I like to judge a movie on its own merits. But there are just things that get on my nerves especially when I see them repeated over and over again. There is just such a lack of originality these days combined with a basic DEMAND for everything to be some kind of social commentary as if every piece of media we consume these days isn't also one of those. All acting as if we've never heard these same issues before when we hear it daily.
What is it with movies similar to this one always wanting you to dislike the protagonist right from the start? Well unless you're "like" she appears to be. Terrifying thought, is she actually not intended to be this unlikable? These days you gotta wonder. So right away we learn she is cheating on her husband who is sending her supportive text messages. The guy she is cheating with clearly knows all about the situation. He makes a comment that has been universally used in discussion for as long as anyone can remember and she makes it into a "gender" thing. Oh great, 2 strikes THIS quickly? Seconds later a 3rd one when she rudely slams the car door in his face. What a catch.
Great, so we're supposed to pull for this really unlikable person the entire movie. Since we know the premise already. I know something very predictable like the man she is with getting killed instantly is coming. But while we're we it. Score one for the things that would NEVER happen in real life category. Imagine filling up your gas tank. Then the very next morning your gas light comes on. Then just simply start filling it again like maybe you somehow in your sleep went out to the car and burned an entire tank. It's just stupid. They flat out show the gas tank leaking. INSTANTLY you know the car is busted. Pretty sure you would even be able to hear that leak as it was very heavy.
Our protag is inside the gas station telling her husband through texts she wants to make things work. Even though she is having sex with another man. Can she just be shot please and the rest of the movie be about the guy? He's unlikable as well but her every action has been unlikable. Cashier is nowhere to be found as they are obviously dead. Oh look she actually left money!? I guess you gotta break the streak and she has to do one not trashy thing.
Lets start up the movie itself as its pretty ridiculous. So the sniper starts shooting. For some reason opts NOT to shoot the man who is sitting entirely still unaware of any of this so far. He manages to hit her while she is heading towards the exit. Then proceeds to miss 2 shots by a mile while she is down and not moving. Lol. Meanwhile this guy in the car is somehow not realizing GUN SHOTS are going off. Our protag is on the ground reaching for the phone. How much you bet this guy who missed her 2 times while she was sitting on the ground manages to directly shoot the phone. You guessed it! This is like a comedy at this point! She decides to do what they do in every sniper movie ever and use a lure. Even though the movie makes completely misuses the concept of this. Instead of poking something out of cover. She just throws a bad of chips up the ceiling and the guy of course with perfect accurate fire hits the bag of chips. LOL!!! If you've seen that type of scene before you know how silly it is. Why would a sniper fire at what is obviously not the person? Its not a box slowly coming into view out of cover that could be someones head. Its an entire bag of chips thrown to the CEILING. Did he think she somehow managed to jump onto the celing like spider man for a second?
This clown in the car only decides to come into the station once the ENTIRE tank of gas is drained for the second time in less than a day. Income the prediction I made earlier with him being shot instantly and killed.
Theres a guy on the radio. It's TOTALLY not going to be the shooter. Now conveniently when he knows EXACTLY where she is his aim becomes terrible again and misses like 5 shots.
LOL at the scene where the guy shows up and for some reason doesn't get shot. Then after finding out his love interest is dead he has a mini meltdown about racism. You can't write this stuff.....because THAT is what you would be thinking about in a moment like this.
Her nonsense speech about her affair. More "men bad" nonsense. Somehow her husband has too high of expectations for her? Yet shes the VP of one of the biggest drug companies in the country and she doesn't even look 30? Lol oh god it must be so hard!
After the old couple is shot and a kid is revealed to be in the car. The protagonist walks RIGHT OUTSIDE of the gas station in clear view of a shot and he doesn't take it. Only to then 2 minutes later demand she come out and give him a clear shot....good grief this horrible movie.
Super cliche time where the war veteran somehow gets upstaged by a random woman whos been shot 2 times and shows no issues from it. Somehow becomes a ninja and moves right in his field of view without being seen and stabs him
The movie THINKS its being clever by not showing his face. But its really just cringy nonsense. They have to come up with a completely random way for her to kill him and also destroy his face so he cant be seen because they think that is thought provoking. Even though the stupid fire extinguisher would've done the trick. They have her randomly use a machine she would have no way of knowing how to lower.
Horrible movie.
What is it with movies similar to this one always wanting you to dislike the protagonist right from the start? Well unless you're "like" she appears to be. Terrifying thought, is she actually not intended to be this unlikable? These days you gotta wonder. So right away we learn she is cheating on her husband who is sending her supportive text messages. The guy she is cheating with clearly knows all about the situation. He makes a comment that has been universally used in discussion for as long as anyone can remember and she makes it into a "gender" thing. Oh great, 2 strikes THIS quickly? Seconds later a 3rd one when she rudely slams the car door in his face. What a catch.
Great, so we're supposed to pull for this really unlikable person the entire movie. Since we know the premise already. I know something very predictable like the man she is with getting killed instantly is coming. But while we're we it. Score one for the things that would NEVER happen in real life category. Imagine filling up your gas tank. Then the very next morning your gas light comes on. Then just simply start filling it again like maybe you somehow in your sleep went out to the car and burned an entire tank. It's just stupid. They flat out show the gas tank leaking. INSTANTLY you know the car is busted. Pretty sure you would even be able to hear that leak as it was very heavy.
Our protag is inside the gas station telling her husband through texts she wants to make things work. Even though she is having sex with another man. Can she just be shot please and the rest of the movie be about the guy? He's unlikable as well but her every action has been unlikable. Cashier is nowhere to be found as they are obviously dead. Oh look she actually left money!? I guess you gotta break the streak and she has to do one not trashy thing.
Lets start up the movie itself as its pretty ridiculous. So the sniper starts shooting. For some reason opts NOT to shoot the man who is sitting entirely still unaware of any of this so far. He manages to hit her while she is heading towards the exit. Then proceeds to miss 2 shots by a mile while she is down and not moving. Lol. Meanwhile this guy in the car is somehow not realizing GUN SHOTS are going off. Our protag is on the ground reaching for the phone. How much you bet this guy who missed her 2 times while she was sitting on the ground manages to directly shoot the phone. You guessed it! This is like a comedy at this point! She decides to do what they do in every sniper movie ever and use a lure. Even though the movie makes completely misuses the concept of this. Instead of poking something out of cover. She just throws a bad of chips up the ceiling and the guy of course with perfect accurate fire hits the bag of chips. LOL!!! If you've seen that type of scene before you know how silly it is. Why would a sniper fire at what is obviously not the person? Its not a box slowly coming into view out of cover that could be someones head. Its an entire bag of chips thrown to the CEILING. Did he think she somehow managed to jump onto the celing like spider man for a second?
This clown in the car only decides to come into the station once the ENTIRE tank of gas is drained for the second time in less than a day. Income the prediction I made earlier with him being shot instantly and killed.
Theres a guy on the radio. It's TOTALLY not going to be the shooter. Now conveniently when he knows EXACTLY where she is his aim becomes terrible again and misses like 5 shots.
LOL at the scene where the guy shows up and for some reason doesn't get shot. Then after finding out his love interest is dead he has a mini meltdown about racism. You can't write this stuff.....because THAT is what you would be thinking about in a moment like this.
Her nonsense speech about her affair. More "men bad" nonsense. Somehow her husband has too high of expectations for her? Yet shes the VP of one of the biggest drug companies in the country and she doesn't even look 30? Lol oh god it must be so hard!
After the old couple is shot and a kid is revealed to be in the car. The protagonist walks RIGHT OUTSIDE of the gas station in clear view of a shot and he doesn't take it. Only to then 2 minutes later demand she come out and give him a clear shot....good grief this horrible movie.
Super cliche time where the war veteran somehow gets upstaged by a random woman whos been shot 2 times and shows no issues from it. Somehow becomes a ninja and moves right in his field of view without being seen and stabs him
The movie THINKS its being clever by not showing his face. But its really just cringy nonsense. They have to come up with a completely random way for her to kill him and also destroy his face so he cant be seen because they think that is thought provoking. Even though the stupid fire extinguisher would've done the trick. They have her randomly use a machine she would have no way of knowing how to lower.
Horrible movie.