The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run:
Synopsis: After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.
My thoughts: Definitely stronger than the last full length SpongeBob adventure. Sponge On The Run has a bunch of non-canonical scenes that bothered me, an avid watcher of the early SpongeBob episodes. That bothered me a little but I was mostly able to put it aside as this film uses the "Kamp Koral" first meetings between all the characters is the driver behind the overall message of the film: Friendship. The live action roles of Snoop Dogg, Danny Trejo and Keanu Reeves were most excellent (heh). The soundtrack was also strong, with the highlight being Weezer's Bikini Bottom song which opens the film. The CGI animation took a bit to get used to even though it was partially used in it's predecessor but after a few minutes the minute details stopped bothering you.
Final verdict: 4 fish in the sea out of 5.
Synopsis: When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop (Mary J. Blige) realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them.
My thoughts: Firstly I was very surprised when this turned out to be a thriller/horror instead of action. I didn't read anything into it, just went based on the cover of the DVD which lead me to imagine a Black & Blue type movie but with the supernatural horror vibes I definitely got more than I bargained for. They turn the gore up to 11 and tries to add equal scares but it doesn't really land all that often. The cast is strong enough and the story tries to add some racial undertones that (SPOILER) ends up being the driving force behind the action but falls flat and forced early on in it's runtime.
Final verdict: 3 tales of revenge out of 5.
Synopsis: Once a ruthless businessman and bootlegger who ruled Chicago with an iron fist, Alfonse Capone was the most infamous and feared gangster of American lore. At the age of 47, following nearly a decade of imprisonment, dementia rots Alfonse's mind and his past becomes present. Harrowing memories of his violent and brutal origins melt into his waking life. As he spends his final year surrounded by family with the FBI lying in wait, this ailing patriarch struggles to place the memory of the location of millions of dollars he hid away on his property.
My thoughts: Tom Hardy excels as a dementia ridden former crime lord... Everything else is a jumbled mess of a film that doesn't surprise anyone it ended up on VOD as soon as COVID closed theatres. The only intriguing part other than Hardy's performance is the action sequence near the end of the movie but it was too little too late to save Capone.
Final verdict: 2.5 adult diapers out of 5.
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