Ben Wheatley

Meg 2: The Trench (12A): ‘Jumping the Shark’, Chinese Style.

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A One Mann’s Movies review of “Meg 2: The Trench” (2023). Don’t get me wrong, I really don’t mind a ‘park your brain at the door’ action thriller. (I really don’t.) Reading again my review of “The Meg” from 2018 (3*’s) I actually wrote the words “I quite enjoyed it”. Now Jason Statham is back … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Free Fire (2017)

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A movie with more than a whiff of cordite about it. As I write this, I’m really struggling to evaluate whether the latest film of Ben Wheatley (“High Rise”) is a masterpiece or just pulp trash. It’s certainly a brave and highly distinctive venture, with that you can’t argue. Set in Boston in 1978, an arms … Read more