Friday 3 June 2022

The Protégé (2021)

Gave up on this one halfway through (I didn't even make it to any of the twists that Prime managed to ruin in their 20 second trailer). The writing is abysmal - as one example, the words 'sarcasm', 'funny' and 'like' are misused within ten seconds of dialogue (which comes across as instant dislike but apparently was supposed to be flirting) - all the characters constantly make stupid decisions, hails of bullets magically pass through the lead character, there's no specificity to anything (example - who is this biker gang, why do they have knowledge of some rando CEO's security, why does it matter when all they're used for is pulling up by his car and pointing guns at him?). What little action there was in the first half of the movie was competent but perfunctory.

Rating: Very Bad.