Hollywood’s return to Hui Kwan reaches a blow

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Few of Hollywood’s recent success stories were really comfortable, such as “The GoONIES”, “Indiana Jones and the star of DOOM”, which belongs to the star who returns to the star in the best image in 2023 “Everything is everywhere simultaneously.” The Quan Awards in the end were the group of dreams: GEDY with Harrison Ford, incredible stories about his multi -faceted career, and appearances in all big events, all of which were topped with the best support actor at the Academy Awards. Even better? It was the role he won, as Walmand Wang was emotional good One, one is worth, one complicated.

So that Quan becomes a hot commodity again it was completely correct and completely expected. Who does not want to spend more time with this star? Although the actor has enjoyed a fixed work since his great victory, “Haret”, Jonathan Osepio, offered the actor something new (we guess, very attractive): his first main role. It is very bad that there is nothing else on the first directing flight from Osbio reaching the power of Quan star.

The same story – written by Matthew Murray, Josh Stodard, and Luk Basur – is interesting enough. In the movie “Love Hurts”, Kwan plays the role of Marvin Gabel, a mild real estate agent, who was previously working as a stone killer for his brother Knuckles (Daniel Woo, the separation line between the frightening and the funny in some way collides with the rest of the rest of the movie cannot To match). However, Marvin gave all this, and he is now pleased with a relatively quiet life, and most of them were baking cookies for open homes and interconnection with its president (Sean Astin, the star of Quan’s co -star) and Ashley assistant (Leo Tipton).

Marfin is everything about hunting phrases. He loves his life! He “wants your home”! But all this good and joyful situation hides dark in Marvin, and when his old brother’s lawyer Rose (Ariana Debouz, he is definitely more enjoyable here in “Kravin Al -Sayyad”) from the dead, he is forced to face what this means. (It makes its presence known to send Valentine’s Day to Marvin and its enemies, one of them a lot Attempts to create the film as focusing on Valentine’s Day, do not provide any material value that exceeds the ability to get rid of its marketing with decoration and dessert hearts.)

The details of Rose and her death are not very necessary – at least, not dealt with it in this way through the film’s scenario, which seems to hate the details and motives for all lines – but it is assumed that everyone certainly believed that she had died because of a financial crime she committed against the joints, and it was Marsen believed that he did it himself, and now she returned … for revenge? certainly!

Of course, all this complicates Marvin’s life, mostly because he also loves Rose (the couple has a friendly and cute chemistry, but they do not carry much of the romantic sparks) and because his brother sent a group of the best bad guys (including Marche Lynch, Mustafa Shakir, Cam Gigandet and André Eriksen) to bring the duo to pay for their crimes. It is a simple perception of enough, but one of them made constantly confusing through a distinct lack of energy, excitement and coherent liberation. It was not previously for 83 minutes.

The narrow budget apparently keeps the movie sites sadly limited; We often travel between the homes of the Marvin’s Own, in addition to one who tries to sell it), the Marvin office and the unknown Ashley, and Knuckles hidden (interesting, albeit eventually in the end of the video store studio and martial arts studio, Only inhabited by his father). Although this will be tolerant – make what you have! – It indicates a bigger and strange problem.

They do not leave Melocke. No, no, to be clear: They did not leave Milwoki. Yes, Marvin went out alone to build an independent life, free of his brother and violent crimes, bent on getting rid of his past as a contract killer, however … He still lives in the same small city (I review Where the joints and the crime union are ruled with an iron fist. A large part of his identity is linked to his real estate work, which includes plaster his face throughout each advertisement that he can bear. What exactly Is the plan here?

Even the strangest: Rose, who everyone thinks is dead, also lives in Milwocke all the time, with completing her own apartment and disturbed in a local diving. One of Knuckles Many Lackeys ultimately finds Rose before … Go to her apartment building, where her name is shown prominently in her mailbox? Once again, isn’t this woman supposed to be dead?

It is the type of reckless conspiracy that you should not have entered The first draft of the text, not to mention the final movie. This and other strange conspiracy holes are arranged and harassed, and because the rest of the movie itself fails often in entertainment, the members of the audience themselves will find themselves thinking about these problems and questions when, at least, they should distract their attention through the reaction. If your motion movie starring Hollywood star is less than 90 minutes often looks like an IFFY screenwriting exercise, then something is very wrong here.

And work? Oh, well. Even the most intelligent serials-the early battle that sees Lynch and Eriksen that destroys the Marfin kitchen (with our star dumping in the refrigerator) is very good, but the large final battles lack-disabled over-dependence on bone-grinding the audio design. Nothing ever ScaleBecause it only looks Poetry. Elegant views – from inside the refrigerator! From inside the microwave! – This would feel joy and excitement, evidence of the amazing skills of Eusbio, instead a victim of Foley’s design that often seems to want to tickle our reactions. I haven’t seen a single broken bone throughout the “Love Hurts” period, but I definitely heard dozens of them suddenly.

Humor is just as it turns. Tibon and Shaker moved with the only ones intentionally The funny subcontinent, where Ashley Will’s position finds unlikely to be the murderer of the poet poet Shaker (like “the crow”, throws the man feathers Weapons!). A mysterious story, a wink in the camera they weave is the most prominent in the movie that lacks them, and is still more evidence of the depth of the “love” that the pioneering pioneer is the open friendly.

this? It is painful, and for all the wrong reasons.

Row: c-

The Universal Pictures “Love Hurts” will be released in theaters on Friday, February 7.

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