April 5, 2022

Tom and Jerry (2021) Movie Review

Director: Tim Story

Writer: Kevin Costello (Screenplay)

Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Michael Pena, Colin Jost, Jordan Bolger, Rob Delaney, Patsy Ferran

Plot: A chaotic battle ensues between Jerry Mouse, who has taken refuge in the Royal Gate Hotel, and Tom Cat, who is hired to drive him away before the day of a big wedding arrives.

Tagline – Best of Enemies. Worst of Friends.

Runtime: 1 Hour 41 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Tom and Jerry starts as a young woman Kayla (Moretz) hustles her way into a job in the Royal Gate Hotel for a fancy wedding. The problem comes when Jerry has taken refuge in the hotel and Kayla is assigned to get the mouse out.

Kayla hires Tom to help, as the action of the pair cause chaos in the hotel and for the wedding, forcing Kayla to go to the extremes to stop the chaos ruining the special day.

Thoughts on Tom and Jerry

Thoughts – Tom and Jerry is a live-action animated movie in the similar ideas of Space Jam and Sonic the Hedgehog, this time bringing the legendary cat and mouse, Tom & Jerry to the big screen. Tom & Jerry randomly puts the pair in New York, causing chaos in the big apple, which takes away what once made the main location the most interesting. Where Tom & Jerry falls even shorter in quality, is the fact we do have a storyline that should be more important about accepting responsibility in life, as a wedding is being planned, which would show a joining of culture with love. It isn’t until the later part of the film, when anything comes together and feels watchable, which could have easily just been the basic romantic comedy, without even including Tom and Jerry, for everything we get to see.

Final Thoughts – Tom and Jerry is a lazy comedy falling short in jokes, heart, soul and storytelling.

ABC Film Challenge – Action – E – Extraction (2015) Movie Review

Director: Steven C Miller

Writer: Umair Aleem, Max Adams (Screenplay)

Starring: Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney, Joshua Mikel, Steve Coulter

Plot: A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.

Tagline – To save his family, he must save the world.

Runtime: 1 Hour 22 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Extraction starts when CIA agent Leonard (Willis) sees his wife killed by a group he was operating under, with his son Harry (Lutz) being unable to pull the trigger for his own safety. Years later Harry is now a fully trained operative, one who is ready for the field work and after Leonard is captured, Harry must go against orders to save the day and prove his worth.

Harry must team up with his former lover and fellow agent Victoria (Carano) to get to the truth about what has happened to his father, going against all the orders placed on front of him.

Thoughts on Extraction

Thoughts – Extraction is an action thriller that will put a young CIA agent in action against his higher ups plans to help try and protect his father who has become a hostage, all to prove himself after their family got torn about by a criminal targeting them. This is one of those action films that has a basic enough story and that looks to bring a twist of two along to try and shake the audience perception of what they have seen. Everything works for an easy watch, with the role of Bruce Willis being what you would expect, more of a supporting role, while the younger action star Kellan Lutz must carry the most action packed sequences in the film. This isn’t a terrible one of the typical Bruce Willis bargain bin collection, but it doesn’t give us anything like we would like to expect from him.

Final Thoughts – Extraction is an easy watch action film that will do all the basic well, even if it ends up being more forgettable than anything.