Based on the 1990 The New Yorker magazine article of the same name by Ian Frazier, the film Warner Bros. Discovery attempted to kill as a write-off three years ago finally makes it to theaters. Wile E. Coyote who, after yet another failed attempt to catch the Road Runner, decides to hire an ambulance-chasing lawyer (Will Forte) to sue ACME (the company whose products have failed him for decades).
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Starting off with clever meet-cute of the awkward Owen (Spike Fearn) falling for Emily (Sadie Soverall) on the dance floor where he works as a sound technician, Finding Emily begins in earnest when Owen discovers he’s missing one-digit from her phone number. With only her name to go by, his search begins.
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Despite its overcomplicated setup to get him there, which also unfortunately requires a wrap on land to be tacked on after the natural conclusion of events, Mutiny is basically Jason Statham on a boat. Following the assassination of his employer (Ramon Tikaram), Cole Reed (Statham) sneaks onboard a cargo ship where he discovers a human smuggling ring and the reasons behind his friend’s death and the corrupt local authorities framing him for the crime.
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Like many romcoms, One Night Only gets a bit too cute for its own good. Set in an alternate reality where premarital sex has been outlawed except for one night a year, we get a glut of horny singles hitting on anything that moves. As far as a setup goes it’s not too bad, although the method by which the government tracks those having sex will clue you in on the kind of “logic” screenwriter Travis Braun‘s script will follow.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day feels like director Destin Daniel Cretton and screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers grabbed everything in the kitchen and blended it together, not sure of how exactly it would turn out. What they deliver is film that needs to both be a new start and a finale for Tom Holland as the Wall-Crawler, that needs to wrap-up the threads left dangling after Spider-Man: No Way Home, open up the Spidey world for several existing Marvel characters including Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), Yelena (Florence Pugh), and Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), and introduce a key new character pivotal to Marvel’s non-Spidey plans moving forward.
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