by Ian » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:28 am
Jack Reacher. Tom Cruise is an ex-army investigator turned "ghost" who comes back onto the radar to investigate a mass murder by a sniper, and becomes convinced the man arrested is nothing but a patsy. Passable thriller with Cruise in good form but nothing particularly sparkling.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Never seen it before, but had gotten curious seen as it was Sean Connery's last film before he retired. Having seen it, I can understand why he quit! To be fair, it starts off intriguingly enough with a fun premise, nice atmosphere and Connery on his usual great form (I do miss him), but it goes rapidly downhill after 30-40 minutes or so and in the last hour practically even he struggles to make an impact under a deluge of endless eye-glazing overblown CGI-laden "modern" Hollywood blockbuster crap. Connery deserved a better last film than this mess.