Thursday, January 23, 2025

Back in action with Back in Action

In the style of Chandler Bing ... could there be any better title to start a new ranking year than Back in Action?

My week could have shaken out in such a way that the first 2025 film I saw was Wolf Man, though at this point, it remains to be seen whether that will actually happen. It might happen later today, but it might not happen at all -- the movie is already gone from one theater where I might have seen it, after only a week, and some of the other convenient theaters only have it at inconvenient times. Which is especially strange given that director Leigh Whannell is Australian. 

But come on. I couldn't let it go down like that. It had to be Back in Action, because I am, indeed, back in action.

My actual return to film watching, after two nights off, was The Retirement Plan, which could have had its own symbolic value if I were sick of ranking films. But again I say: Come on. 

The third film, and first released in 2025, was Back in Action, and it was actually really fun.

I'm not here to give you an in-depth discussion of this movie that is not very deep. But it is really light on its feet, and I laughed out loud more than a half-dozen times. If you want my review you can read it here

And no need to really go on at length about this either ... I just liked the obvious title for this post and I couldn't resist. 

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