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Argylle (2024)

 
Argylle is a thriller about a writer whose novel has an uncanny resemblance to current world events. 

Matthew Vaughn really should have let this idea bake a bit longer. Not only that but the CG could have been paid for as it looks like it was done by a kid in a basement. His other movies have been a hit or miss for me. Kick-Ass was great, The Kingsmen sequels were just not as entertaining. His writer, Jason Fuchs hasn't had a hit since Wonder Woman, and I believe he got lucky on that as his other films, Pan and Ice Age: Continental Drift are mediocre at best and garbage at worst.

Dua Lipa shouldn't have been cast. She tries so hard to be sexy. Bryce Dallas Howard plays the writer but her acting and character are boring and the makeup department made her look bland probably on purpose. She was a pretty face for the Jurassic World series, but anyone with a pretty face could have made Chris Pratt look good. John Cena's character is supposed to be cheesy but he doesn't have the charisma. Sam Rockwell does a pretty good job as an action star and I've been a fan of his since Galaxy Quest. Ariana DeBose wasn't used to her fullest as her character was tossed aside at the beginning of the film and was absent most of the film since then. Bryan Cranston plays the bad guy and is very one-dimensional, everyone knows you can act better than that since you were in one of the best TV shows of all time.

The film was just meh, full of itself, and the CG was laughably bad at times. Result: C




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