A young teen named Luli Chloë Grace Moretz hitchhikes West in the 1980s and runs into dangerous drifters Eddie Eddie Redmayne and Glenda Lively along the way. Critics across the board panned Hick as a dismal exploration of drug addiction without commentary or strong direction.
Director Derick Martini basically gives up on storytelling about 20 minutes into the feature hoping a grubby atmosphere of creepy men and vulnerable women is enough to patch the abyssal holes in the plot wrote film critic Brian Orndorf.Green Lantern follows Hal Jordans Ryan Reynolds journey from hotshot test pilot to the latest superpowered recruit of an ancient order that transcends time and space. In the film Lively played Jordans childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris. The two actors formed a connection on set and later married in 2012. Despite the real life love story most critics felt like Green Lantern put more stake in computer animation than it did in character and plot.
The filmmakers are under the impression that audiences will accept anything as long as its drenched in special effects Mike Massie wrote for Gone With the Twins. Based on the novel by Mark Burnell the spy thriller centers on Stephanie Patricks (Lively) thirst for revenge upon learning that her entire family was killed in a plane crash staged by terrorists. Critics directed their praise toward Livelys lead performance but many found the rest of the film lacking. Its hard to believe the stars of vapid spy thriller The Rhythm Section fell for a script that is so lazily strung together its the cinematic equivalent of a couch potato wrote M.N. Miller in a review for Ready Steady Cut.
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