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Solid action flick. More than solid really. Did a great job of world building without depending on exposition. Tons of potential for this to turn into a franchise.

Charlize did her thing, as is to be expected, but she had to carry this by herself. Could have used a bit more character development for the rest of the team, and the villain was pretty mediocre. Climax was also somewhat lacking.
Highlight was army chick at the end seeing if her and Harry Potter cousin could play quiditch with no broom:mjgrin::mjlol:
 

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The concept for this movie is, at first glance, just HIGHLANDER without the campy theatricality but it does a lot move away from being a clone of an already established property.

The film does some impressive world building, cool action scenes and leaves things open for future installments that I am very eager to see put on film.

Props to director Gina Prince-Bythewood too because she showed a surprisingly deft hand at doing action (which has me disappointed that her BLACK CAT & SILVER SABLE movie got dropped especially since I was very :beli: about it when it was announced) but also has me wanting to see what she can do with one of the multitudes of comic book superhero films that are in development.

My only real issue with the movie was how these immortals know that at some random point they will no longer be immortal yet they still kept going into action like the idea of avoiding getting shot and stabbed all the time was a foreign concept. Just because you can heal from anything doesn't mean you should be willing to let anything happen to you.
maybe I missed something but do they really know there is an end? I only recall mention of like one or two that turned mortal
 

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Reminds me of Claire Bennett's dumbass from Heroes demonstrating her powers for the cam. Even sticking her hand in a sink grinder out of curiosity :mindblown:

Regenerative/Immortality powers are only GOAT as back up abilities or if you don't feel any pain.
Their cavalier attitude made no sense especially after they revealed that they still feel pain.

Not being able to die is cool but I also don't want to feel what it's like to be shot up and stabbed. Put on some kevlar!
 

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maybe I missed something but do they really know there is an end? I only recall mention of like one or two that turned mortal
They said there had been others and they made it seem like they all had an unknown expiration date.
 

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Their cavalier attitude made no sense especially after they revealed that they still feel pain.

Not being able to die is cool but I also don't want to feel what it's like to be shot up and stabbed. Put on some kevlar!
to your point the way you could train with this ability.........
 

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I was like “Damn girl, a kick would’ve sufficed :picard:

:russ::russ::russ:My man why did she impale his ass with that ancient weapon and then Troy Polpmalued him out the building :laff::laff:I hit the:gladbron::ooh::krs::ohlawd:Sequel :damn::damn:Thst was an interesting concept about never being captured though. If you don't have super strength or speed to go along with the healing and immortality you gotta have allies:hubie:Wolverine has the Xmen:hubie:I'd be legitimately lowkey fukk some superhero shyt. Maybe a merc on some Deadpool secret assassin shyt but that's it:hubie:
 

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I must say I’m really liking Charlize as an action star. This was fukking dope and the world building was really good. The sexy slim chocolate sister had me stuck. I hope they make sequels or start a franchise with this.
 
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