5/10
Feel Compelled
13 March 2023
I feel compelled to write this after the Oscars sweep. It's nice that Michelle Yeoh won an Oscar. As for the movie--I continue to be mystified. It starts out by introducing the main and supporting characters. Yeoh's character is the owner of a laundromat and she hasn't been keeping up with her taxes. She wants to divorce her husband. It seemed unpleasant but I kept watching, expecting a family drama of some sort. Then Yeoh and her family go to the IRS office and what could be more boring than that? Then there's a sharp twist, as it turns into a supernatural Kung Fu movie. A character starts beating up innocent people in the IRS office and I found that to be repellent, as the character is supposed to be one of the good guys. I guess it's ok to not pay your taxes and to beat up innocent people. At this point I stopped watching, but I've seen various clips from the rest of the film. It's a lot of over-the-top costumes. The overall impression I had is that this film is psychotic. I'm giving it five stars for the cast, otherwise it would be one star.
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