Tag: Sam Worthington

Film Review: “Relay”

Ahmed best reason to see predictable corporate thriller

Ash (Riz Ahmed) watches his back.

In a brief scene in the new film Relay, its star, Riz Ahmed, gets a chance to use the sign language skills he picked up in his 2020 Oscar-nominated performance in Sound of Metal. That’s a cool throwback for Ahmed fans, and, given his exceptional talent (see also Encounter,  Nightcrawler, and HBO’s series The Night Of), he no doubt has many. But his fans may be disappointed in Relay, a serviceable corporate espionage thriller in which Ahmed’s performance is the only bright spot. Continue reading “Film Review: “Relay””

Film Review: Sabotage

Expectations sabotaged by a lack of fun.

A moment of fun amidst a whole lot of not.
A moment of fun amidst a whole lot of not.

Don’t let the above image fool you.  This is not a fun, explosive, Arnold film.  When a movie trailer brags that it features the director of End of Watch and the writer of Training Day, ears perk up!  So why doesn’t this film even come close to capturing the cinematic value of these two prior films?…It’s because Sabotage, the new film directed by David Ayer (Street Kings) and starring the former Governator (Collateral Damage), is a load of gruesome violence packaged into a cop drama wannabe that lacks purpose and explanation…as well as non-expletive dialogue.

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