"The Veteran" Hits Home
A socially conscious film that draws attention to the plight of American military veterans.

Hard times led to the collapse of the research institute where Katya Solomina, nicknamed “Salami,” used to work. After months of depression, Katya manages to find a job at a private company that specializes in buying and restoring old ships. Katya falls in love with the company’s director, who, in turn, has a young but unloved wife. The wife, however, is having an affair with her lawyer. This scheming couple has only one dream: to take over the husband’s business for themselves...
A socially conscious film that draws attention to the plight of American military veterans.
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
As an extremely avid fan of DC’s animation, I’ve become familiar with the way the studio uses Batman as a bit of a Trojan Horse to introduce some of their lesser known characters.
Severance is about breaking down facades and confronting old models that were once frameworks of our lives. The somewhat subtle message to me is it’s never too late to fall in love, no matter your insecurities.
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