GUNS & DYLAN O’BRIEN... pew pew
Obviously, this review is going to be reviewing action and as you might have been able to tell, Dylan O’Brien. (Dylan, if you ever stumble across this, you did a fine job! Take no offense.)
American Assassin. Who’s it directed by? Michael Cuesta who has 2 other feature films and mostly directs on TV shows. Who does it star? Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, and Taylor Kitsch (obviously more people than that, but those are the big wigs ya hear...)
Rating: 6.5/10
Here’s the thing, the Rona knocked us down in the home-front, and now all I’ve got to fill my time with is - watching movies and being over critical where I probably don’t need to be.
So this was the first movie I start with. American Assassin lands a 6.5/10 on the entertainment scale because it was honestly an okay movie. If you’re looking for an action movie you haven’t seen before with people who you don’t expect to be in it, look no further! The action is top notch, and the fight choreography is actually really good - great job Marcus Shakesheff.
The story line isn’t original and you can totally tell way more was spent on this movie than probably needed to be! But if that means I get to watch it from my home then, HELL YA, give it to me babyyyyyy.
But seriously, nothing about this is original. It’s just another story about a hurt/angsty young person who runs out to find revenge and ends up finding a higher purpose. Hell - Michael Keaton’s character, Hurley, even says that in the movie, basically laying out the theme of the movie.
One thing that really bothered me through the whole thing was; Dylan O’Briens’ character MITCH RAPP. Basically everything about him bothered me. He was just so angry that whole time, and as an audience member you don’t have the time to build that relationship with him to feel his hurt. He’s just a pissy, annoying, angry, young adult who just needs to cry!!!! That character holds strong all the way through the entire hour and 50 some odd minutes.
Dylan did a great job depicting him and being honest, so I honestly don’t think it has anything to do with Dylan’s acting chops. In fact I really enjoy Dylan as an actor and would love to see him in more versatile roles that challenge him and soften him as an actor, and I truly believe he has the ability to bring us the next Dallas Buyers Club.... And since Dyl (I guess we are on nickname basis now) brought a believable character, that tells me that the director or the writing just wasn’t cutting it.
Either way, you can enjoy it for exactly what it is! Something easy to digest!
Well that’s all folks. Stay safe and healthy out there!
