Sean’s movie thoughts

One online film critic said that the killing of the villain of the Marine 6 left him cold. It is a low budget action movie, villains can die in a horrible way. It was not overly graphic. Maybe Johnny Depp’s Grindelwald can turn back into Colin Farrell for the next Fantastic Beasts movie. That might be kind of cool, they’re playing wizards so explaining that would be easy. Matt Singer of ScreenCrush declared Sno-Caps the worst movie theater candy. I don’t think I have seen Sno-Caps at my local theaters. I will look for them next time I am in a theater. In the same article Starbursts were declared the best movie theater candy.

Mike “the Miz” Mizanin returns as Marine and EMT Jake Carter in this movie. He has been the star of this franchise since the third film. He and his former CO Luke Trapper (Shawn Michaels) are checking in on another veteran when they discover a teenage girl who has been kidnapped. Her father is a juror in a major criminal trial and the gang of criminals is using her to force him to cause a mistrial. This is a fun action movie. Okay, the villains are a bunch of goons for the most part. The main villain is Becky Lynch, another wrestler. (Lynch, from what I’ve learned, is a rising star in WWE.) The fight scenes are pretty good and the heroes make a likable pair. The movie moves at a good pace, which probably helps. I have not seen any other films in this series, so I have no idea if this better than the last movie or two. Mike the Miz Mizanin is likable and fights well on screen. He is earnest, at least in this film. He is not at Dave Bautista’s level as an actor but I wouldn’t mind se...