![]() Like Bruce Wayne, One is so desperate for a family (in his case, the 1950s ideal of the Cleavers) that he collects misfits and bankrolls their every whim and need, so long as they join up. “No one’s gonna save the world,” One says at one point, “but we could make it look less shitty.” Why not, then, do the less sexy but more vital heists on climate change deniers or Proud Boy meetups?īecause it’s a Michael Bay movie, so we need lots of explosions in a fictional brown country. Sure, they may bag a dictator for their efforts, and he emphasizes that no one will know their names, but he still gets to play Tony Stark and Nick Fury. Yet you can never shake the feeling that these high-octane car chases and death-defying shootouts are all breathtakingly expensive for One, both in terms of costly materials and the human lives they clearly endanger. In a cartoonish sense, this hews closer to the Elon Musks and Bill Gates of the world. There is something fascinating about a billionaire devoting his wealth and resources to vigilantism in a less broody way than Bruce Wayne. One is not that different from any other character he’s played, but he still looks like he’s having a hell of a lot of fun. ![]() God help me though if Reynolds doesn’t sell this kamikaze plan with charisma. Read more – Uncut Gems Review: Adam Sandler Stars in a Masterpiece With One’s preference for ghost jokes though, the movie should have leaned into its tongue-in-cheek ridiculousness and called itself Haunted House.
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