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Guns Akimbo (2019)


Guns Akimbo (2019)


5/10


Starring
Daniel Radcliffe
Samara Weaving


Directed by Jason Lei Howden


The film is a video game-type movie that takes everything to another level. The plot may be lacking in many ways, with the element of common sense missing and the actions of the antagonist being overkill at times. But, he is the bad guy, so their actions (overkill or not) are irrelevant.

The movie was made for those who love video games. Also, for those who have missed seeing Rambo-type combatants. Here, our Rambo is a female who shoots a lot of people and never gets hit by a single bullet on multiple occasions (though not all the time).

If you're looking for story depth to explain why any of the characters are so messed up, get ready for some shallow explanations.

The movie takes place in what I believe is an alternate reality future, where mankind has given up on things like wrestling, boxing, and MMA. No more make-believe fights or fights that end with both opponents still alive. There is an underground fight club going on, called Skizm. In Skizm, everything goes, and players are allowed to use guns and whatever else to kill their opponents. Skizm monitors the fights with hacked surveillance/traffic cameras and drones. The whole thing is then live-streamed for anyone to connect and watch.

Skizm has a main player: her name is Nix (Samara Weaving). Nix is a weapons expert, and her main niche is guns. Now, how does Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) come into this? Well, Miles is an online troll who gets off on hijacking people’s posts and insulting everyone commenting on them. He stumbles onto Skizm and immediately starts doing what he does best—trolling. As usual, he goes overboard for the fun of it, when he gets a message from someone with his IP address. Fearing that his location has been compromised, he shuts down his system, thinking all is well, and moves on.

He makes plans for the day, and next, he gets a knock on the door to reveal the people he’s been insulting. Turns out, they are the ones who run Skizm and didn’t take kindly to trolls.

Thinking death has come knocking, Miles is knocked out, only to wake up and find guns bolted to his two hands. He is given the instruction that, to survive, he has to kill Nix. We find out that Nix is actually mentally unstable, with Miles supposed to be her last kill. She is highly motivated.

Now Miles has to survive, as Nix is not playing around. She starts to hunt Miles, and he starts to run.

The movie, for me, is average, to say the least. Don’t go watching expecting more than the action of shooting and death all around.

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