Thread by @CasMudde

Need some distraction? Escape from reality? Here are some new #MovieReviews (all for Netflix US). A weaker batch, reflecting weakening @netflix offer.

Will publish rest of #thread 🧵 as one.

Restless 🇫🇷

A corrupt cop accidentally hits and kills a man on the road and gets blackmailed by another corrupt cop. High energy action movie with pretty good plot lines. 7/10

21 Bridges 🇺🇸

Good cops and robbers and good cop versus bad cops movie, set in New York City. Nothing remarkable but acting, plot and production are well above average in the genre. 7/10

Contagion 🇺🇸

Movie about a mysterious contagious disease that spreads rapidly across the globe. Seemingly based on SARS, the similarities with COVID-18 are eery. Excellent movie. 8/10

Brother 🇫🇷

Rough French movie about a teen who is out in a brutal home for teenage delinquents where he has to hard choices to make. Depressing, gritty story, great acting. 8/10

Quicksand 🇸🇪

Swedish series about a rich teenage girl who is accused of a school shooting with her fucked up millionaire’s son boyfriend. Strong acting from main actress. 7/10

Siberia 🇺🇸

American is set up by his Russian partner and gets in between the mafia and the FSB while keeping a new love in Siberia out of danger. Entertaining with abrupt ending. 7/10

Hillbilly Elegy 🇺🇸

Movie about the life story of JD Vance that is based on the book that made him famous. Sure hope the book is better because this movie was boring. 4/10

Don’t Back Down: Revolt 🇬🇧

A mix of Blood Sport and Taken in which few cliches are spared. Young British-Chechen woman agrees to illegal fight to clear debt of brother and gets taken. Predictable. 6/10

Bordertown: Mural Murders 🇫🇮

Epilogue to the much appreciated three-season series about the autistic Finnish detective is like a long episode, similar set-up, story, and acting. For the fans! 8/10

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives 🇺🇸

Documentary about one of the biggest A&R people in music, who worked with artists from Janis Joplin to Maroon 5, but it weirdly changes into a movie about perhaps his biggest star, Whitney Houston. 5/10

Sitting in Limbo 🇬🇧

Powerful movie about the Windrush Scandal, that tells the (real) story of a man who lived almost his whole life in the UK and faces sudden deportation. Depressing insight into bureaucratic xenophobia. 8/10

The Unforgiveable 🇺🇸

Sandra Bullock plays a woman who served 20 years in jail for killing a cop and who is trying to get back in touch with her little sister. Very strong acting by Bullock in this overall depressing tale. 8/10

Sorry To Bother You

Movie about young Black man who makes it rich by selling out, which includes critique of capitalism (Amazon) and race. While movie is highly original in terms of cinematography, it is more tricks than story and with a dumb ending. 5/10

The Harder They Fall 🇺🇸

A Black Western that stands out in modern music and cheap movie sets but, in the end, becomes too long and boring like most Westerns. 5/10

Million Yen Women 🇯🇵

Five women come to live with an unsuccessful writer and pay him 1 million yen per month. Extremely strange and original series of short episodes. Refreshingly different. 8/10

I know, I should do some work now, but I think I'm going to go down to my "media room" and watch some more movies. 😊