Keri Windsor a beautiful stripper, falls victim to a macabre mugging and narrowly escapes with her life...or does she? John (Evan Stone) a lost soul desperate for a new lease on life, gambles on the one woman he thins can give it to him...but can she? Syren, a free spirit lost to a confluence of astral projection and carnal lust, lures Keri into her perfectly laid plans to recover her soul...but will she? The truth is somewhere...in between.
A refreshing twist is that all the kids’ powers are…kind of useless. There’s a kid who can only move in slow motion, a kid who has every power in the world but can only use them randomly, and our main character Missy who has no powers at all. The thesis of the film seems to be that it doesn’t matter what kind of powers you have, its the way you use them, which is good for the warm and fuzzies.
Where we leave the characters is in such a peaceful and optimistic place. It feels well-earned to ensure everyone gets their own specially-crafted happy ending.
Knives Out doesn’t just defy the whodunit narrative, it uses the weaknesses to its advantage. It’s well aware of the genre’s faults and tropes
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"Warrior" is a Bruce Lee written and inspired story that follows a diverse cast of Chinese American characters and does a terrific job of setting the story in 1878 San Francisco - all without pulling their punches with the systemic racism, discrimination, and struggle for power that old and young immigrants that crossed the country at that time had to go through.
"65" (2023) is the latest Dino flick to try and answer "what else can we do with dinosaurs?"
