Illegal Civilization 3 (2018)

The Bluff unravels its mystery slowly, opening on the capture of a ship captain named Bodden (Ismael Cruz Córdova) and the swift execution of his entire crew. Then, viewers are treated to a tranquil British settlement in the Cayman Islands in the 1850s, where a mother bakes a coconut birthday cake for her son in a house suspiciously rigged with makeshift tripwires and burglar alarms. As it turns out, that mother is Priyanka Chopra’s quick witted and resourceful ex-pirate Mrs. Ercell Bodden, and her husband’s captors are on the way to the island to hunt her down for abandoning them and stealing their loot. The pirates of the Libertas land on the beaches of Cayman Brac, and the scenes that follow show a Viking-esque slaughter of half the island.

Even without the messaging, Mercy does not hold up as a movie. It's sloppily done and the mystery doesn’t tie together at the end.

One of the great achievements of this film is its ability to challenge the mind and to force you to try to process information in a different way than you’re used to.

As a frequent “the book was better” extoller, this movie was well worth the watch. 

This film is a splendid mix of mediums, but its strength lies in its simplicity and beautiful message of closeness.

Amsterdam is a confusing movie with a meandering plot amidst a beautiful rendering of 1930s New York