mansoor1980
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superhero movie starring SLY , should be a breath of fresh air compared to marvel/DC folks
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SAMARITAN Trailer (2022)
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Ironbunny
Member
Looks interesting....and take a second to think...the man is 76 years old.
Rockondevil
Member
This is a definite watch for me. Stallone is great and the movie looks fun.
Would not hate if it was a bit more than PG-13.
Would not hate if it was a bit more than PG-13.
PaddyOCanager
Member
Yeah I'm down for this.
FunkMiller
Member
Yep. I’ll give that a go.
Probably would have preferred him be less super powered though.
Probably would have preferred him be less super powered though.
Big Baller
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Deleted member 1159
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That…looks alright, and I normally don’t like any super hero movie that isn’t Batman
mansoor1980
Gold Member
i bet he would kick batmans ass , even at this age
Konnor
Member
The creators have the right idea, the problem isn't superhero movies themselves, it's that they're all the same terrible recipe. The movie seems more about the characters themselves instead of non-stop action and terrible jokes, at least that's what I gathered from the trailer. Plus I trust Stallone, he often picks good to decent scripts.
I'm at half a chub.
Sly looks great but kids in these kinda films can be very hot or miss. I'm also very nervous about the tone, this could be like The Last Action Hero or Hancock and just miss the boat for me.
Good cinematography though, it FEELS like a real movie, not a streamer special.
Sly looks great but kids in these kinda films can be very hot or miss. I'm also very nervous about the tone, this could be like The Last Action Hero or Hancock and just miss the boat for me.
Good cinematography though, it FEELS like a real movie, not a streamer special.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Fully in this.
Trunx81
Member
With or without prep time? And what’s his mothers name?
mansoor1980
Gold Member
both with and without prep time batman will lose.
dont know what you mean by the mother name.
I collect VHS tapes
Member
looks okay hopefully it’s rated R
Alter_Fridge
Member
Looks good
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Could be fun.
PapaEmeritus
Member
That's the first time I've ever heard that. Wow.So annoying that it isn't getting a theatrical release.
John Marston
GAF's very own treasure goblin
At the beginning I was getting "Unbreakable" vibes but what the hell it's ok for Sly to go all out Superhero.
Konnor
Member
I was so wrong, this movie was written and directed by imbeciles. The editing is horrendous, the director is so incompetent and the dialogue so bad that they even made Stallone look like a bad actor, the pacing is pretty bad, the villain and his plans are a joke and the movie is predictable as fuck even though it thinks it's smart. At some point they were showing a younger Stallone for a few seconds and because the director is a troglodyle instead of de-aging Stallone's real face something even social media filters can do pretty damn competently (in case it's a matter of budget) they made a full CGI Stallone that looked like a videogame character. That scene alone was proof to me of what a fucking idiot the director is.
The only good things I have to say about this is that at least it's not some generic, forgettable Netflix movie, the concept and what it was trying to do are pretty good, it's just that the writer and director were incompetent so they took a good idea and turned it into shit. Plus the two characters are pretty likeable despite their dialogue often being fucking cringe.
The only good things I have to say about this is that at least it's not some generic, forgettable Netflix movie, the concept and what it was trying to do are pretty good, it's just that the writer and director were incompetent so they took a good idea and turned it into shit. Plus the two characters are pretty likeable despite their dialogue often being fucking cringe.
Stuart360
Member
If all thats true it makes you wonder why Sly didnt direct it himself, i mean the film is made through 'Balboa Productions.
ShadowNate
Member
Editing is really bad in this. Like the child actor, obviously can act under direction, but the editing completely messed up with his acting and scenes when he's displaying some emotion / response to what's happening. There's also a few obvious editing issues with the bad guy's scenes.
Sly could do a lot better. And the movie plot could be a lot better actually. There seemed to be times where there was an interesting story to show or tell but it was cut short and times where a character seemed to unfold some extra depth for their personality and a next sentence completely ruined it.
Still a fun waste of time. Nothing really memorable.
Sly could do a lot better. And the movie plot could be a lot better actually. There seemed to be times where there was an interesting story to show or tell but it was cut short and times where a character seemed to unfold some extra depth for their personality and a next sentence completely ruined it.
Still a fun waste of time. Nothing really memorable.
FunkMiller
Member
Terrible reviews across the board. Avoiding this.
This wasn't the most original film in the world, but was still mostly enjoyable.
The dynamic between the Sam and Joe was wholesome stuff.
Visual presentation was all over the place though. I liked the grimy inner city look to most of the film, but they sort of went overboard with the colors in the last act.
Mostly generic characters and far too many contrived points to get the story to move along.
Decent film, and old man Stallone was entertaining.
The dynamic between the Sam and Joe was wholesome stuff.
Visual presentation was all over the place though. I liked the grimy inner city look to most of the film, but they sort of went overboard with the colors in the last act.
Mostly generic characters and far too many contrived points to get the story to move along.
Decent film, and old man Stallone was entertaining.
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Ash Sparrow
Banned
It was fun, pretty much agree with Mortal's analysis. You can also figure out everything from the start. I have to say I enjoyed the hell out of the films score.
Rockondevil
Member
I enjoyed it for what it was. It was quite predictable as others have said. Definitely worth the one watch though.
sol_bad
Member
This movie was fine and entertaining. Both Sylvester and the actor for Sam were good and fun to watch. It honestly feels like a throwback movie made in the late 80's or early 90's and if it was released back then when we were kids and it was R rated we would have loved it. It even has the bog standard and cliché hostage scenario at the end that is completely played out by todays standards.
Konnor
Member
Please don't insult 80's and 90's movies, Hollywood had professionals back then. Even 5 out of 10 movies had better editing, dialogue, story and pacing. Good God, that cringe dialogue at the end between Stallone and the kid, who the fuck writes like this?
I recently watched Chain Reaction, it's definitely not a good movie that rightfully was a critical and box office failure. It still was a far better and more fun movie than this shit. Very dumb but at least it was somewhat fun and competently directed
fran.fernandez
Member
It was ok. I enjoy
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Movie was ok-ish. The idea was good but the execution was way off, it felt completely garbled. With some proper editing it could have been pretty decent. It's one of those movies where you can't quite understand where the run time went because not a whole lot happened.
Also it felt like a kids movie that forgot it was supposed to be a kids movie.
Also it felt like a kids movie that forgot it was supposed to be a kids movie.
sol_bad
Member
We are all allowed to have our opinions and to me this is no worse or better than 80's/90's action films.
Unfortunately, the majority of the time I go back and watch an 80's/90's action film I end up disappointed. Commando, Total Recall, Lethal Weapon, Running Man, Red Heat, Blood Sport, Kickboxer, Superman, Big Trouble in Little China, Batman, Under Siege, Double Impact, Stargate, The Last Boyscout, so many of them just don't hold up. Not true for all of them of course, I still love Predator, Aliens, Robocop, Beverly Hills Cop and quite a few others.
Didn't hate it, but doesn't really go into why the twins have powers and why the hammer seems to give powers to the bad guy. Also, the motivations of the bad guy always seem good when they go the "society is fucking these people over" story angle. It's like with the Batman. Besides riddler being a murderer, his motivations made sense and you root for him to get some justice. Same with this nemesis dude.
It makes no sense why the guy stopped since the world obviously wasn't getting any better.
It makes no sense why the guy stopped since the world obviously wasn't getting any better.