Fantasy Island/The Rhythm Section/A Fall From Grace

Fantasy Island

Given that this was a Blumhouse release you'd expect a horror film. And while this movie does have horror elements in it, for most of the way it is primarily a mystery, and a fairly solid one. I wouldn't say I was enthralled, but I was interested in the mystery of how the fantasies work and what is up with this island. It's only in the last half hour or so that we both start to get the answers and the film switches more towards horror (albeit a pretty bland PG13 horror), and the film as a whole stumbles to the finish. 

The Rhythm Section 

The trailer, which I saw ENDLESSLY for like 2 months, was dynamite. But the movie itself is kind of a slog. Murky, humorless, meandering. Blake Lively gives her all, but her character is a cipher. I did like that she doesn't immediately become some ace assassin after a little training. But the movie kinda just falls into that gap of not being smart enough or trashy enough to succeed either way. 

A Fall From Grace 

I'm really glad I watched this new Netflix Tyler Perry movie cold, without knowing the twists, without knowing just how batshit crazy it gets. Cause this movie sucks, no doubt, but it sucks in a very entertaining way. 

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