Terminal is
a noir thriller film that got away from itself. The whole idea of suspense and
thrill exists only in the mind of the writer. You can tell by the way the film
plays out that everything we witnessed must have sounded good on paper, as the
movie feels like something that would have made an awesome book.
The movie is beyond dull, and it gets to a point where, when you start to see
new twists and turns with some The Usual Suspects (1995) vibes, you
begin to wonder what this movie was even supposed to be.
Then you get to the end, discover the whole reason behind the plot, and ask
yourself, “What the hell did I just watch?”
For me, the
movie was just a showcase for Margot Robbie’s talents. Yes, she did her best in
the different characters she had to portray, but the movie itself didn’t make
any effort to deliver the necessary background for us to fully appreciate every
moment she was on screen.
The movie starts with a certain mood—you get the noir vibe, and we see the eyes
of the lead, played by Margot Robbie. She’s in a sort of confession booth,
meeting with a man who assigns her to carry out jobs for him. Robbie’s
character is a hired assassin.
She makes it
clear to the man that she means business and wants to be the top person every
time there’s a task to be done. She proves her ability to be number one by
taking out the current top assassin.
She also has a favor to ask: she needs the man to find someone from her past.
The story kicks off as we meet another pair of assassins. They’ve been invited
to carry out a task—one they know nothing about but are told to wait for
further instructions.
There’s someone behind all these arrangements, and there are plenty of dark
secrets at every turn among the characters.
Simon Pegg plays
a former teacher in this movie who has a terminal illness and no idea when
death will come knocking. Mike Myers is also around, playing a limping, clumsy
janitor.
The two parts I
enjoyed in this movie were:
- When the lead actress and Simon Pegg discuss his
terminal illness and the best way to live your life when you know you’re
going to die soon.
- When the movie takes us on a ride down the lead
actress’s memory lane. It was Robbie’s portrayal that I enjoyed the most.
Crappy film.
It’s not even worth mentioning that I saw it.
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