Obviously most of us came for Milla.... but we stayed for the fun and the cool gadgets plus the bond-vibes...
Look its not the best movie of the year but it definitely had its best bits... I enjoyed it, i was aware of the poor dialogues and narrative
but i loved the version of Alice/Milla she was like a Bond/MIF/Spy-vibes and i also understood why she only had a small screentime but the little she had was enough for me.
Feng was charming and Miao Miao was likable, the whole team was good, most jokes were a lil goofy and amateurish but overally bearable.
I also loved their tech/gadgets, practically interesting, the floating safety bag (as i called it) the transforming car, even the helicopter at the end was very fancy.
Finally the action sequences were very good, way better than what i have seen in holiday, the car chasings a little exaggerated but very interesting.
It also had a heart and a soul.(a lil bit) which i appreciated.
Overally its a alright*
The Rookies
2019 [CHINESE]
Action / Adventure / Comedy
Plot summary
Extreme sport lover Zhou Feng got involved in an international illegal trade by accident. So he had to follow an international special agent Bruce to Budapest. Together with a crappy police officer Miao Yan, a non-professional scientist Ding Shan and an unemployed doctor LV, they became an amateur unit. In company with the senior agent Bruce, these four rookies started a fight with the terrorists that was both thrilling and hilarious.
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May 15, 2021 at 12:03 AM
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We came for Milla Jovovich...stayed for the Potential of the Movie
Not enough scenes
I went to watch this movie as I am a fan for Milla jovovich , the best parts of the movie are the scenes where she shows up on screen which are little unfortunately , this movie needed her to be in all scenes (( which I thought it would be)).....
Bad Johnny English rather than good Bond
Milla Jovovich ... I mean she enriches everything she does ... doesn't she? That's a rhetorical question of course. Unfortunately she is not the main focus here ... and you will probably feel the same way - especially after she has that really great action scene near the start of the movie.
That aside and also the weird fact that Prime (Germany) decided to either have the movie dubbed in German or have the english track only (every chinese actor being dubbed, almost hillariously so, when we have a translator for Milla as one example) - which did not work in the movies favour let me tell you that much ... all that aside, the movie has some really nice action and stunt set pieces.
And these are the things that really safe the movie ... the jokes are way more miss than hit ... but if you like silly things, you may find more things enticing here than most of the other viewers.