Film Fight 2020: September

#FF20 Get Duked is a decent dark comedy, that clearly takes inspiration from Hot Fuzz, both tonally and visually.

It's not quite as slick as Wright's work, but has some very funny moments, neat visuals, and a fun plot.

A solid feature debut. Good.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) September 6, 2020

#FF20 I'm Thinking of Ending Things is a difficult movie.

The conversation at the start is excellent, and builds tension, warps into unease, and a creeping horror. The last act drops the ball, focussing on indulgence, not delivery.

Performances are all excellent.

Very mixed.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) September 6, 2020

#FF20 Spree is a fairly broad and somewhat satirical look at what streaming and influencer culture does to people, as we follow a guy who decides on a dangerous path forward.

Reasonably well shot, decent pacing, and a bit silly. It's all fairly predictable. Okay.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) September 27, 2020

#FF20 The Devil All The Time is less than the sum of its parts.

A really good cast are mired in various plots we've seen before that tie together in a way that seems forced. It suffers from horrible narration: have the actors show me, don't tell me.

Pretty forgettable. Skip.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) September 27, 2020

#FF20 Freaks: You're One Of Us is a German superhero story about people whose powers have been suppressed.

It's fine, if entirely predictable and chock full of stereotypes. There are a few neat moments, but mostly this is just mild entertainment.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) October 3, 2020

#FF20 Bill & Ted Face The Music is everything no-one needed. It brings back old characters with nods and winks, adds new ones that are uninteresting, and mostly tries to get by on nostalgia.

Twenty minutes in you'll know exactly what's going to happen.

Tired and dull.

— Gary Fleming (@garyfleming) October 3, 2020