Tom Hardy is having a moment. He’s starring as the “fixer” for a crime family in London in MobLand on Paramount+. Now, Hardy switches sides as he plays a homicide detective named Walker who descends into a violent criminal world in Chinatown full of explosive fighting and gunplay.
If you like the John Wick movies, you’ll enjoy this clone of Wick’s unrelenting fight scenes, shoot-outs, and outlandish, savage volcanic action. GRADE: B-
Jackie has MobLand on her list, as soon as we finish a few other things we’re watching.
Jeff, keep the bar low and you’ll enjoy MOBLAND. HAVOC is a John Wick clone.
Looking for stuff with little or no violence. I get enough on the front pages.
NORTH OF NORTH.
Jeff, Diane is interested in the new Tina Fey series on Netflix.
Patti, HAVOC is full of havoc: guns, hand-to-hand combat, explosions, etc. Apparently, there’s a market for this kind of movie…
Videogame drama. Not that I hate a good example.
I liked Hardy in LEGEND, THE REVENANT, and FURY ROAD, but that was ten years ago, and he hasn’t done much since then. This one looks like more of the same.
Fred, I liked Hardy in the VENOM movies, but he seems to be type-cast as a hardcase.
I liked Hardy in LEGEND, THE REVENANT, and FURY ROAD, but that was ten years ago, and he hasn’t done much of note3 since then. This one looks like more of the same.
Sorry for the repeat. I guess the VENOM movies kept him visible at least.