On a Fun, but Bumpy, Road with Onward
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.

When two rural armed police officers attend a routine intelligence check in the depths of the Wiltshire countryside, they happen upon a brutal execution. Faced with making immediate and regrettable decisions, the officers experience way more than they bargained for leaving one officer fighting for her life against a gangster with a personal vendetta. An authentic snapshot of just what can happen during the shift of a UK front line police officer.
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.
The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.
The Olivia Wilde renaissance is upon us.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
The film reminds us to remember the people who had the courage and dignity that had made the world better, even when the memory was absent.
The movie is centered around the title character who goes on a Christmas adventure.