343) MUTINY
(2026 dir. Jean-François Richet) Date Seen: August 23 2026
Aside from a few inventive kills this was mostly a disappointment for me. Shame too, because I've enjoyed a lot of Richet's english language actioneers in the past.. SHELTER from earlier this year is a much smoother Statham flick.
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS
(2001 dir. Rob Cohen) 3rd Viewing: August 23 2026
25th Anniversary @ Cinemark
Always surprised when people still cry "shot-theft" over Joseph Kahn having the same 3D CG shot in TORQUE of nitrous & petrol flying through the engine combustion chamber. Cohen lifted the idea directly from Kahn's own 90s VW "Turbonium" commercial. + every other oil company duplocated that one ad nauseam still to this day.. (even if Kahn had borrowed the idea, I don't really see what the problem is. Especially within movies built entirely around images of vehicles) Shots like that are fun for a reason = why people reproduce 'em.
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