{"id":5416,"date":"2018-05-11T07:51:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5416"},"modified":"2018-05-11T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T18:34:42","slug":"review-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=5416","title":{"rendered":"Review: TERMINAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margot Robbie plays a mystifying waitress and then some in “Terminal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"\"\"Visually, \u201cTerminal\u201d is really something. Bathed in neon, day-go fluorescents and set in an odd, almost futuristic station, it\u2019s interesting to look at. But the often bizarre story fails to engage, even though the cast is eclectic and top shelf.<\/p>\n

When hitmen Alfred (Max Irons) and Vince (Dexter Fletcher) take a high-risk job, they soon realize that they may have bitten off more than they can chew. And when they encounter curious waitress Annie (Margot Robbie), they are drawn into a mystery that might take them down. Along the way, we meet the depressed Bill (Simon Pegg) and a weird janitor (Mike Myers), who may be hiding something.<\/p>\n

Aside from the visuals, the draw here is clearly Robbie. She\u2019s sexy and has some fun with the character, but the script doesn\u2019t make the most of her radiance. And seeing Myers on screen is a surprising treat, but again, it\u2019s a performance in need of better writing.<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t know what to make of \u201cTerminal.\u201d It must\u2019ve looked very good on paper. And it looks really good on screen, but the narrative is like something from another planet. Conversations go in circles and things happen often from left field. If only it was as cheeky as the splashy trailer.<\/p>\n

But even though the film is a failure of story, there is a form over substance allure to it. Director Vaughn Stein, making his debut with \u201cTerminal,\u201d has worked on some high-end and lavishly made productions (see \u201cHarry Potter,\u201d \u201cPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,\u201d and \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d). Here he\u2019s assembled not only a fabulous cast, but a talented crew with Christopher Ross (\u201cBlack Sea\u201d and Amazon\u2019s \u201cHard Sun\u201d) shooting and Richard Bullock (\u201cFrank\u201d) providing production design. The result is one of the more intricately constructed productions on display in the theater this weekend. If only it featured a script that matched everything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerminal\u201d is fun to look at, if, at the same time, frustrating to digest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Story lets the splashy production down. And then there’s Mike Myers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[377,375,370,374,372,50,378,371,373,376],"class_list":["post-5416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-christopher-ross","tag-dexter-fletcher","tag-margot-robbie","tag-max-irons","tag-mike-myers","tag-movie-review","tag-richard-bullock","tag-simon-pegg","tag-terminal","tag-vaughn-stein","has-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5416"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5430,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5416\/revisions\/5430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}