Daddy’s Home 2 **
Daddy’s Home 2 does bring more daddies into the domestic fray with a couple of snatched laughs – more in disbelief at what is being delivered on screen with hindsight.
Tag: Mark Wahlberg
Transformers: The Last Knight (3D) **
Love or hate him, Bay is a master at crafting an action blockbuster for the supersized screen, which is why people come back for more. It’s got nothing to do with plot and character development.
Daddy’s Home ***
Heart-warmingly funny because Ferrell and Walhberg deliver what’s expected of them. A shame it doesn’t get riskier or more poignant with the spectrum of emotion such a situation richly offers up to make it hit home that much more.
Ted 2 ***
Ted 2 feeds more of the same to a more clued-up audience. While this might kill the buzz the first film brilliantly created, it’s not necessarily without its entertainment value or merit either. However, if you are looking for more Ted shockers, you may feel short-changed. Still, seeing the infantile pranksters back on screen will delight on the whole.
Lone Survivor *****
We’ve seen conflict in Afghanistan played out on the big screen before. What makes Peter Berg’s gripping drama, Lone Survivor, a little different is the uncompromising assault on the senses that begins as soon as the four-man team of US Navy SEALs lands on a mountainside to monitor a Taliban stronghold. This film holds one …
2 Guns ****
After the gritty Contraband last year, starring Mark Wahlberg as an ex-smuggler forced to make one last haul, the actor teams up again with Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur for more action in 2 Guns. It’s a cockier, smarter-mouthed role for Wahlberg who we tend to naturally like and root for as the solid type. Add …
Ted ****
Those not a fan of Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane’s made-to-shock humour will find Ted a live-action/part-animated version of much the same crudity and unedited commentary from the writer-director-star. However, those who can happily tune into MacFarlane’s mockery of entrenched stereotypes will find a lot of idiotic bromance fun to Ted – plus the introduction …
Contraband ****
Chris Farraday in Contraband is another “made for Mark Wahlberg” part, the kind that allows this Boston-born star the chance to tap into his own tough upbringing experiences of being on the wrong side of the law, while showing a softie side. Although perfectly cast in the likes of Four Brothers, The Departed and The …
LFF: The Fighter – 4*
Like its title, this is a story full of determination and fighting spirit, set in gritty and meagre surroundings, which unsurprisingly, bolster our empathy for its colourful array of characters. Considering The Fighter has got a few Oscar nods and a Golden Globe for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, alarm bells start ringing of yet …