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Dead City has had some real problems in the past, Season 1 had some cool moments but then they totally screw up on Season 2, felt draggy and without purpose. I would say at last, Season 3 Episode 1 gave the series a real reason to keep Maggie and Negan in the same story, they also instead of just blowing up things gave this episode it small quest to save a baby, and had to first figure out a few more things before doing so. The biggest problem of the series so far is that for too long their whole thing has been the same argument on repeat, guilt, threats and whether or not Maggie is ever going to put Negan down for good, she stab him good but didnt kill him. This episode actually moves past that but makes the entire thing a bit sarcastic and make fun of it. Maggie still does not forgive him and she is not about to trust him with everything, but she admits he can do something she cannot do alone and for Negan that is enough to make the alliance feel real this time, also the episode has this vibe about getting over situations and pass the page. The episode starts with a scene at Ginny's improvise grave is still rough, Negan is still angry that Maggie tried to kill him and could not finish it, and Maggie is just tired of having the same fight over and over, but at least this time they actually say it to each other instead of hiding it, it wouldnt be strange that Dead City turns into something very similar as the other two spin off, after all the end goal is probably have them all come together. For now I have to think words are enough but it will take time to see if Negan is really on Maggie side, same goes for her, it makes them feel like real people facing their problems with anger and acceptance instead of two characters stuck having the same argument every season. Maggie apologizes without expecting him to just let it go, even ask him to stab her if thats what it needs to get this over with, and Negan finally admits he is angry because there is nothing left in his life that feels worth protecting anymore. Its messy, doesnt fit Negan OG character but he has change after all. They are not about to become friends just yet, but its more like they are finally saying what they need from each other.

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Proof that things are moving forward is how Lucille act as a token again, its funny how a weapon of distruction can turn into an icon of peace, there is this moment on the episode where Maggie hands off Lucille to Negan and ask for his help, consider that Negan is just sitting there drinking a beer and there is no reason to be afraid of him so giving him Lucille is literally asking for help without having to worry about it been power, she believes he is the only one who can get them to that last tank in time to give the baby a real shot, but right there I still think he can be dangerous, specially if they find Dama, Negan has this tendency to flip, thats the truth. After his failure from the OG show, watching those close to him die and watching others turn even worst than him, like the Croat, I bet Negan has been wondering if he can lead people again without turning into the monster he use to be and on Season 01 he gave Maggie a leason that he can still be the same savage guy when those he love are in danger. When Maggie actually asking him for help means something because of that, because he does not help because she tricks him or forces him into it, he helps because she flat out says she needs him, and that is a much better reason for the two of them to stay in each others lives. It also makes him walking away from Dillards bar a place that feels perfect, Dillard doesnt look that crazy but lets be honest the guy keeps zombies as entertaiment, that place gave him a strange kind of peace, the humor, the odd food setup, nobody asking him to be a leader or a killer there, he just got offer a beer and that was it. Leaving that behind means choosing responsibility again, but this time on purpose. I also liked that Maggie does not act proud of herself for talking him into it, she knows what she is asking for and what Lucille represents, and the show still treats that weapon as carrying everything Negan has done, none of them will ever forget what Lucille did between them, its more interesting how the show uses that history to show Maggie is willing to take help from a man she still has every reason to hate and kill.

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Just as I mention above of how words are not enough, its because it feels weak too just like too easy, like a cheat code and it happens so fast, so much of it plays out like cleanup instead of something that actually matters of they can base into something Negan did to earn that trust back. Then there is the scene that everything happens all at once with the Croat wipes out the methane operation, Hershel comes back to Maggie, the whole conflict around the Dama basically loses its grip on him, and the leftover methane becomes the new plan to keep the episode moving forward, I had to assume Hershel was with The Croat but they didnt even explain from where the fuck he came. I get why they did it, the old story had Maggie and Negan stuck and the show needed to get them looking forward instead of circling the same enemies. But the cathedral and those methane tanks mattered enough that blowing it all up in one explosion and jumping straight to the hidden prototype makes that whole fight feel disposable. Hershels return has the same problem, Im also glad he admits the Dama told him he would have to kill Maggie and that he does not want to keep living angry, like finally this kid is landing some sense into his head, and the conversation between him and Maggie is one of the better parts of the episode, but his change of thought happens out of nowhere consdiering to be someone with a very mess up head, so why now?, like a bunch of hard steps happened off screen that we never actually got to see. The episode wants a clean restart so bad that it skips over the actual work of getting there, which does not ruin where things are headed but does make the transition feel a little empty for choices that should have taken these characters longer to understand and build up.

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The Croat dying creates a similar problem in a different way, like how he got bitten?, the idea of blowing the thanks is not a crazy one because it could have been proud or the fact he was dying and said screw you all. There is this last scene with Negan that was very convinient but makes sense because so much of who he became came from what Negan taught him, the Croat even call him his teacher one last time, so dying next to the guy he used to follow gives that relationship a real ending, putting the Croat behind but also uplifting Dama and The New Babylon Federation. It also says something about Negan, that he is not only mourning the Croat, he is looking at what his own leadership made. Thats reason enough for Negan to break down, especially right after admitting he wanted Maggie to kill him, not only because he lost Ginny but also because everything that happen in New York is because of him, Dama, The Croat, Maggie going to New York, everything and everyone wanted a piece of Negan for one reason or another. The show gives the Croat this quiet, almost peaceful final moment right after showing us this scene where he use to terrorized Renatas whole community and killed people just to keep them in line, and how the entire saving the baby story came to be. I think his death was too peaceful for someone like him and one useful thing at the end does not cancel out everything he did before it, should have kill him but he was the only one who knew. The worst part of the Croat death is that Negan had to take the bullet, because the show make it looks like The Croat didnt know any better than copy Negans old methods, used murder to teach a lesson, and left other people to deal with the damage. That should have stayed part of how his death felt instead of the goodbye leaning so hard on Negans pain that everyone the Croat actually hurt basically disappears from the moment, and I understand why Negan cries about it, I just do not think the Croat needed that soft of an exit.

New characters with some context is what really help this clean up episode, and they give Maggie and Negan an actual reason to thin they can have a life in Manhattan instead of going somewhere else, Negan is going to make Dillards bar his home for sure, I only wonder if Dillard is twisted too and come up with any dark surprises. Renata and Luis are easy to root for on this episode because what they need is simple, methane to power an incubator and keep a baby alive, and that gives the episode a real human problem to solve, a problem outside of the main characters that lets Maggie choose hope and its a noble cause, they could have easily walk away but who could, probably old Negan but not them now. She helps because the mother and the baby matter to her, but she is also thinking about what a stable place in Manhattan could mean for Hershel, although she still thinks about going back to the bricks. Hershel had this real bonding patching up a wound and Luis background in emergency medicine gives him something to actually work toward, which stear him from been angry at Maggie for another season and he might turn into a medic as Luis, its just purpose for the kid. Dillard brings some of that break the ice humor too without taking over the episode, his bar, his chained walkers, that strange food system, all of it shows survival in the city can look different than the same old camps and armed groups. The last scene with the Dama is the part that worries me though, it makes it pretty she is not over with any of them and I really do not want the season to rebuild the same problem right after spending a whole episode clearing it out of the way, Im fine with the show keeping her in the background and probably turn her into a minor danger latter on but not the main one. Even with Dama still lurking around, I think this season had a good starts as it focus on the right place to get the story out of that circle where it was stuck, Maggie and Negan have an alliance based on an actual choice now, Hershel has something like a future probably a profession, and the irony in all this is that Manhattan can finally be more than just a place they keep trying to escape from.

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Rating: 75/100

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Okay, I actually had a really good time with this one, and I feel like it's gotten a bit of a bad rap given how quietly it slipped out into theaters this year.

So here's the deal... Rachel Wild is this lawyer who's basically a professional debt collector for people who really, really don't want to pay up. She's the kind of character who can walk into a room full of dangerous people and somehow come out with a check in hand. She gets hired by a banking exec, played by Rosamund Pike... who's perfectly strung-out and desperate in the role... to recover a billion dollars from a crime boss who's already killed the last lawyer who tried to collect. Rachel brings in her own team of operatives, people just as comfortable in a boardroom as they are holding a rifle, and what starts as "let's go collect some money" turns into this much bigger, much messier situation involving betrayal, shifting alliances, and a whole lot of gunfire.

Look, the backstory on this movie is kind of wild on its own. It got shot back in 2023, sat around in post-production for years, got bounced between distributors, lost its original release date entirely, and eventually just came out, almost quietly, with barely any marketing behind it at all. Honestly, given all that baggage, I went in expecting a disaster.... the kind of movie that got shelved for a reason but What I got instead was a genuinely fun, stylish popcorn movie that I don't think deserved to get dumped the way it did. It's not a masterpiece, but it's also clearly not the mess its release history might suggest.

Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza González are just a blast to watch together. There's an easy chemistry between the three of them... they clearly get along, they're having fun with the material, and they all look incredible doing it. Ritchie knows exactly how to use that kind of star power, and he leans into it hard, letting the camera just sit with these three being charming and lethal in equal measure. González especially is the standout for me, and I don't think that's a controversial take because She's commanding in a way that makes you completely buy her as someone who can out-negotiate a room full of criminals one minute and then turn around and handle herself in an actual firefight the next. It's a role that could've easily felt like "tough lawyer, but make it action movie," and instead she gives it real texture. Carlos Bardem as the villain is genuinely unsettling too, which helps a lot — you need a real, credible threat for a movie like this to work, someone who feels like he could actually win, and Bardem delivers exactly that kind of menace without tipping into cartoonish territory.

Yeah, it's very much "a Guy Ritchie movie" through and through, you already know the vibe if you've seen any of his recent stuff.

Snappy, overlapping dialogue, guys in beautifully tailored suits, a heist plan that gets explained in a lot of loving detail before it actually happens but That's not new ground for him by any stretch, and if you're hoping he's going to reinvent himself here, you'll probably walk away a little let down.

There's a chunk in the middle of the movie that's basically people sitting around talking through the plan rather than actually executing it, and I get why that pacing might test some people's patience, especially if you're coming in expecting nonstop action from start to finish, but honestly? I didn't mind it at all because I was just enjoying being in the room with these characters, soaking up the chemistry and the style even during the slower stretches, believe me, It was slick, fun, and the action when it finally hits is genuinely satisfying, and it never overstays its welcome, clocking in at under 100 minutes so it never drags long enough to wear out its welcome. It's exactly the kind of movie I'd happily throw on again on a lazy afternoon without a second thought, and honestly, I think a lot of people are going to be pleasantly surprised by it if they give it the chance its rocky release never really gave it.

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Truthfully speaking i think the movie is genuinely fun, stylish throwback that deserved a lot better than the quiet release it got.

Rating: 75/100

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I saw this TV show a long time ago I dont remember when I saw it but I remembered the series, the way you remember something that had a big impact on you, you do not remember all the details , but remember the way it made you feel, The show had a lot of action and tension, It was about a soldier who did secret work that nobody officially knew about.. I had completely forgotten the name of the show. For a time I could not figure out what it was. Then last night I suddenly remembered the name and this is called Strike Back and so I went back to the season ome and watched it again.

The story is about John Porter, a soldier who quit the SAS after a rescue mission in Iraq went terribly wrong, Two of his soldiers colleagues were killed and that had a big effect on the rest of the story. John Porter is not a hero, he is carrying around a lot of guilt and pain from the start, you can see it in the way he moves and talks, What makes it even worse is that his colleague, Collinson lied about what happened on that mission. Collinson blamed a boy that John Porter had actually saved, So John Porter quit the SAS not because of the loss but because he knew that the truth was not being told, That kind of injustice makes the action in the show feel more real and serious.

Years later John Porter is pulled back into the service, he is sent on a mission to rescue a kidnapped journalist named Katie Dartmouth and that is where the first season of Strike Back really gets started, John Porter did not ask to come to work, he was not just sitting around waiting for a call, He was needed for the job, and he was the only right person for it, there is something about that setup that works, John Porter is not doing this for fame or glory, He is doing it because it is who he is.

The show was filmed on location in South Africa, and you can tell It does not look like a set trying to look like a dangerous place, the locations feel real, the tension feels real, the action scenes do not feel cheap, For a TV show the production is really impressive.

Richard Armitage plays Porter and he carries the whole season on his back He is not flashy about it, he plays Porter like a man who has already been through the worst and is just quietly getting on with it, and then there's Collinson, played by Andrew Lincoln, who you might know from The Walking Dead, Watching him here is interesting because his character is doing the opposite of what you'd expect ,polished on the outside, hiding something dark underneath, the tension between those two, the history they share and the truth that was buried, runs through the whole season.

What I really liked going back to it is how the story doesn't rush, It builds, each episode adds another layer, another complication, and by the time you get to the end of the season you realize how carefully everything was connected from the beginning.

Strike Back is not a show that is trying to be flashy or cool for the sake of it, It is telling a story about loyalty, betrayal and what it costs to do secret jobs that never makes the news, the first season of Strike Back is solid from start, to finish, If you forgot about it like I did it is definitely worth going back to watch again.

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Rating: 79/100

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Finally finally, things start to blow and get really dangerous enough that nobody can hide behind speeches about freedom or survival, there are no excuses, there are no politics or words that can fix the mess that is happening and I love that kind of chaos, but that same danger makes the SDM Council rough to support without real concerns to be honest. I get why Miles and the rest agree with Lee that the Kuznetsov docking platform has to go, the M6 force is only three days out, Happy Valley barely has food left and the Council is betting President Korzhenko is close enough to being removed that a new Soviet government could make a deal with Mars if they buy some time. There is not much room to go here so it obvious their choices are terrible because the situation is terrible but that does not make a fertilizer bomb a smart move. Blowing up the platform might slow the M6 down, but it fixes nothing, not the food, not the soldiers, not Earth ever accepting an independent Mars, it could just hand the M6 an excuse to treat Happy Valley like terrorists, it could prove their theory without having to explain it and give them real motives to stop the chaos. That is why I liked the Mars drama we got on this episode even when I was not fully on board with the Council. Miles can call the plan necessary and Boyd can warn the soldiers seconds before it goes off but Ruiz still dies, and good intentions do not erase that the people fighting for Mars just caused a death while trying to protect their home.

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Miles feels like more of a real leader here because he listens, pushes Irina on what she is not telling him and makes the call when waiting is just not an option anymore, but I am not fully sold on the political plan underneath it. Irina and Polivanov argue the embargo has put the American and Soviet economies in free fall and President Korzhenko is close to losing power, and a new Soviet government might cut a deal that weakens or ends the M6 response, that gives Miles a reason to hold out and gives Polivanov a personal reason since his own future and family are tied to the government changing. The problem is Happy Valley cannot wait on Earth politics, the colony is short on food, the soldiers are close and the Council is trusting people who worked against them not long ago. I get why Miles is right about having to question Irina, but its just obvious and almost look like he is force to proceed with his plan without having much control over, cant even call it a plan, so it was expected that blowing up the platform could easily make things worse before any new Soviet leader ever shows up. Here Miles got more control without having to pretend to be this seasoned expert politician and it still makes clear that being decisive is not the same as being right, as his growing reputation worries a bit, because Gerardo still treats him like the same guy who protected everyone back in 2003 and Miles still has not told anyone the truth about giving up Ghost Ops under interrogation, which Palmer knows, and that alone could wreck the trust he needs right now to keep on going.

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Boyd and the new Happy Valley Corps make the Council decision feel even more uncomfortable because the show is basically giving us what Mars wants to become while its leaders sign off on more violence. Boyd tells the new officers straight up that they are there to protect people, not abuse their authority and I like her in that role because she is not just throwing the word independence around, she is actually trying to build a police force that runs different from the one that used to control Happy Valley. The other factor in place here is that Alex jumps in as a medic given how uncomfortable he seems around violence, even though Boyd still makes him go through weapons training anyway. That matters because Mars wants to be kinder now, but everybody knows a fight is coming and kindness alone will not stop it. Lily is helping in a different way after Gulsora dies, recording the people of Mars so Earth sees them as workers and families instead of one group of insurgents, but it feels small next to everything happening around her, a documentary and a song will not undo how easy the explosion at Kuznetsov could be for the M6 to use against them. The show is building a kind of shared identity for Mars and then the Council hands its enemies exactly the kind of event that could wipe out all the work Lily and Boyd have done in one news report, and I believe that is not a flaw on the script, mostly sounds totally intentional to show off how it is the whole reason their cause feels more serious now.

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Everything going on at Titan is pretty clear although its a bit complex to care about, mainly because Walt is tearing himself up over the failed return burn because he thinks it was his mistake, while Kelly knows she is the one who changed the programming and still will not tell him. I get why she stays quiet admitting it could get her in trouble and split a crew already stranded far from where they planned to land, but watching Walt blame himself makes Kelly look worse the longer she waits. He ends up temporarily handing command to her because he no longer trusts his own judgment which should be a massive shift for the crew, but the episode moves on quick to a possible life site outside their safe travel range, with Walt still needed since he actually knows Titan. Kelly taking control makes sense based on the recent events and makes her the acting commander, even when she might feel guilty on the inside, but it does not feel settled, she has command because Walt believes he failed, not because the crew knows the truth and chose her. The episode loses force giving this scenes less room to expand and let it sink in or potentially giving her enough time to screw up, while Mars deals with an actual attack, this could have been moments with way more weight to uncover Kelly but fine, probably they saving it for latter. The search for life is a big deal too and Kelly gets a nice speech that gives Happy Valley a rare moment of pride but the Titan conflict feels paused instead of developed. Walt handing over command is not a solution, it just puts Kelly in a stronger spot while in reality things are just getting worst.

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Rating: 75/100

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Today, I finally decided to watch Squid Game Season 1 again, I do this often whenever I forget about the story. If it's a good one then I prefer to watch it again and again, just to keep it in my memory. The moment this movie was released, it was a huge hit around the world. I never expected a korean series to reach sky rocket audience. It's a survival series with action and suspense but I didn't expect it to make me think so much about people and society. This series will show you the reality of our real world. There are still kind people on the world but the amount of cruelty is more than that.

The plot of the story is about a man Seong Gi-hun, he is in debt and struggling to fix his life, he has a daughter who lives with his ex-wife. One day, he was with his friend discussing about his problems but the loan sharks found him, he tried to escape as he had no money, later they caught him and threatened him, he was devasted waiting at the station.

There he saw a man in suit who wanted to play a game with Gi-hun, at first he wasn't interested but the moment he was offered money for winning, he was ready for it. But there was a twist, whoever loses they will be slapped. Gi-hun kept losing because the man in suit was paying like a professional. After getting slapped so many times the man in suit gave him an invitation card to join a secret competition where he could earn money. Later he went there because he was in debt and wanted to do something for his daughter.

There were 456 people in total, all of them had serious financial problems. In the beginning everything looked normal as they thought it would be hard to earn money but they were asked to play children's games. Everyone thought they could win and it didn't matter if they would lose because then they would be going home. They were offered for an enormous cash prize. As the game began every round comes with deadly consequences. People started to die whoever lost the game they were eliminated forever. The number of players gets smaller, trust becomes harder to find and everyone is forced to choose between kindness and survival.

I'm just glad that the plot is not only about who wins the match. It depicted that how money can slowly change people or show their true self. In the beginning, there were some players who were helping each other because they cares, but as the prize money grew some completely forgot what it meant to be human. The prize money would only grow with the amount of dead people. So, in a while people started to betray their own friends. They began to lie without any guilt. None of them bothered to sacrifice innocent lives just for money. At some point it made me more angry. I actually had to pause an episode because I was so frustrated. I couldn't watch because I thought how could greed erase kindness?

The character that annoyed me the most wasn't Thanos or Jang Deok-su. It was the people who acted like a kind person and when they needed something then threw others away the moment they became useless. Sadly, it's not a fictional thing, this is still happening around us. We all meet people like that in real life. People often behave nicely with you when they need something from you but when money or personal gain is involved, their true face appears. That was one of the most realistic parts of the show.

A few days ago, I saw kids were playing outside with marbles. I couldn't stop thinking about how those same innocent games became symbols of fear in the series. Actually the game is not at fault, it's the people. I believe the games were never the real enemy. Human greed was.

I think Squid Game Season 1 is much more than a survival drama. If you won't watch it you won't know about it. There will be both bad and good reviews but the reality is learned when it's watched personally. Everyone has different taste and choices so you can't decide if a series is good based on others opinion. To know about it, you need to experience it by yourself.

Squid game is more about friendship, betrayal, desperation and the ugly side of greed. I just got to realize money is valuable to people more than another person's life, people who are like that I think they have already lost themselves and the humanity in themselves. That's the message that stayed with me long after the final episode ended. I highly recommend watching with friends and partner but not with children. There are some sexual scenes which I don't think kids should be watching. I don't know why they added that part it was still the best without those scenes. Anyway, still it's a good series which you should be watching in your free time.

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Rating: 100/100

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