Sitting at the table, mother and daughter talk, more than one another, although the silences of one of them say much more than the words of the other. Text and subtext are intertwined and turn towards an outcome that, sooner or later, is doomed to occur. But only five minutes are enough to find the burden and the release of an unsustainable situation by its own weight, corseted and encysted by an empty relationship of content, strange only in one sense.
Overall, Altered Carbon: Resleeved is pretty “meh.” It’s cool and all that it takes a different approach from the TV show to make it animated rather than live action, but it doesn’t help that the animation looks like something from a video game.
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Him is visually stunning—all concrete cathedrals and bone-rattling impact shots that look like a nightmare highlight reel. Marlon Wayans is magnetic as this legendary quarterback who's basically selling salvation with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. But the story keeps running in circles: more tests, more cryptic pep talks, more ritualistic drills. The sports-as-religion metaphor beats you over the head when subtlety would've been more effective. The middle drags, and that finale chooses spectacle over substance. It's undeniably stylish, but left me cold. Also worth noting: despite the Monkeypaw connection, this isn't actually a Jordan Peele film—he didn't write or direct.
The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.
At first glance, Black as Night is a strange title choice for a film about vampirism in post-Katrina New Orleans. However, the title alludes to the world's anti-black and colorist messages.
