho
character, it is not enough to make seeing The Rhythm Section a memorable
experience, though this is a cinephile that had been educated in the old school
and perhaps try as he might, he still does not see the big difference…
There are
some details that could indeed make this a completely new film and have viewers
in awe at the way the central character deals with a few situations…for
instance the one where she has to deal with a man that is debilitated and
apparently easy to take – well, if you make it your supreme goal to take vengeance
on terrorist who are specialized in…killing multitudes – but she looks unable
to overcome this enemy.
Again,
later on, she is about to explode in a bus and only help from a wounded woman
may or may not save her from being blown apart…which is perhaps exactly the
human touch, the more delicate female that is different from the scores of
heroes we have seen blowing away whoever comes down their path – Mission Impossible
I, II, III, IV (where are we now, by the way at V?) seems to represent the
opposite view… http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/08/note-on-mission-impossible-rogue-nation.html
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