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• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17521612/
• Platform: AppleTV+

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Richard spends his time digging up a field looking for some old oak tree root that at first he thought it was a fantasy until latter on figure out had a very dark secret that tormented since his childhood, while Juliette is stuck in this cycle of grief that's making her believe their son might come back. There's this whole thing about an ancient oak tree that used to be in their field and at first Richard only finds this weird rabbit skeleton that starts causing all sorts of strange act of supernatural tricks only while on their property. The movie gets really interesting when we see how differently Richard and Juliette handle their loss, he tries to be all scientific about it until it was either his son last request to find the roots or because he start thinking only a miracle or supernatural even can bring him back that's why I think started to look for this oak roots, while Juliette goes deep into this short term spiritual trip.

The movie does left questions unanswered, the thing about Starve Acre is that it really tries to do something different with the horror genre and that something to be appreciate but I know there are many who might think the movie did work out. The way it shows grief through both realistic and supernatural ping of view is pretty clever, but still feels like there is something missing, I was expecting more horror, if they could elaborate more on Richard's childhood. The atmosphere is spot on with the Yorkshire setting, the 1970s period details and the creepy vibes from that rabbit skeleton all work together to create this unsettling mood. What doesn't work so well is how the movie sometimes loses focus, jumping between the intellectual stuff by Richard, the family drama and the supernatural elements without really putting the pieces together, even the crazy women who said to be some sort of psychic to help Juliette focus.

The ending and a book Richard found from his dad prove that it was not just a tale, the whole thing was real just that for some reason only Richard though about excavating looking for the damn roots, the book he found was a complete tutorial to summon this evil spirit that some how gave them purpose specially Juliette, feels like the Rabbit replace her son and this made Richard feel calm about his wife not descending into darkness anymore but to embrace darkness as part of them. It's one of those endings that doesn't give you clear answers but instead leaves you thinking about what happens next to this couple who were so desperate to have their son back that they might have brought something much worse into their lives.

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I had the chance to sit down and watch the latest Wolf Man (2025) directed by Leigh Whannell on the classic monster that this time is a bit different rather than been just a predator or a curse on a regular man, this time the move involves a lot into family dynamics and personal demons, I think this is one of the reasons for such low scores online for a movie that in my opinion was good enough for a one time watch. This is one of those type of horror movies that are mark, its like making a Jason movie and have him care for his victims, one thing doesn't go with another, it just the same here, eventually werewolf before they transform does care for someone but this movie takes the drama a bit further.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4216984/
• Platform: AppleTV+

This is an isolated house that becomes a nightmare for the entire family, a bit cliche too, chaos takes over real quick when a creature attack their car on the road, getting them to crash their truck in the woods and having Blake hurt by what look like another Wolf Man, by slashing his arm is what starts Blake's transformation but the nightmare situation kicks in hard when their guide also gets dragged away by the beast and gets killed. The entire movie happens in a single night making it a bit too long for a single night scene sequence, so it didn't take long for Black starting to feel the effects like it was a deadly sickness instead of a curse as I mention before.

All around the internet the audience reception has been very low, to not say divided because of its low scores, bellow 6 setting an impression for anyone looking into it, I watch it with high hopes but quickly change my mind, still not the worst movie I have seen though and a 6 is a bit harsh. The movie does brake the traditional werewolf ""lore"" and its very predictable too as it progress. Got to say that practical effects also lift up Christopher Abbot performance instead of going full blown CGI, let him cook more drama into the character, but also keeping that human appearance kinda meh the transformation process.

The opening has some very tense sequences with Blake's young version and his father that will get you hook for sure, the first half of the movie is its strongest as it still doesn't get into the Wolf Man topic, by then you are just waiting for it to happen and then at the arrival of the climax that's where it feels flat. Making a movie with this few characters is not easy, its dark, close environment, its not easy at all but I personally don't think this is a failure but just a movie I watch, kill an hour but would never look back.

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Well a movie from 2005, not something most people would be after but since I do watch content and read on a daily bases, even during the past month where I have been working a couple of things to balance my time and been able to be more consistent on Hive, I get content refer all the time either by friends online or any other content related service, The Descent (2005) is one of them that kept coming up after I saw Heretic (2024). A very very very dark movie visually, there is a huge part of the movie that is all pitch black and not much to see so this is one that has to be watch in the highest resolution you could, in fact I started watching on a regular 1080p release and had to find a better Blue Ray release to appreciate it better.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/
• Platform: AppleTV+

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The movie develops around three main characters, those are Sarah, Juno and Beth who enjoy extreme sports and adventures, the first scene is the three of them doing rafting while Sarah's husband Paul and her daughter Jessica watch from the shore, tragedy strikes almost immediately when Sarah have a big lost during a car crash, both her husband and daughter dies so she felt have very little to live for until she starts getting back into this kinda of extreme adventures with a new group of women, still Juno and Beth on it but there has been some distance between them after the accident, specially Juno but they seem to want to get back to how things were before.

It all goes south when they start to loose their gear and face a huge challenge on moving from one cavern to another on a terrain that nobody has seen or explore before, at least that is what they though until they start finding climbing that might be 100 years old or at least that's the expression they use in one scene. This last idea makes me think every other monster they find on the caverns are a group of humans that got lost and eventually start evolving to adapt living in this caverns, its a very sci fi extreme though but not impossible, so the hunt begins and friendships are destroy as the group of women starts despairing.

The cast delivers some seriously impressive performance that make the horror feel real, I say this because first its not easy at all to make close environment movies work out with very few characters but this movie goes to the extreme into this concept and I still kept watching and interested on what was going to happen next and how a conflict between Sarah and Juno start growing.

I could tell how the audience could be divided at watching this movie since its very unreal something like this would ever happen, specially finding a creature close to Gollum from LOTR down there but this is not a documentary or a story based on life events so any crazy story that is entertaining is welcome I would say.

I could tell how this movie might be inspired or at least has similarities with other horror movies but one aspect that makes it so twisted is the ending, there is a UK and US version of the movie, both with different ending. On the US theatrical release Sarah manage to escape from the caves, get to one of their cars and drive away so she lives. On the UK version things are more darker and I had to look for this version online since I had no clue, I watch the US version first but on this other version Sarah had a dream or hallucination of escaping, she was still at the caves trapped underground in that situation she would most likely die for sure as the monsters keep getting closer to her. If I had watch the UK version I think the movie would have been so much better, the reason why I say this is because not very often there are movies with such a dark ending, instead of ending with Sarah as the hero or survivor, its all darkness, doom and hopelessness, this is the kind of ending that makes you think and say out loud WTF!!!!

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Companion is a movie I knew before hand what was it about but I think this is a movie that would do great for anyone who didn't and just pick up a random movie to watch at the cinema, good old days of getting to the wall with posters and pick one because you didn't know what to watch. Under this circumstances the AJA!! moments would be even better as you probably won't see it coming, a future that currently is not that far behind, now days there are already digital companions, some are just text others have animations and believe it or not some people falls for it to the point they create this bonding loosing their minds into it because of certain circumstances that affect them on their life.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26584495/
• Platform: AppleTV+

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Josh had the audacity of tapping into her programing when he takes Iris to this fancy lake house owned by this sketchy Russian guy named Sergey who is Josh's friend; Kat boy friend, they both assume the guy is a gangster because all the money and he keeps it cash since he doesn't trust banks. The thing is that Sergey doesn't know or at least I think he doesn't know Iris is a robot or how they call them "fuckbot" and starts getting handy with her during a scene on a lake, this is when chaos unfolds. Josh modify Iris aggression because it was the plan to have her kill Sergey and run off with the money but things start to go south when Josh breaks her heart, thing is that they have spend a lot together and Josh develops feelings for her too, thing is that Josh deep is a selfish mf who demands attention, this is when btch go crazy.

Jack Quaid as the second main character does a great job too playing the selfish guy who probably got a companion robot because he just cant sustain a relationship all because of how selfish he is, its just obvious that when he starts putting himself first this other person will eventually brakes up with him. The support cast does great two, friends of Josh who are also at the house, they all kinda hate on Iris but they were not all part of the initial plan, surprise surprise they all have been manipulated by Josh and Kat.

From the moment the cat is out of the bag; that's when the movie reveal who is really Irish, the movie turns very predictable, including that we already know the parameters of how Irish is program and can be control, still with this flaws I enjoy the movie a lot as it use dark humor when everything starts to go wrong for Josh and Kat, its funny how he ends up all fucked up, Iris even kills him and this is no spoiler, she says it on the very first scene. It's all like a bad joke that plays on Josh, how he thought he was so fkn smart, you would though that someone who buys this kind of high end tech, its a fkn robot, would understand very well how things work but he never did.

The ending of the movie really goes full circle bringing every theme home, those moments of control and autonomy in a way that is both satisfying and unsettling. The movie really makes you think how and when this is going to happen in the not so far future, there are already laws in place that are starting to extend their length to the point of make it illegal for trying to make an AI be aware and have "feelings", trying to really emulate a human all this because we already know how bad experiments can go, the point been its scary when you go into all the details.

During multiple scenes the movie will fool you and make you think twice if Iris is really in love with Josh or its just her programing, I guess we are not use to this kind of robots, full blown android that look, talk and might even feel human that will make you feel bad for her, its funny how one of her arms loose her synthetic flesh and skin, how different would the movie be if it shows you her metal face instead? shows how superficial we humans can be but its all part of our programing, been superficial is very important for communication there is nothing wrong about it but sometimes we are just too superficial.

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The Substance is a film made last year 2024 that has been nominated for many awards, recently winning the Oscar award for best makeup and styling, it stars Demi Moore with a rather curious character, I had years without seeing this actress on screen, I do not know if she has participated in other films, but it was a pleasant surprise to see her again.

I remembered her as a mature woman who looked very young for her age and seeing her now with signs of aging well marked impressed me, as I did not expect it, it may have been a strategy of the same film for the role that she had to develop or actually is that her face looks like that, with a forced beauty, maintained over time based on Botox and facial treatment, on the other hand it was nice to see how well she maintains a body.

Demi Moore plays Elizabeth, an aerobics influencer in decline, with a television program that made her famous, obtaining a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, the film begins with this symbol “the star” and what happens to it as the years go by, a metaphor that alludes to famous people and their transformation over time.

Elizabeth is a woman who lives alone and her world is television, her image and the veneration felt by her audience is what keeps her alive, accustomed to luxury, designer clothes and servitude, she is not willing to lose the comforts she earned with hard work and sacrifice, her greatest enemy being time. She is vain and her own image begins to displease her.

Her TV show is outdated, they made a copy of those that were trendy in the 80's with the same hip movements and costumes with pastel colors, bandanas and accessories of that era, although I lived it when I was very small enjoy watching these scenes 😆 it was like going back to the past.

Elizabeth has a very unpleasant boss, grotesque and rude manners personified by Dennis Quaid, who almost always appeared eating in a disgusting way this fired Elizabeth because he seeks fresh meat, a young girl as a replacement for Elizabeth, just after being fired, she enters a state of confusion and has a traffic accident waking up in the hospital, there a nurse observes her back specifically the column and sees that she may be a candidate for a scientific experiment leaving her a number without further details.

It is a product that when injected creates an exact cell division of your DNA, it is a double of yourself, but younger, more beautiful, healthier, you are yourself but in an improved version. This being comes out of the mother's spine, as if the birth was from the back and the only inconvenience is that they have to share their nutrients and their time, since they were only one person, that is to say, one week one lived and then it was the turn of the other. If they both respect the balance everything would be fine, but we know how things happen when we don't even know our own qualities and defects.

At the beginning everything went great, but then came the fight between the Alter Ego and the old version, maturity and responsibility are not the same even if they are the same person, I know it may sound confusing, but in the end there was no winner. If a person does not accept the changes of his environment, the passage of time, nor does he accept himself as he is, he is destined to self-destruction.

With quite gore scenes, where blood and greasy food predominated, there was also black humor and satire to an empty society, which craves quick fame and venerates people for their physique rather than their talents, I think the substance sought to give a message to those young people who deal with challenges and current trends in the only way that could get their attention, something disgusting, nasty and dirty. I feel it makes a subtle call to reinforce self-esteem, to know the consequences of our actions.

I watched the whole film in awe and with sadness because it starred Demi Moore, I felt she had lowered the quality of her productions, but then I admired her bravery for embodying this character.

The beauty of the photography, the framing of many scenes, the makeup and the costume and environment elements stood out, it is a film with a vision of the future because many would be willing to sell their soul to keep their body intact in their youth. It fulfills the thriller, sci-fi, black comedy and satire genres. It grossed me out, but it made me think and kept me glued to the screen, between stress and suspense.

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Directed Roland Emmerich, Midway (2019) is a movie that has to be taken with pinchers due to its topic, it tries to pack a six month story from World War II into a single movie and I think that's the reason for low scores, the movie was not necessarily bad because to be honest the action scenes are very good and same goes for the drama but trying to explain the tactics and how it goes from the Pearl Harbor attack and several major events leading up to the Battle of Midway, this was a very ambitious project, this movie will make you question yourself if you are really following the story correctly and not only assume, it will make you want to understand how the US is staying ahead on the intelligence leak game and Japan motives but the movie doesn't make a good job at providing this information for someone who doesn't know the exact events.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6924650/
• Platform: AppleTV+

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The movie not only covers an ambitious timeline starting with the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor that based on the events of the movie could be avoided if they heard the right people who were trying to warn them, moving through the Marshall Island attack to the famous Doolittle bombing of Tokyo all the way to the final battle at Midway. The movie is full of stars and well known faces, but the story focus on Dick Best played by Ed Skrein, a skilled pilot who ends up becoming one of the key players in the entire battle, we also got Intelligence Officer Ewdwin Layton played by Patrick Wilson and next to him code breaker Joseph Rochefort played by Brennan Brown, working behind the scenes to try to predict Japan next move to stay ahead, at least in strategy because after Pearl Harbor they seem to be on serious disadvantage to the Japanese Navy.

The entire air battle does felt like Maverick for the time and then when the Tokyo bombing happen reminds me a lot to Masters of The Air. Woody Harrelson plays Admiral Chester Nimitz with surprising restraint, the moment I saw he was going to jump into the conflict I knew it was business, things had to change from that point but it was not as simple since he needed more than a good hunch from the intelligence department to stay on the tracks to win the battle and show DC they were wrong about what was going on.

It's only obvious Midaway (2019) is a movie told from the USA side but Japanese characters get a fair amount of screen time and development, if you didn't talk Japanese were probably the most confusing once to follow up but with subtitles it was ok. Most of their screen time comes up on the final battle at Midway where the movie shows the devastating impact of the crucial attacks by the USA bombers, I still try to imagine how does it feel after dropping that bomb and manage to get out, its that moment of watching many men pointing canons at your plain and shooting at the same time, watching and listening to the explosions and you just keep going getting bellow 1000 feet altitude to drop that bomb.

The events of the movie are very real, there is for sure certain scenes that were change to keep things spicy and for entertainment purpose but the overall events and sacrifices by each side was very real. The ending does feels rushed considering the epic scale of the battles and their historical significance with way more tape to cover but I find it hard to be done in such short time, would probably had to be a 3hr movie and then would have too many plot lines and subplots.

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I think for this movie I had the perfect expectations, I can tell how some people might be over hype because it is an AppleTv+ tittle although the truth remain that most movies that go direct streaming might be best at just that, streaming services and not the big screen. The Gorge (2025) if it had a theatrical release it would be a very average movie, been on just streaming services probably works on its favor reason why I was surprise by how much I enjoy it. The movie by Scott Derrickson does a great job at mixing multiple genres, probably trying to grasp too much but this time it work fine, even on its short play time of 127 minutes.

The plot is not complicated at all but there are a few hidden twist that work fine and still probably because of its short runtime the movie decides to expose them just too quick and some felt like underdeveloped. Two Elite snipers stationed on opposite sides of a mysterious gorge that hides something terrifying, cover by a very thick mist that never goes away, from there is a mix of romance, action, horror, and sci fi, that turns a but too rush towards the end but I think Apple TV+ has been stepping up its game lately with original content, and The Gorge is another solid addition to their growing library that shows they're becoming a serious contender in the streaming wars, I mean a real contender to take the crown from Netflix. I'd give it a solid 7.5/10, which might surprise some who were expecting more from it or a direct action movie.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13654226/
• Platform: AppleTV+

As I'm writing this article I kinda feeling not into going more details of the movie as how events happen, the article would become a full blown spoiler, although its well known by now how much I enjoy it and got to say the ending ties up the story in a way that is satisfying and somewhat expected, although I always though one of them was not going to make it out of the gorge. After discovering the truth about Dark Lake's operations and the origins of the Hollow Men, Levi and Drasa decide they can't leave without destroying the gorge to prevent future operators like them, other snipers who have been in and out of their shift for decades, from being manipulated as they were. They activate the "Stray Dog" protocol, a self destruct mechanism involving a nuclear weapon that was designed as a last resort if the contents of the gorge could no longer be kept in check, their mission was never to destroy what ever was inside of the gorge but just to keep it inside. The blast radius is 4.2 kilometers, meaning they need to detonate it from a distance and then run to safety.

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Got to say a good part of the audience look like they were excited to see Cameron Diaz back on the big screen, specially if you are in your 30s you probably saw her on Charlies Angels, its been a while since her last movie and pairing her with Jamie Foxx I knew it was going to be a funny one, yeah the movie seem to be just too formulated, the spy comedy with tons of explosions, the couple that gets haunted by their past trying to build up a life now with kids, I mean there is nothing wrong about but the extreme high expectations that probably the audience had, this is not a blockbuster movie just a movie to kill some time and have a few laughs, you know that type of movie you have in queue for when ever there is nothing else to watch and you just want to relax. Many question if this was the right type of movie for her to come back and I honestly think its fine, at this point in time she is an icon from the early 2000s, two decades ago so yeah its been too long to all of the sudden land a role on a movie like say Dune, come on, lets be realistic.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21191806/
• Platform: NETFLIX

After a good start the movie follows a very predictable and safe formula, from the spy couple who retire in a mysterious way because they having a kid, to life their calm life to having spy blood in their family, its the case of Emily whose mother is an ex MI6, Ginny played by Glen Close is Emily's mother and the one person who can lead them into trying to find the bad guys after them. There is a lot of running around trying to recover that master key that controls power grids, dealing with the bad guys who want revenge to Emily and Matt, and attempting to keep their kids safe while explaining why mom and dad are not just boring suburban parents, all in between this there is a lot of laughs. They made the title try to work both for Cameron Diaz and the movie itself, I would consider it a "soft" come back that work well enough.

Glenn Close steals every scene she is in as Emily's mother Ginny, bringing this perfect mix of British sophistication and deadly spy skills, she came out into the movie in a very precise moment to lift up the characters when they loosing momentum. Jamie Demetriou as her younger boyfriend Nigel also boost the laughs and comedy side, especially during a scene where he has to save London using a laptop and completely freaks out. The kids, played by McKenna Roberts and Rylan Jackson, do their best with what they are given, after all very secondary characters but feel more like plot devices than fully developed people.

As most things in the movie the ending is a very predictable one but at the same time somewhat rushed, after a big chase jumping from boats to bikes, big chase sequence, its thrown in our face that Chuck; played by Kyle Chandler, was actually working with Balthazar Gor, the bad guys, the classic double agent who was planning to use the master key to control power grids all over the world, this is just too much, reminds of Pinky and The Brain type of plan.

To keep the movie very Friends & Family rated, in the final fight Emily and Matt work together with their kids, Alice use her tech skills to hack the facility security, something that always diminish movies is the fake hacking scenes. The family does manage to secure the master key and gave it to the authorities, giving them immunity as they were part of a "non official" CIA reaction team, basically the type of division that doesn't exist so when things go south they were to blame without any connections to the agency.

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It was time to watch Babygirl (2024), after all I'm a Nicole Kidman fan, most recently watching lover her performance on the TV Series Lioness with Zoe Zaldaña, based on what I had seen from the trailers this is a drama series I wanted to watch with my wife reason why I wait for the proper time. We both were expecting a straightforward erotic theme movie and it exceeded our expectations been something more complex and even a bit confusing like they were trying too hard but still had a blast considering drama movies like this don't get too high scores most of the time, in my opinion probably a genre that doesn't have that many fans. For me the waiting was worth it, my wife and I had a great time, the movie is funny and does the hole affair story that gives us both mix flashbacks of Fifty Shades of Gray, between all the domination topic.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30057084/
• Platform: AppleTV+

Romy is the CEO of a robotics company that develops automation systems for warehouses, essentially creating technology that replaces human workers to put it in simple words, while her husband Jacob is a theater director working on a production of Hedda Gabler. Their professional lives themself are a great contrast to each other, one been a more passive and creative person while the other is straight into the shark tank every day having to compete and be on top of things to outperform others in the tech industry, for example Romy is all about control and efficiency, while Jacob deals in human emotion and drama.

As a Nicole Kidman fan I got to say she did awesome on this movie been sexy and the dominated one role on the relationship play out just great, a women at war with her own desires, who for a long time have not told her husband how she really feels until she just couldn't hold her desires anymore, problem is that once she opens up jajajaja to all this situation she had kept hidden from everyone she does because of the wrong reasons and situations, she even once told her husband but didn't get the right reaction and answers from him, she basically wanted him to put her down and pull her hair type of reaction. Romy was the crazy one, naughty, Samuel was just directing the boat, there is one scene where she goes from submission and resistance at a hotel and I think this is the result of her been captive of all this desires, her emotions and face expressions were remarkable during this scene.

The ending of the movie rather than been completely dramatic in the traditional sense of a fight between Jacob, Samuel and Romy actually turn out to be a message where Romy has to deal with the consequences of all the damage she has caused to her family and herself, going farther than that she has now to learn how to find a way to integrate the different parts of herself that she has kept separated from everything else. The ending doesn't necessarily provide an easy answer or say moral judgment, something a bit different but still predictable, after all the drama and laughs I got out from the movie I was OK with it. Towards the end Romy is not fully liberated or unlock from her desires but does seem more of a normal thing for her, like she have probably mentally evolve.

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I guess many would have confuse this movie with what actually happen back then during the 1972 Munich Olympics games hostage crisis but this movie is goes into the details of what went into the newsroom of ABC Sports. If I had to describe it this was a 70s sweaty, claustrophobic, chain smoking newsroom experience where ABC Sports producers were probably trying to byte more than they could at attempting to properly cover what was more of a journalistic specific situation rather than keep covering what was going on at the Olympics, not because this happen during a Sports event meant they shouldn't pass it to a department with more experience into this type of topics. The entire movie screams moral ambiguity that I know for many will be end up in a weird taste of a movie, instead of a feature of it would be a bug.

It was the 70s and tech was very very limited but from my perspective is so beautiful how this men and woman had this craftsmanship of someone getting the news out, either at interviewing the police radio or harnessing a phone to a studio mic.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28082769/
• Platform: AppleTV+

The movie begins with ABC Sports producer Geoffrey Mason; played by John Magaro, preparing for another day of Olympic coverage, its early and feels like a draggy day, until gunshots crackle over walkie talkies but nobody is sure if it was gunshots, I mean this is a never ever saw situation before so who would imagine. Inside minutes the crew knows that they are sitting on the biggest news story of the decade and this is when Roone Arledge; played by Peter Sarsgaard, the network’s slick executive, wants the story under Sports’ control, not handed over to News. Close to 17 hour adrenaline rush of making decisions, smuggling cameras into restricted zones, translating German police radio and debating whether or not to air unverified reports.

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Source It was not only the lives of the hostages what was at risk, but the ethics of live broadcasting life or death to 900 million viewers, its like watching a game at a stadium with all eyes on you and then in the very center of the field someone points a gun to a hostage in close contact. Not only what to show or not in live broadcast but also how and what to say? are they militants? guerillas? terrorist? the hole debate comes up within the crew that makes the movie even funny because they have no idea what they getting into.

To make things even worst, at their effort to cover the entire story, ABC Sports was transmitting life to the apartment where the hostage were, meaning the terrorist were also watching and this is why the first rescue attempt failed, this situations falls into one of those epic fail trending videos. Remember that time when ABC Sports basically told the terrorist they were going to be taken by surprise??. This entire drama cause the German Police to take the studio by force for a brief moment, this get way much worst when they lie about the hostages been rescued and everyone safe, I say lie because this was not confirm by anyone on the ground during the movie. Remember this is a movie "based" on real live events, although there is a lot that is going to be modified for entertaining purposes.

The movie does a great job with the 70s vibes, takes you to a tour of what was film making back in the day, from loading film canisters, how to frame a shot of a balcony, how limited cameras were, by the end of the movie you feel like film making was the profession that actually invented DIY stuff with every trick they come up during the movie.

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Source John Magaro sells the hell out of Geoffrey’s guilt, slumping against a wall like he’s been punched, he was the one basically at the wheel of the ship, its obvious he would feel he gave false hope to the many families around the world, he is the MVP here. He’s Geoffrey, sweating through his collared shirt like a man who is recently become aware that he is in way over his head, all nervous energy and full of moral conflicts. His performance is raw, like the way he barks orders of his team as his hands tremble, making you feel every ounce of his panic. Meanwhile, Peter Sarsgaard is Roone Arledge in full swagger of the corporate shark who is at once visionary and opportunist. It’s a masterclass in “the world is on fire but I'm cool” type of meme, as he casually lights a cigarette mid argument with ABC higher ups on the line and he about to broadcast what could end up in a massacre but its all about the rating and the amount of pair of eyeballs he can get the attention.

I really enjoy this movie as it serve as a tribute to the uselessness of the crew’s efforts, its the perfect representation of an Epic Fail meme transform into a movie. Sadly I think it is not the case of how it was announce during their marketing campaign and this might misguide certain part of the audience. The other side of it is that the movie kind of punts on its own themes, it avoids critiquing the system it try to describe so meticulously by refusing to show the aftermath the network, it would have been more interesting of what happens or what others think about the ABC Sports coverage, if back then people also though it was a disaster?. By no means I'm trying to pretend journalism is a black and white job although "don't trust, verify", that's where things got messy.

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