The Resident Evil and Underworld series have been plugging along since 2002 and have a combined 11 films between them. I’ve watched all of them and 100% believe I couldn’t give you a plot synopsis because they’ve been like a roller coaster of tangled plots, prequels and gobbledygook. However, I sorta love them because they are perfect background films that provide a welcome relief from absorbing movies that are actually good. They are the cinematic equivalent of comfort food and I don’t care that they offer nothing of substance or logic. For instance, in the first Resident Evil film why didn’t Umbrella just start with the checkered laser death trap?
I really wanted to know which series has been more successful on multiple levels. The following post pits the two franchises against each other and only one can survive to live and stylishly kick zombie dogs or werewolves.
1. Worldwide Box Office
The Resident Evil series (Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Resident Evil: Retribution, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter) has collected over $1,000,000,000 dollars worldwide and have an average box office of $184 million. This number is impressive considering the average budget is $48 million. This is all speculative but if you doubled the budget to include marketing and subtract the money the theaters kept the profit for the series is $70 million per film.
The Underworld series (Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Underworld Awakening, Underworld: Blood Wars) has pulled in $536,000,000 worldwide and each movie has an average box office of $107,000,000. The average budget is $42,400,000,000 which means the ROI is quite lower than that of Resident Evil. I’m pretty sure they only broke even at the box office after marketing and theater receipts. However, they’ve had a long life on cable and are probably playing on FX right now. Thus, they are long term investments that keep bringing money in.
Winner: Resident Evil – The surprising box office averages win the day.
2. Critical Reception
Underworld – 28.6% Rotten Tomatoes score and 36.6% Metacritic score.
To be fair the Underworld and Resident Evil franchises have never had an interest in appeasing critics. They simply wanted to feature people in leather killing creatures. Thus, you won’t be surprised that neither series is close to fresh (60% or above). I was surprised to learn that the twoseries have a higher Metacritic score than Rotten Tomatoes score. Normally the RT score is higher and it proves most critics don’t really hate the series. They simply are only 38% sold on them. I actually think that average is quite right.
Winner: Resident Evil
3. Audience Reception
Underworld – 6.6 IMDb User Score
Resident Evil – 6.1 IMDb User Score
I kinda love that the IMDb user scores are double the RT scores. The 63.65 average between the two is about the average for every IMDb rating (6.38). What I love about the two series is how they’ve managed to become critic proof (until recently). They have a solid fanbase of diehards who plunk down money and seem to genuinely like them. I was kinda shocked to see that the Underworld series has a 6.6 rating on IMDb. It is above average and seems awfully kind for a series that has taken a massive nosedive as of late.
Audiences love Selene and her spinning tactics.
Winner – Underworld
4. Which series makes the most sense?
I believe that the Resident Evil franchise makes the most sense because it never tried to make sense (which is genius). It has bounced all over the place and features a line saying “The plague dried up the rivers.” Nothing makes sense and I’m pretty sure Alice’s powers have differentiated from film to film. Director Paul W.S. Anderson (Three Musketeers, Pompeii, Event Horizon) has used the series as a playing ground that has pushed the limits of 3D and continuity. The series has gotten better and better and I love what the A.V. Club had to say about them:
The series’ best entries—the fourth and fifth, both directed by Anderson himself—are pulpy sci-fi slice-’em-up flicks distinguished by their sharply staged action and the ways in which they play around with viewer perspective and their own convoluted mythos. They are lean and lively and fun and totally unpretentious, and, creatively and commercially speaking, they’re the closest thing to a bona fide success to come out of the game adaption gold rush of the 2000s—the days of Doom, Hitman, and the Uwe Boll tax write-off. They even have a poetry to them.
The Resident Evil films are totally unpretentious and haven’t faded in quality throughout the years. The Underworld series has become a jumbled mess that features really bad action and tighter leather. The plots are barely coherent and when the Resident Evil series is better in comparison you might be worried.
Winner: Resident Evil
The overall winner is Resident Evil! – Long live Alice!
MY CALL: Still a pretty fun watch for fans of mindless action and some occasionally decent gore, balanced by some terrible CGI and a lame boss. MORE MOVIES LIKE Resident Evil: TheSilent Hillmovies (2006, 2012) and the Underworldfranchise (2003-2017) come to mind.
I remember seeing Resident Evil in theaters in 2002 (LOVED it; I was 21), again in 2003 after I bought the movie, and once more (rewatching parts 1-2) before seeing part 3 in 2007. Three times I had seen it and I recall quite enjoying it. But it’s been ten years and I was easier to please back then. So I wondered, how would these videogame-to-movie-adaptation films hold up to my criticism now…?
Profiteering from bioengineered virus technology (weaponized for the military) while masquerading as a home wares conglomerate whose products can be found in every household, the Umbrella Corporation is an original Proctor and Gamble…only evil. Or at least one of their scientists was; the one who threw a glass vile of evil virus across the laboratory to volatilize through the vents and corrupt humanity.
Sometime after the incident, we find Alice (Milla Jovovich; The Fifth Element, Faces in the Crowd, Ultraviolet) with amnesia, leaving her memory as bare as her breasts. Awakening naked in the shower in a lavish mansion, she has no idea who she is or how she got there. She is taken by force by some sort of black ops team who expect her to remember much more than she does, and then things get interesting.
There’s a nice mix of characters, even if none of them ever develop into anything (except for more zombies, of course). As Rain, Michelle Rodriguez (Furious 7, Machete Kills) continues her cute tough girl flavor that began with Girlfight (2000) and has persisted 17 years later (Fast & Furious 8). In that vein, she has sort of a Hicks and Vasquez (Aliens) relationship with a colleague, both part of a larger team infiltrating the Hive and taking Alice along for the ride. We also find Spence (James Purefoy; The Following, Rome, High-Rise) who, along with Alice, works for the Umbrella Corporation protecting the Hive’s entrance… but now neither of them remember that.
We come to learn that The Hive, a subterranean research megaplex below Raccoon City, has an artificial intelligence: the Red Queen. Her defense systems whittle down the infiltration team and at least one such scene really stuck with me. To that end, the effects held up well enough and included some much-appreciated nuance. The CGI was pretty damned good for some parts and very bad for others. For example, after getting laser-cubed, a soldier’s eyeball leaks some white goo before its severed parts fell asunder. I also liked the zombie dogs, which were less CGI and more live dog covered in goo suits. On the other hand, certain zombies missing chunks of their face were blaring examples of obsolete CGI technology and the main monster almost looked as it would in the actual videogame complete with 128-bit graphics. The boss creature was little more than a dumb tongue-lashing monster depicted as a CGI mess. I preferred the dogs and the chop suey lasers over this nondescript beast.
Director and writer Paul W. S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon, Soldier) did justice to the popular videogame with this popular horror-action franchise starter. The movie may lean on heavy exposition (e.g., the introductory narration)—but, hey, so did the game. A lot of it is videogamified over-the-top…and that’s okay sometimes. We have Milla jumping off walls to do jump kicks like Donnie Yen or Carrie-Anne Moss. But I don’t mind at all.
A major shortcoming for me was that the zombie action scenes were all pretty weak. The bites were lame, the horde was uninspired, and outside of a few zombie kills by Milla, I could have done without them entirely. It felt like stock footage from The Walking Dead—you know, the kills you don’t really care about as the characters kill their way from points A to B. Although I did enjoy our first meetings with zombies as the team was learning what they were (i.e., not alive).
In the end, a bunch of Umbrella scientists “just appear” as Alice and our other surviving (but clearly infected) hero escape the Hive. Back to the exposition, one says: “He’s mutating. I want him in the Nemesis program…we’re re-opening the Hive…” Aaaaannnnnd cue the sequel as Alice wakes up again, now in a lab, and stumbles into the Apocalypse!
So there you have it. There’s nothing particularly thoughtful to be found here, yet still a lot of effort was evident behind making this fun and exciting. It came as no surprise that it was successful and infected multiple sequels.
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The MFF podcast is back and we are talking about the films of 2017. It is going to be a massive year for superheroes, more superheroes and even more superheroes! However, amidst all the flying people there are going to be some little gems that get lost in all the property destruction. Thus, we here at MFF recorded a podcast that celebrates a wide swath of films like Goon 2, The Wall, JohnWick 2 and The Mummy. It is a rollicking 70-minutes that will hopefully introduce you to some movies that don’t feature a lot of superheroes (not that there is anything wrong with superheroes).
Doug Glatt is a human superhero with a heart of gold.
As always we answer random listener questions and ponder whether we should tell people we haven’t watched Lawrence of Arabia. If you a fan of the podcast make sure to send in some random listener questions so we can do our best to not answer them correctly. We thank you for listening and hope you enjoy the 2017 shenanigans.
Train to Busan is a beautifully audacious horror movie. I love how it doesn’t spare your feelings and features a new spin on the zombie genre. It feels like Snowpiercer met 28 Days Later and spawned a neat World War Z type film. If you are wanting to watch an original zombie film I totally recommend you check out Train to Busan.
Here are five reasons why Train to Busan is a new horror classic.
1. It Puts a New Spin on the Zombie Genre
Train to Busan joins the ranks of Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead and [Rec] in the pantheon of classic zombie films. I love the idea of “zombies on a train” and how director Sang-ho Yeon has created an almost self contained thriller. When I first heard about the idea I thought it was brilliantly simple and I knew I needed to watch it. Words cannot describe how much I loved the experience. Horror doesn’t really excite me anymore and Train to Busan was a thrillingly original experience.
2. It Features the Best Zombies Since ’28 Days Later’
Sidenote: I know the 28 Days Later “zombies” are technically just rage infected. However, I still consider them zombies.
What I love about the zombies in Train to Busan is how consistent they are. Their rules don’t change and I love how new wrinkles are added to them throughout the film. Also, I love how their bodies twist, turn and crack as they begin their turn into an undead killing machine. They are definitely the scariest zombies since 28 Days Later.
3. The Action Set Pieces Are Terrifying
One of my favorite set pieces of 2016 involved a bunch of unsuspecting travelers coming across hundreds of ravaging zombies in a train station. It is visceral, intense and beautifully urgent. It is a massive scene that went out of its way to create a new classic moment in horror. I can’t get over the visual of terrified humans trying to escape zombies by running up an escalator that is going down.
4. You Like the Characters
My favorite character in Train to Busan is Sang Hwa (Dong-seok Ma). The dude is a good man who also happens to be a big time bruiser. The majority of my favorite moments involve Sang Hwa busting up zombies and calling out Seok Woo (Yoo Gong) for his selfishness. What makes Train to Busan so tough to watch is how totally unsparing it is. Many people you like meet a terrible end and you never really see it coming. I love how it doesn’t pull punches and plays believably (for a zombie film) in regards to an actual apocalypse.
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5. Critics, Audiences and Directors Love It.
Train to Busan is a rare horror film that has united both critics and audiences. It currently has a 96% critic rating on 89% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Also, it has a solid 7.5 score on IMDb and 72% score on Metacritic. When you combine all the scores together it averages out to a legit 83%. Horror movies rarely do so well with both critics and audiences. Also, a lot of great directors/writers are rallying behind it and tweeting their love about it. Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), Stephen King and Mike Flanagan (Hush, Absentia) love it!
TRAIN TO BUSAN is excellent! I think it's my favorite horror film of the year. Very well done!!!
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The MFF podcast is back and we are heaping praise upon movies we haven’t watched. A lot of movie were released in 2016 and it was virtually impossible to watch them all. In an effort to promote things we think are good (but haven’t watched) we’ve dedicate an entire podcast to discussing things that might be brilliant. In this podcast you will hear about movies like Elle,The Handmaiden,Jackie and The Edge of Seventeen.
I’m 100% certain The Handmaiden might be awesome.
As always we answer random listener questions and ponder how Orlando Bloom would do in The Hunger Games. It is a rollicking 75-minutes that will make you realize you can like movies even if you haven’t watched them. Make sure you check out our back catalog of episodes and listen to episode 87 where we defend maligned movies scenes!
I want to start off by saying that I am rooting for xXx: Return of Xander Cage to succeed because the world needs a superhero who dirt bikes on top of water and skis down heavily forested mountains. Watch the trailer and you will be hoping the movie is a lot of fun as well.
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The following prediction is a collection of random scores that may or may not predict the RT critical score. I’m putting my reputation on the line and this prediction could make or break me.
I’m predicting xXx: Return of Xander Cage will have a 36% score as of Monday 01/23. Here is how I came to that conclusion
I averaged the RT scores of xXx, The Last Witch Hunter, Babylon A.D., A Man Apart, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick and 32.5% was the result. The most interesting aspect of the data is that Riddick had the highest score of the bunch. Its 58% RT score outperformed Pitch Black (57%) and XXX (48%). This could mean good news for xXx: Return of Xander Cage.
Director DJ. Caruso’s wide release films have an average RT rating of 28.6%. Taking Lives, Two for the Money, Disturbia, Eagle Eye, The Disappointments Room and I Am Number Four did not do well with critics. The only fresh rating belonged to Disturbia and its 69%
The average rating of third films in recent/similar action films have an average RT rating of 33.1%. Transporter 3, The Expendables 3, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Blade: Trinity, Bourne Ultimatum, Rush Hour 3, Taken 3 and Tokyo Drift were aided greatly by the 93% of The Bourne Ultimatum.
The average of these four scores is 30.8%. Normally, I would just use this score as my prediction. However, since Riddick was the third film and had a 58% RT score I’m gonna add another five points to the overall score. Thus, the final product is 35.8% (rounded to 36%) which is higher than the average of Vin’s other action films that he headlined.
Random data says that xXx: Return of Xander Cage will not do well with critics. Let’s hope I’m wrong and it wins him his first Oscar.
I own a lot of movies. It all started with Columbia House and their VHS tape subscription and it grew into a massive DVD and Blu-ray collection. I take great pride in my movie collection and I’ve started whittling it down so I can have an uber collection that I can proudly show off. Recently, I started wondering which films I would showcase if I only had room for 10 on my living room bookshelf. I could still keep all my movies but I could only showoff 10. The following films are all eclectic and don’t even follow my own personal favorites. Here are my top five in case you were wondering.
Jaws
Dr. Strangelove
The Royal Tenenbaums
Hot Fuzz
Once
The followings aren’t my favorite all time films. Basically, I looked at my collection and these films spoke to me. There is no rhyme or reason to my selections but this list just feels right. It could all change next week, but for now here are the 10 films I would showcase on my bookshelf.
Sidenote: I realize Band of Brothers is a televised miniseries. However, it is awesome. Watch it now.
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1. The New World – Criterion Blu-ray
What I love about the Criterion edition of The New World is that is features three versions of the film (Awesome!). I was the only person in the theater when I watched it and it might be the most immersive experience I’ve ever had watching a film. I was 100% immersed in the experience and it opened up my world to the glory of Terrence Malick. The New World is in my top five of this century (Bloody Sunday, The Royal Tenenbaums, Take Shelter, The Act of Killing) and I don’t think there is a more engrossing and beautiful journey you could watch.
2. Deep Blue Sea – DVD (first one I ever bought!)
I was working in a movie theater when Deep Blue Sea was released and I used to go into the theater to listen to the crowds go insane. People lost their mind during the final battle with the shark and I’m pretty sure LL COOL J engages in the greatest kitchen fight ever.Deep Blue Sea is a beautiful mess that never fails to surprise, excite and prove that monologues are dangerous. Deep Blue Sea is dumb perfected and I love every second of it. Also, it is the first DVD I ever bought and cost like $29 in 2000.
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3. Unbreakable – DVD
Unbreakable is my favorite superhero film and it just keeps getting better and better with age. We are in a golden age of superhero films and I still don’t think any of them are as good as Unbreakable. What I love about Unbreakable is how it is an original piece of work that creates a wonderful new world. Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis are perfection and I love how they were totally committed to creating memorable characters. M. Night Shyamalan created a world with actual stakes and I’m still terrified by the orange man who broke into the house and attacked the family.
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4. The Life AquaticWith Steve Zissou- Criterion Blu-ray
The Royal Tenenbaums is my favorite Wes Anderson film but I’ve watched The Life Aquatic the most. I was a senior in college when I got the DVD (now Criterion) and I watched it several times a week and showed everyone I knew. . I own the soundtrack, I have pretentious Life Aquatic art on my wall, and I own a Bill Murray coloring book so I could color in Steve Zissou. Also, Seu Jorge’s covers of David Bowie are epic.
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5. Kingdom of Heaven: Director’s Cut – DVD
Kingdom of Heaven came and went out of the theater with a little bit of fanfare. However, since the director’s cut was released it has been an underground favorite (weird for a mainstream movie) that has been steadily building a cult audience. I think the director’s cut is Oscar worthy and it should’ve been released in theaters. What I love most about it is how HUGE everything is. The battle scenes are truly epic and the scale of everything is still mind boggling. Ridley Scott directed a masterpiece that got hacked apart and was eventually put back together. Watch the Director’s Cut now!
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6. Big Trouble in Little China – Blu-ray
Jack Burton is my favorite action hero on the planet and Big Trouble in Little China is one of my favorite films. I love how unselfish Kurt Russell was and his work with John Carpenter has given us some bona fide classics like They Live, Escape From New York and Big Trouble in Little China. The reason Big Trouble in Little China works so well because it is a pure experience that is genuinely weird and features a hero who is actually a bumbling blowhard who gets lucky. Watch this elevator scene, it is glorious.
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7. Calvary – Blu-ray
Calvary is an original and moving piece of art. It is a quadruple threat of directing, writing, acting and cinematography. You won’t find many films that are this mature or darkly funny. It tackles religion in a mature manner and in no way makes it all simple. It goes deep into the grey and comes out warranting serious discussion. Director John Michael-McDonagh (The Guard – watch it now!) is awesome and I love how he manages to walk a tightrope of intelligent insanity. Also, Brendan Gleeson’s beard is glorious.
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8. 13 Assassins – Blu-ray
13 Assassins is the best action film of this decade and the final battle is a glorious melee of blood, guts and more blood. I love that the bad guy is truly despicable and you can’t wait for him to meet a terrible end. Tikashi Miike is madman director and 13 Assassins might be his most accessible work. If you are looking for a beautiful action film that brings the goods look no further. More people need to watch 13 Assassins because the heroes are brilliant.
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9. Band of Brothers – DVD
Band of Brothers might be the greatest thing ever put on screen (hyperbole….maybe not). I’ve watched it at least 10 times all the way through and I keep finding out more awesome things about it (Michael Fassbender has a bigger role than I remembered). I would watch it all again tomorrow and enjoy every second of it. I also have a hard time getting rid of it because the old HBO box sets used to cost a fortune.
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10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Cut – DVD (The one that looks like a book)
Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have made a lot of money off of me. I bought the initial DVD releases, extended editions and the Blu-rays. I hate that I’ve fallen prey to multiple editions but I would do it all again. I love my extended edition DVDs of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the movies never get old. I picked The Fellowship of the Ring because it is the best of the series and features the greatest action scenes of the trilogy (viva la Boromir!). Also, it proves that there is no simple way to walk into Mordor.
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The MFF podcast is back and we are defending movie moments that have become punchlines. To be fair, they mostly had it coming, but I find all the dogpiling criticism to be too easy. Thus, we here at MFF have taken it upon ourselves to make a case for maligned movie moments. In this episode we try to make a case for the rave in The Matrix: Reloaded and attempt to defend Mark Wahlberg’s interaction with the old lady in The Happening. It is a tough task but somebody has to make case for Tobey Maguire’s dancing in Spider-Man 3.
Peter Parker + evil space goo = A jerky dork who has some sweet dance moves.
As always we answer random listener questions and talk about Val Kilmer playing Batman and looking into mirrors. It is a random 90-minutes that will change your perception of maligned movie moments and make you realize that the walk into Mordor was anything but simple.
I am a massive fan of the Fast & Furious franchise. It started off as a Point Break ripoff that was better than it had any right to be and has evolved into a globetrotting billion dollar franchise that has no regard for gravity, continuity or actual runway length. I’ve written ad nauseum (and recorded a podcast)about the series because since 2001 it has found a way to evolve and become an international juggernaut despite its uneven critical reception and lack of superheroes. It has survived hurdles, untimely deaths, chaos amongst the cast and has created its own form of blockbuster. .
After watching the trailer for The Fate of The Furious I began to miss the simple pleasures of the earlier installments. Don’t get me wrong, I’m stoked that Charlize Theron will be looking at a lot of computer monitors and everybody forgets that Jason Statham killed Sung Kang (We miss you Han Seoul-Oh) However, gone are the days of deadly truckers, simple missions and Tyrese stealing cigar cutters from swarthy drug dealers. Now we have tanks, submarines, Oscar winners and a whole lot of bloat. The expanded scope doesn’t mean I won’t be there on opening night. It means that the characters have taken a backseat to action set pieces and tacky subplots (that are still awesome).
There are submarines now……
My favorite film of the franchise is 2 Fast 2 Furious. I know I am in the minority of people who believe this movie could even place in the top three. It isn’t the hipster (Tokyo Drift), obvious (Fast Five) or off the wall pick (Fast & Furious). I’m not saying it is the best film of the franchise because Fast Five obviously deserves the acclaim. It is my favorite because it is the underdog second film that gave the world the Brian O’Conner/Roman Pearce friendship and introduced Ludacris’ Tej character. 2 Fast 2 Furious focuses on car culture and the type of “family” that Dominic Toretto could only dream of. I love how everything feels lived in and instead of talking about “family” it shows us fantastic examples of brotherhood and friendship. For instance, I love how Roman is introduced to the world. He is on house arrest and uses his driving skills to win demolition derbies in some backwoods area. When Brian approaches him in an effort to recruit him for an undercover mission they engage in a pretty great fight where they exchange some seemingly dumb dialogue (You still fight like shit!) that actually does a solid job establishing a history between them.
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After the fight Roman and Brian team up and go undercover to battle a low rent villain and outrun like 3,000 cop cars. They don’t drive through skyscrapers or surf free falling cars. They defeat two meatheads in a drag race, watch a rat try to eat through a dude’s belly and the most exciting thing they do is crash their car into a boat. 2 Fast 2 Furious doesn’t need showstopping stunts or careening bank vaults to be entertaining. Why? It takes the idea of “car culture” and creates a really neat world in which street racers have each others back and aren’t angry when they have to jump bridges unexpectedly.
I love the opening race.
There is a common misconception that 2 Fast 2 Furious was a lazy cash grab that looked to expand upon its predecessor success. There is nothing lazy about 2 Fast 2 Furious because it does exactly what a sequel should do. It expands upon a world, introduces new characters and adds new wrinkles to the game. On the surface, I totally understand why people scoff at it because it is very “bro” centered and nobody talks about living their life a quarter mile at a time. However, without 2 Fast 2 Furious carrying the torch the world might not have the current incarnation of the Fast world.
I think it is too easy to ignore 2 Fast 2 Furious because it didn’t feature Vin Diesel chewing scenery and engaging in Godzilla-esque fights with The Rock. It annoys me that after the success of the first film, Vin Diesel walked away and chose to star in a movie called A Man Apart (avoiding his fast family). I am a fan of Diesel and support all of his dorky forays in witch hunting and mumbling in space. However, he left the series (which to his credit he regrets), made some films that didn’t hit big and retreated back to the fast world. I can’t take any of Vin’s talk about family in the new films seriously because he is the one who walked away and came back. His ego has taken over and people forgot that 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift kept the series going and introduced fan favorite characters who are still getting big laughs.
“2 Fast 2 Furious” is a video game crossed with a buddy movie, a bad cop-good cop movie, a Miami druglord movie, a chase movie and a comedy. It doesn’t have a brain in its head, but it’s made with skill and style and, boy, is it fast and furious.
What sets 2 Fast 2 Furious apart is how scales down the stakes and focuses on friendship and car culture. I still think Tyrese’s Roman character is the best of the series. In The Fast & The Furious we are introduced to a bunch of familiar characters who followed similar roles from every film ever. Roman is a breath of fresh air because he is a badass bruiser who is also insecure, kinda goofy and always hungry. Tyrsese worked with director John Singleton on Baby Boy and their chemistry carried over to 2F2F. He is a dude who has Brian’s back 100% and unwillingly gets himself involved in some crazy events. He fails his way to the top, gets caught stealing trivial items and doesn’t get the girl. There is no ego to the role and it feels fresh and relaxed alongside Paul Walker’s equally relaxed persona. You can tell they were great friends and hit it off on set because the two are a lot of fun together. Watch the film again and you will see that Walker and Tyrese have solid chemistry.
2 Fast 2 Furious It is pure popcorn fun that kept the series relevant and brought in future crew members who do nothing but steal the show. Also, the ending dialogue might be the greatest lines ever spoken on film.
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The MFF Podcast is back and we are talking about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! Join us as we dive headlong into the film and ponder why lie detectors in the Star Wars world are so damn terrifying. In this spoiler-filled episode we tackle several important issues:
Are lava castles hard to build?
Can you fall 50-feet and be perfectly fine?
Is Ben Medelsohn the best sleazeball in the industry?
Can you lease a Hammer Head spaceship?
Where can I buy a cool intergalactic cape?
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As always we answer random listener questions and talk about the amazing cheekbones of the Erso family. It is a random 90-minutes that will excite, thrill and make you want to go on an ill-fated mission to defeat bad guys who build space stations the size of a moon.
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