MOVIE REVIEW - TOM CLANCY'S WITHOUT REMORSE: TO WATCH, OR NOT TO WATCH?
AFTER WATCHING TOM CLANC’YS WITHOUT REMORSE, A FEELING OF INCOPLETE CAME OVER US IMMEDITAELY.
WE FINISHED THE MOVIE WANTING MORE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY MORE OF MICHAEL B. JORDAN’S NEW SOLDIER FLICK.
THIS MAY BE OUR FIRST “NOT SO POSITIVE” REVIEW OF A MOVIE, AND IT TRULY ISN’T ANYONE’S FAULT. WITH GREAT ACTORS LIKE GUY PEARCE, JODIE TURNER-SMITH AND MICHAEL HIMSELF BEING PRESENT, THE MOVIE COULD HAVE BEEN A HIT IN OUR OPINION, BUT INSTEAD FEELS LIKE THE FILM COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN MADE WITHOUT THESE TIMELESS AND TALENTED ACTORS, AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST AS GOOD…OR BAD, DEPENDING ON YOUR ACTION MOVIE TASTE BUDS.
THE REUNION BETWEEN MICHAEL AND HIS CO-STAR JAMIE BELL FROM THEIR FANTASTIC 4 COLLABORATION GIVES YOU A LITTLE COMIC BOOK TINGLY FEELING OF SATISFACTION INSIDE, BUT WHAT A WASTE OF A POSSIBLE ON-SCREEN CHEMISTRY!
NOW, THIS MOVIE ALSO MARKS A SORT OF RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN FOR BLACK AMERICAN SWEETHEART LAUREN LONDON, WHO WE ALL FELL IN LOVE WITH BACK WHEN SHE POPPED UP IN SNOOP DOGG/PHARRELL MUSIC VIDEOS AND STARRED OPPOSITE T.I. IN ATL (<———— GREAT MOVIE)…..BUT AGAIN, HER CHARACTER IS SOMEONE WE HARDLY GET TO EXPERIENCE IN THE FILM, FOR REASONS I’M SURE YOU CAN SIMPLY FIGURE OUT JUST BY WATCHING THE TRAILER.
TRAILER COURTESY OF AMAZON’S YOUTUBE PAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY8gUtyeAKE
SPEAKING OF THE TRAILER AND LAUREN, WE THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING THING TO HAVE THE LATE GREAT NIPSEY HUSSLE’S MUSIC PLAYING OVER THIS ACTION PACKED TRAILER, WHICH PROVIDES MORE OF A SERIOUS AND EERIE TONE THAN WHAT THE ACTUAL FILM PROVIDES US WITH.
IT ALL FEELS LIKE EVERYONE IN THE FILM JUST DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING, AND THEY’RE THE ONES WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW THINGS!
WE ALSO FEEL THAT THE FILM FELT EXTREMELY RUSHED AS WELL, AND WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM AT LEAST A MINI-SERIES FORMAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS FILM OPERATES AS A FLAGSHIP FILM FOR MORE UPCOMING MOVIES WITHIN THE TOM CLANCY UNIVERSE (WATCH THE FILM TO SEE WHAT WE’RE SPEAKING ABOUT, #NOSPOILERSOVERHERE).
THE ACTING CAN BE A BIT CHEESY AS WELL, UP INTIL OUR GUY MR. PEARCE SHOWS UP…. (SEE WHAT WE DID THERE?)
THERE’S ONE PRETTY SCARY DREAM SEQUENCE THAT ALL WE COULD REACT TO WAS WITH AN “OK, COOL” TO.
EITHER WAY, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY DOPE COMBAT SEQUENCES THAT YOU WILL ENJOY, AND SEEING MICHAEL ON SCREEN IS A JOY IN ITSELF. IT’S DARK AND GRAINY, BUT COLOURFUL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IF THE WRITERS TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME AND CARE FOR A CHARACTER WHO WE’VE SEEN POP-UP IN OLDER TOM CLANCY BASED FILMS, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN EVEN BIGGER MOVE FOR MICHAEL AS AN ACTION STAR AND SHOWED SOME TRUE LOVE TO AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER FROM THIS BELOVED UNIVERSE.
AFTER COMPLETING THE FILM, IT DID MAKE US WANT TO DIVE INTO SOME MORE TOM CLANCY CONTENT. NOT JUST WITH BOOKS OR VIDEO GAMES, BUT ALSO WITH THE NEW JACK RYAN TV SHOW ON AMAZON. WE’RE ONLY ON EPISODE 2 OF THE FIRST SEASON, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW IF THEY ARE PLANNING A CROSSOVER WITH MICHAEL B. JORDAN, SEEING AS HIS CHRACHTER MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN A JACK RYAN BOOK FROM BACK IN THE DAY (1988).
DID WE JUST GIVE AMAZON A FREE IDEA?
WITHOUT REMORSE (BOOK) TELLS THE ORIGIN OF MICHALE B’S CHARACTER, JOHN CLARK, SO WITH BOTH OF THESE PIECES OF ART BEING SHOWN ON AMAZON, IT WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE.
WHATEVER WITHOUT REMORSE LACKS IN, JACK RYAN MAKES UP FOR AS A SERIES, AND IT’LL GIVE YOU A REWARDING FELING TO GO RIGHT INTO THESE RIGHT AFTER ONE ANOTHER, WHETHER YOU WATCH JACK RYAN FIRST, OR WITHOUT REMORSE FIRST.
TOODLES!
PROS:
GREAT ACTION SEQUENCES
IT’S WALLACE FROM THE WIRE
GREAT CHOICE OF ACTORS!
THE HERO WINS
CONS:
INCREDIBLY GENERIC
TOO SHORT
NOT ENOUGH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PLAYERS INVOLVED
YOU’LL FEEL INCOMPLETE AFTER VIEING IT
In conclusion…
WATCH
- ARYS DÉJAN, THE WHO & HOW CLUB
COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICIAL WITHOUT REMORSE TWITTER PAGE: https://twitter.com/WithoutRemorse/status/1379479010640490508/photo/1