Director: Tate Taylor

Cast:  Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans

Genre: Thriller/Mystery

Girl on the Train “A journey

through wicked deceptions”

The movie is based on the famous, best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins. The movie is about a man having lecherous, debaucherous, lustful desires toward women. A social problem where a relationship is built on the foundation of disloyalty, deception, and breach of trust. The movie characters are Megan (Haley Bennett), Rachel (Emily Blunt), and Anna (Rebecca Ferguson). The trio pulled off their best to depict the characters in the film, but how the character played by Emily Blunt was remarkable.

The actress with a sweet British accent imitated a woman with stuttering words, having the inability to speak properly because of her drinking habits. The emotional scenes where she was uttering broken sentences while tears dripping down her cheeks, and expressing her wrath with an outrageous tone really appalled me. The actress was previously showcased in the horror/ Si fiction movie like “A Quiet Place”, action/ thriller movies like “Sicario”, sic fiction/ action movies like “Edge of Tomorrow”, and sorcerous /fantasy movies like “Snow White and the Huntsman” which display her sheer diversity. I didn’t expect such a tout performance by Emily Blunt. Although, she was pregnant during the film, yet she acted so well. The actress as the main lead of the movie enthralled the audience with her enigmatic personality, difficult to figure out at first whether she is good or evil. This was eventually revealed at the end of the movie.

The movie theme (domestic violence/ controlling man) has already been talked about, yet there is much to say on the subject. The pervert husband Tom (Justin Theroux) who evolved in manipulating his ex-wife, cheats on his current wife having a physical affair with a girl who works in his house as a nanny. Tom cheats on his first wife (Rachel) dating Ana later he cheats on Ana too having an affair with Megan. Tom takes undue advantage of her ex-wife (Rachel) because she suffers from memory loss. He makes her believe that she is responsible for the wrongdoing that she never committed. Rachel is a sad person since she couldn’t have a baby. This later leads to breaking up her relationship with Tom. After being fired from the job she rides the train from her home to New York and peers at a girl with her husband through the train’s window and impersonates her not knowing the fact the girl she is watching every day is Tom’s child-minder.

Rachel overthinks about the couple especially the girl: What’s her name, what job she would do, what the couple would say to each other when they go to bed. One day, she sees Megan kissing another man the day before she goes missing. she feels so concerned that seeing the girl with another man makes her extremely angry that she feels like smashing her head on the floor. She thinks they were the perfect couple unlike her. Rachel considers the girl’s act as treachery. I think Rachel felt a pang of guilt as if she herself committed some sort of crime because she always idealized this girl. It happens when we see people around us, we always jump to the conclusion that they are happier than us, and comparing ourselves with others does not content you all the time. Sometimes it saddens you more than you expect.

Rachel couldn’t recall the whole incident of the tunnel because she blacks out every time. On encounter with Tom’s former boss, she gets to know that she was innocent and that whatever her husband had told her were lies. Rachel recalls everything that happened that day in the tunnel. She goes back to Ana to let her know about Tom’s deception despite the fact Ana also deceived her by dating Tom while she was married to him. It suggests that Rachel’s personality is filled with loyalty and kindness toward others. She wasn’t a bad person at all.

She didn’t even want to take revenge on Tom. She killed Tom in order to save her & Anna’s lives. Anna’s act of pressing the knife deeper through Tom’s jugular vein shows how sorry she was about what she thought of Rachel throughout the course of events. She was really upset and embarrassed by her own self.

-Sajid Ali

Director: Peter Sattler

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, John Carroll Lynch.

Genre: Drama

CAMP X-RAY movie carries the theme of innocent people who are prisoners for a crime that they never committed. I watched this movie because I'd heard good things about it. After 9/11 Muslims community had to go through intolerable levels of hardships in the West which resulted in chaos in the country. Anyway, I came across the list of 2016 movies, so I checked it out by the name of Kristen Stewart movie. This is an excellent movie. It is a powerful, emotional drama set at the Guantanamo Bay prison. It avoids political portrayal and gets down the human interaction between guards and prisoners while avoiding the usual prison clichés.

Kristen Stewart plays Amy Cole, a woman from a small town who joins the U.S. Army and ends up at Guantanamo Bay (known as Gitmo). At the beginning of the film, she is a true rookie. She has just joined in and knows nothing about the environment of Gitmo. At the orientation, the officer informs her and the others they are not here to prevent escape. They are there to keep the prisoners alive. The cells are under surveillance all the time to prevent suicides.

Cole experiences a nasty welcome on the first day at Gitmo, being hit in the face by a large, powerful prisoner. One of her jobs is to provide books to the prisoners from the library. She encounters a talkative prisoner, Ali (Peyman Moaadi) who constantly asks for a copy of the seventh Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Ali had read all the other Harry Potter books, but not the seventh part. The Harry Potter books are seemingly famous among the Gitmo prisoners. The books are a constant subject of conversation between Cole and Ali.

The guards were strictly told not to share their names or any personal information with the detainees, especially prisoners like Ali, who have been at the prison so long they know more about what is going on there than the guards do. Ali, who is literate, a college passed-out student is known as a troublemaker by the guards. Ali doesn't recognize the authority of the guards and rejects to cooperate with them. At one point, he becomes angry and throws his own crap on Cole.

A hunger strike is also depicted in the film, and the force-feeding of the striking prisoners, using feeding tubes inserted through the noses of the prisoners, who are held rigidly in restraints. Cole begins to hate being at Gitmo. During a dinner conversation with another guard, she expresses that she'd rather be in a war zone than continue being a guard at Gitmo. She comes to know of another guard who tried to commit suicide.

Growing extremely agitated and unhappy, she reports a complaint against one of her superiors, corporal Ransdell (played by Lane Garrison of “Shooter”) who compels her to watch Ali strip naked while taking a shower, a situation that neither she nor Ali is comfortable with. She is called in to see Colonel James Drummond (John Carroll Lynch of “Paul”) concerning the complaint. It turns out the colonel understands the situation better than she does.

There is a final, dramatic situation that needs to be resolved before Cole ships out to her next assignment. Kristen Stewart acting in this movie is superb, highlighted by the strong lead performances by Kristen Stewart and Peyman Moaadi. The supporting performances are also good. Writer and Director Peter Sattler has crafted a powerful, moving drama. One of the best films of 2014. This film rates an A.

Before I saw “Clouds of Sils Maria,” I had seen Kristen Stewart mostly in those dreadful “Twilight” films. I thought she couldn't act. Turns out, those were just bad stories and scripts. She was playing a passive character, written with no emotional range. After seeing movies like “Clouds of Sils Maria” and “Snow White and the Huntsman”, I believed that Stewart can act, and she proves it again here, with a great performance.

-Sajid Ali

Director: Chad Stahelski

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Bill Skarsgård , Donnie Yen

Genre:  Action

If you want to explode your imagination and want to witness severe carnage, blood-shedding, and nonstop rampage. Then John Wick chapter 4 is waiting for you. I have never witnessed such brutal scenes. I assure you the high-octane fighting scenes will make you jump from your seats.

The movie is created in the unique style of depicting massacre, the filmmakers create a full-on action fantasy epic, complete with appalling strike levels. Across a never-ending running time, the film builds up an enthralling tale of revenge and redemption that's unusually involving. And indeed it seems fabulous, with unique design touches and atrociously insane fight choreography. One should really enjoy the fight scene where the maze angle of Camra is used.

After cleaning the international criminal community's elders, John Wick continues his journey of killing his foes. John (Reeves) observes the bounty on his head growing drastically. Furious, top boss Marquis (Skarsgard) pulls down New York's safe castle The Continental, leaving its manager Winston (McShane) homeless, and he compels blind henchman Caine (Yen) to slay John. They come across face-to-face at Osaka's Continental, where an unknown tracker (Anderson) shows up with his faithful dog and a plan to wait until the bounty is even higher. Then in order to challenge the Marquis in Paris, John first needs to stop in Berlin and amalgamate his support.

With its ‘an eye for an eye’ narrative, the film gradually builds momentum, tightening its grip using each elegantly shot set-piece. The great budget is evident in the enormous scale of the action, from eye-catching location work to intensely ambitious fight sequences. This is never gritty or naturalistic, as the people are indestructible: like relentless zombies they will only be killed when you shoot them in the head. So the violence is far over-the-top, heavily stylized to amp up the desperation in each battle.

Many monstrous figures assemble in John's wake, all trying to kill him. Reeves efficiently molded in the role, frustrated but unrelenting, loyal to friends and ready to dispatch another faceless attacker or iconic goon. Loyal cohorts McShane, Sanada and Fishburne get great scenes of their own, while Skarsgard appears a remarkably spooky villain. Besides Anderson and Yen there are more cunning minds having the intention to keep John alive. For a little while longer.

Each sequence is profoundly amazing, from a crowded waterfall rave battle in Berlin to frenzied all-out war on the streets of Paris. A breathtaking set-piece in a vintage building is staged like a videogame, while John's ascension of the Sacre-Coeur steps is heart-stopping. The immeasurably vivid settings add conventional touches at every turn, often with aesthetic views that have a great impact on the biggest screen possible. As before, it's John's internalized yearning that adds surprising resonance to the mayhem, throwing yet another clue that makes us hope that there is more to come.

-Sajid Ali

Director: Sam Hargrave
 

Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Chris Hemsworth, Olga Kurylenko Daniel Bernhardt , Adam Bessa, Tinatin Dalakishvili,Tornike Gogrichiani,

Genre: Action

This year’s menu is full of action. The high-voltage movies in 2023 include Fast X, John Wick Chapter 4, and Mission impossible sequence my all-time favorite. Extraction 2 improves upon its predecessor by bringing a sequel to the action film that is greater in every way possible.

I had not planned to watch Extraction 2. It was mere luck that it was possible for me to fit the film into my schedule. Unluckily, this was very difficult to find the time to jot my review down prior to the Netflix release.

That’s festival life for you! Like every event, I observe myself on the edge of my seat during the whole period of the two-hour film. I’ll talk about my experience of watching the movie, but my opinion is very different from watching the original in 2020.

Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) narrowly got out of the first movie alive. And yet, he’s at it again in the movie’s sequel. Certainly, he had some time to heal and get his body back in shape before going out on the mission again. This time around, he has to retrieve a Georgian gangster’s family from the prison where said gangster is having them. I would go more deep into the why of it but this is a movie where should know very little. Indeed, one of the spoilers made its way to the public prior to my experience of watching the movie. It would have been a huge surprise had I not known THAT was coming. People ought to prevent spoiling everything before a movie’s general release! But I digress.

Tyler Rake was not intended to survive. Everything was altered through test screenings, and a franchise was afterward started. On a 32-inch TV in late April 2020, I watched the first movie. For me, getting to view this one on a large screen has made a significant difference. Whatever you may think about Netflix movies, an action movie like Extraction 2 is a large-screen production. Additionally, I had awful attention when I saw the first movie a little over a month into the pandemic. Screen size and focus both have a significant impact! Anyway, what I enjoy about the sequel is that we discover more about Tyler Rake's character and his personal life.

People would disagree that bigger and better does not make a difference but it certainly does for the sequel. Sam Hargrave is a genuine moviemaker this time around. Like with David Leitch, Hargrave shows that stunt choreographers can make for sold moviemakers behind the camera. The shaky cam feels like a video game that is quite exciting

But if you talk about stunts, they are better than any movie and make you feel as if you are experiencing reality.

It is not good for you if I spoil the stunt scene, but I assure you the camera angle for filming the fight scenes will enthrall you throughout the movie.

-Sajid Ali

Director: Dexter Fletcher

Cast:  Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, David Ellison,  Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Jules Daly, Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese

Genre: Romance/action/ comedy

Movies that intermix action, romance, and comedy inevitably seem to lean more in one direction than the other. Perhaps, it tends to be funny. Maybe, it happens to be an action flick? Or, it could be a seriously romantic version. Whether you witness romantic movies with guns and fighting, you hardly notice a genre hybrid that completely works. If you take Ghosted, for instance, all three elements fall a little flat. None of them were entirely unsuccessful, yet the project was to portray magnetic and attractive leads. It was successful in that case at least.

Two complete opposites, Sadie (Ana de Armas) and Cole (Chris Evans) are drawn to one another at a farmer's market. In between trips around the world for work, she goes shopping. Following a split, he is employed there. Cole is thrilled when they end up going on an unplanned all-night date. Although they are happy for him, his parents, Tate Donovan, and Amy Sedaris, caution him to keep it cool. Of course, he can't, and out of fear of being ghosted, he decides to surprise Sadie by traveling to Europe with her (don't ask how or why; it's quite stupid).

Cole is abducted and tortured as soon as he lands in Europe. Sadie, who subsequently reveals herself to be a CIA agent, saves him at the very last second. They then engage in an adventure that includes arguments about who lied about what, comments from others about their chemistry and sexual tension, and a standard terrorist plot by Leveque (Adrien Brody) to obtain a weapon. Mostly, you're there to see the couple's eventual union while the fate of the planet happens to be at stake.

Ana de Armas and Chris Evans as actors do not lack charm. Both are stunning actors having this cute chemistry between them. They are showing a better performance by playing opposite roles in this movie than what they had previously done before. From falling in love to traveling to following each other and having fight and love scenes will make to tie up with your seats till the end of the movie.

Most of the dialogue is subpar, but occasionally some of the humorous set pieces succeed. Fletcher, on the other hand, has a culmination that feels even more banal. Even the ingredients that are effective are beaten into a pulp, decreasing their potency.

There are hints of a wonderful action rom-com in Ghosted. Unfortunately, they are few and few between since the movie is willing to be serviceable. It ends up falling short because it just aims for that mid-tier. I wouldn't call this a poor movie, but it's so forgettable that you won't be able to recall anything about it once the credits have finished.

-Sajid Ali

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Cast: Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, William Fichtner, Hala Finley

Genre:  Mystery/Thriller

By the very first impression when I saw the trailer, I was touched & and very much excited to watch the movie because the trailer seemed to be quite unique. The idea of hypnotizing people and the ability to make them do whatever you want sounded crazy to me. The movie with cast like Ben Affleck, William Fichtner, and Alice Braga would compel anyone to experience the movie at least once.

The movie Hypnotic introduces us to the reticent Austin police detective Danny Rourke (Affleck), who is returning to work after taking a leave of absence due to his daughter's kidnapping (and assumed death). Rourke's marriage was destroyed by the crime, which happened while he was babysitting Minnie, and he was left searching for explanations. As a result of the unsolved mystery surrounding the child's body, he decides that returning to work is the only way to maintain his sanity.

In the course of looking into his first case, a bank heist, he discovers that there are persons known as "hypnotics" who have Jedi-like mind-control abilities and can implant "constructs" in the minds of their victims. They become pawns in that situation and may inadvertently commit crimes. Danny learns that he is at least somewhat immune to the effects of hypnotics after joining forces with strip mall psychic Diana Cruz (Alice Braga). The strongest and most dangerous of the hypnotics, Lev Dell Rayne (William Fichtner, whose career is riddled with these kinds of characters), is shortly pursued by him and Diana. And maybe connected to Minnie's disappearance.

The problem with the movie is it makes you feel sitting on a roller coaster. In 1.5 hour's run time, there are so many twists and turns. You don’t get even stable from one twist and there is another one waiting for you. When this happens in a movie you don’t care about the plot anymore. Such movies lose their essence and you would not feel like watching them again. Moreover, it has got an uncanny resemblance to Christopher Nolan’s movie “Inception”. I would rate this movie really high if it had been released before 2010. That could be the only case where you can say oh I like the idea of the movie! It is really unique! But nobody is going to buy this because you have already watched a movie like “Inception”.

The only positive aspect of the movie is its cast. One can go for the movie because of the cast (Ben Affleck) the actor did his role according to the character. The main lead and the other characters' performance try hard to fill up the hole. Directors like Robert Rodriguez have to think seriously that a preexisted plot with meaningless, unnecessary, multiple twists would not be sufficient enough to earn value in the movie market.

- Sajid Ali

Director: Nimrod Antal

Cast: Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Modine

Genre:  Action/thriller

When you utter the term "action," some actors' faces pop into your head because they are so closely related to action movies. One of the actors in the movie business who plays non-stop action roles is Liam Neeson. Neeson is well known for the action film "Taken." He's still making action flicks in his 70s. His most recent film "Retribution" is full of tension because it contains more suspense than action, which is sure to drive you crazy.

Neeson portrays Matt Turner, an American investment banker in Berlin, in his most recent movie, "Retribution," which is a remake of a 2015 Spanish thriller of the same name. Matt discovers he is sitting on a bomb while driving his teenage son and daughter to school one day. The bomb will go off if Matt stops the car, tries to get out, or disobeys the orders of the unidentified person on the other end of his smartphone. These orders include traveling between locations, during which Matt observes a series of vehicle explosions that result in the deaths of several of his coworkers and gradually becomes implicated in them. The attractively tenacious, no-nonsense Europol detective on his pursuit is played by Noma Dumezweni.

So far, so predictable, at least in the broad strokes of a tale about a man who is, shall we say, under pressure. Because Matt is emotionally distant and there are clues of potential financial dishonesty, Matt's wife is also thinking about divorcing him. Matt doesn't have "a very particular set of skills" like many of Liam Neeson's characters do, as Bryan Mills, the actor's murderous character in "Taken," put it. Matt is intelligent and has a driver's license. Perhaps that's sufficient.

One can tell that Matt is afraid and unsure of how to handle the situation as the movie progresses, but he tries to remain calm and convince his kids to do the same. The fact that Matt's children are present in the vehicle keeps him from taking an audacious position. As soon as his kids are safely out of the car, he flees the agency's ambush and uses all of his strength to track down the tormentor and exact the justice he deserves.

The movie's plot was well-established. The movie's events were all shown in chronological order, which made the plot simpler to comprehend. The movie didn't have any pointless twists. The audience expects that from sage directors. Instead of making the plot needlessly complicated, the problem is solved as the movie reaches its climax and discloses items that have been waiting to be revealed.

In addition to "The Commuter" in 2018 and "Non-Stop" in 2014, Neeson has collaborated with producers Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman on three more projects. The director of those two movies (as well as "Unknown" and "Run All Night"), Jaume Collet-Serra, now serves as producer. Even though it can be comforting to watch Neeson and his regular team members perform their duties repeatedly, something the actor has been doing for the past 15 years, the overall operation feels more like a well-oiled machine than it does like a living, breathing thing.

-Sajid Ali

Director: Gene Stupnitsky

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick

Genre:  Comedy

You must have observed as a critic that the comedy lies in modern films has somewhat lost its humor. They lack comedy, rather you find them more vulgar. Vulgarity is one of the tools in comedy films that has been used in comic movies for decades besides bumping into the pols, falling on things, and being in an awkward situation. Aforesaid mentioned ideas are acceptable amongst the audience as far as they are making them giggle. Jennifer Lawrence tried very hard to use these techniques in the recent film "No Hard Feelings" to entertain the audience, but she was unable to convince them that she was humorous. Although you may find her hilarious during some interviews, as long as movies are concerned she is not up to the mark.

Maddie, a native Montauk townie played by Jennifer Lawrence, is in danger of losing her home due to gentrification and expensive property taxes. She responds to a Craigslist advertisement placed by an affluent couple seeking to hire a 20-something lady to help their 19-year-old son Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) get over his social awkwardness before he leaves for Princeton. Maddie, who is 32, is clearly out of Percy's league, but if all the objectives are accomplished, his parents will buy her a Buick Regal.

That Buick is the solution to all of Maddie's issues since she needs it to operate an Uber vehicle during the summer when city dwellers invade Montauk and take over the sleepy beach town. Maddie feels that the house she lives in, which she inherited from her late mother, is the only thing that ties her to her family. The entire movie is marked by Maddie's contempt for visitors and the wealthy, yet her allure as a sexual object more than makes up for this. The movie makes good use of her charm, but when she faces up against Percy, who is intentionally ignorant, it poses a challenge for her. He first writes Maddie off as a crazy kidnapping adult and beats her during their "meet-cute."

Maddie and Percy reveal sentiments and experiences to one another that they had previously kept private. Maddie grows fond of Percy and wants him to be a social success. Her primary concern is always getting the car, but she makes the decision to help him overcome his helicopter-parent worry so he may become the man he was meant to be in order to get him ready for college. Many references to Hall & Oates' "Man-eater," which is extensively discussed, and a high school party where Maddie feels her age is driven by these antics.

Overall, the film wasn't very successful, but both Andrew Feldman and Jennifer Lawrence did have some moderate chemistry. This merits appreciation. Although it might be challenging to play for an audience with such a wide age gap, they did a good job with both comedic and poignant passages. The prior films of director Gene Stupnitsky, such as "Office" and "Bad Teacher," do not allow us to anticipate such typical compositions in certain genres like comedy.

-Sajid Ali

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Cast: Tom Cruise · Ethan Hunt ; Hayley Atwell · Grace ; Ving Rhames · Luther Stickell ; Simon Pegg · Benji Dunn ; Rebecca Ferguson · Ilsa Faust.

Genre: Action

I have always been a huge fan of the Mission Impossible franchise as well as Tom Cruise. I grew up watching this amazing sequence. The recent movie Dead Reckoning is not more different than the others. All have the same theme of stories, the same problems, and the same actions, but the thing that pulls your attention is Tom Cruise life risking stunts. He knows how to drag the audience's attention towards him. This is what makes him a movie genius. I would rate this movie a bit high because of personal favoritism.  

The first scene of the movie is genuinely unexpected. No one is aware that the Russians have created a brand-new, top-secret submarine. As a result, the crew is taken aback when they discover themselves under attack and responds with disastrous consequences. Worse still, the attack leaves a key to a device in the open for anyone to take, one that everyone wants.

Without venturing into plot twist area, which would make the US nervous, the keys are the only thing that can stop a renegade AI that poses a danger to global dominance. To obtain the keys and transport them to the US, the IMF's Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise's Rain Man), Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg's Shaun of the Dead), and Luther Stickewell (Ving Rhames' Pulp Fiction) are quickly enlisted.

Naturally, things don't go according to plan, and soon Ethan and his group are collaborating with Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson – The Greatest Showman) and a talented young cat burglar named Grace (Hayley Atwell – Captain America: The First Avenger) once more to try and prevent the keys from ending up in the hands of the cunning White Widow (Vanessa Kirby – The Crown), who intends to sell them to the highest bidder.

An old enemy reappears, making the task even more difficult. She hires Paris (Pom Klementieff from Avengers: Infinity War) as a hitwoman to assassinate Ethan and his crew. Additionally, Jasper Briggs (Shea Whigham – Non-Stop), a member of the US Government who doesn't trust the IMF, has been ordered to arrest and detain Ethan.

Let's discuss Tom Cruise's on-screen stunts. Tom Cruise is well-known for his risky stunts, as we all know. In this film, you will witness the most insane stunts. When he jumps off the cliff, the audience gasps. I still find it hard to accept that he performed this trick more than once to make it appear even more flawless. It would be thrilling to witness such stunts in motion pictures. When I saw Mission Impossible II at home, I can still remember how the scene where Tom is scaling the rock made my palms sweat.

People literally enjoy such breathtaking stunts and well script action stories these days. And Tom cruise has been busy in the business of making such film for us. I am impatiently waiting for Dead reckoning part II. I hope we shall see more adventure next year.

-Sajid Ali

Director: David Ayer

Cast :  Jason Statham · Adam Clay ; Emmy Raver-Lampman · Agent Verona Parker ; Bobby Naderi · Agent Matt Wiley ; Josh Hutcherson · Derek Danforth ; Jeremy Irons.

Genre: Action

The movie starts with a pretty emotional scene where an elderly woman shoots herself over losing her entire savings caused by an internet scam. She not only loses her own money but also the money that she possesses from the charity for the education of needy children. I like action movies that involve gun fighting, martial arts, insane stunts, fire explosions, and blasts. This movie contains all the elements aforementioned but it also has the sense of true revenge which justifies the inevitable rampage throughout the movie.

Look in The Man with the Bees Anyone who sees this movie won't leave the theater with more questions than answers because Statham portrays Adam Clay, a character with so many secrets. At the beginning of the movie, Clay is seen leading a modest life as a beekeeper on a stunning estate that belongs to the retiring Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad in Creed).

But then things go wrong when Eloise steps into a trap set by an internet scammer and discovers that all of her bank accounts have been stolen, along with $2.5 million from a charity she manages. Eloise kills herself because she can't handle what she did, and Adam soon meets Verona Parker (Emmy Raver-Lampman, Blacklight), her FBI agent daughter, who first holds Adam responsible for her mother's demise.

But after that small misunderstanding is resolved, Adam's new secret comes to light. He is a former member of The Beekeepers, a covert CIA unit whose sole responsibility is to guard what they refer to as The Hive. Driven by rage at an unfair system, Adam declares war on the operation and company owned by the gullible Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games), who, despite not being the smartest operator, has a lot of powerful people working for him, including Wallace Westwyld, the former chief of the CIA (Jeremy Irons, The Lion King).

Adam Clay, played by Jason Statham, has a striking resemblance to John Wick. He is leading a regular, tranquil existence up till someone kills the person who held great significance for him, upsetting him. This causes him to murder everyone in his path. Jason's vicious behavior of kicking criminals in the ass is also reminiscent of John Wicks's technique. Additionally, the method used to "Terminate Adam Clay" after placing a bounty on his head. These are a few quotes that lend credence to the theory that the film was heavily influenced by John Wick. Having said that, the story's concept is distinct and has its own flavor.

I've always liked action films starring Jason Statham. You are obligated to see each of his upcoming action films, such as "Transporter," "Expendables," "Mechanics," "Wrath of Man," and "Fast and Furious," at least once.

-Sajid Ali