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Sabotage

The Good:  Admitting halfheartedly, Sabotage is Arnold's best since coming from retirement. He seems like he's gotten over the fact that he's not the immense, muscle bound, box office phenomenon who rips through the bad guys with big guns and one liners like he once was. I noticed some reinvention going on the part of Arnold, taking on a teaching role. David Ayer continues to impress with his stylistic gun fights and gritty scenes, while continuing on his saga of exploring departments of law enforcement.

The Bad: Even though David Ayer films astonishes with it's adrenaline, he continues on with these bland and sometimes confusing story plots. One minute, this movie's a whodunnit and then it all of sudden turns into a revenge plot in a most sloppy transition. Also, the characters, like in most Ayer films, are the most one dimensional,GI Joe-like misfits I've ever seen. Well, except for End of Watch, which was probably the only Ayer story with fleshed out characters. No, Alonzo Harris, not you either. Although, I will say, Sabotage has the most unlikeable characters, minus two, in any Ayer film.

The Ugly: In Sabotage, you can really sense Arnold wants to reinvent himself, through his determination to act his butt off in every scene that he's in. With that said, let's not forget Arnold Schwarzenner is a horrible actor, which seems like that will never change. His diligence to being on point is nothing against the inevitability of a syndrome of poor performance. I guess that's what so sad about it. He's willing to change but now that he's going into a character that leads and mentors others, it sort of requires a higher quality of acting. Now, he'll never be a Anthony Hopkins, but Sean Connery took on these roles after his Bond career was up and did just fine. Also, Connery is not great actor, so there is a slimmer of hope of Arnold but not with Sabotage, especially when his character is written as a corrupt asshole, who has no sign of leadership qualities, where his unit almost just walks all over him. I mean he has absolutely no control over these guys.

Outcome: With all the Bad and Ugly, this movie is really fun, gory and filled with great action scenes. When Olivia Williams and Harold Perrineau make they're appearances, the movie gets even better.

Noah

Welcome back, Russell Crowe. Best performance in a long time. Rarely, do I see films adapted from books done so creatively. Great movie.