And that's not a compliment. I don't know what it is about this guy, he either selects really great scripts and ideas and makes them mediocre movies, or picks really mediocre scripts and turns them into the most high budgeted nonsense in film history.
This falls into the former category. And all of his stuff is extremely formulaic, 1. Big event, inciting incident 2. Bad guys, bad bad guys, so bad, little to no motive, just bad guys 3. Enter Good guys, world class skill set, no motives except being good and "protecting the innocent" 4. Words, dialogue, argument, words and more words 5. Super high budget shootout scene(s) 6. Hoards of bad guys die, then the main bad guy dies, as well as at least 1 good guy 7. Cue the feelgood music 8. Roll credits with the obligatory "this is dedicated to someone in Peter's life" message
No arcs, plot takes a back seat to high budget yet still shlocky action.
The Kingdom wanted to be a good movie, but it got Peter Berg. Pure A to B+ list cast should have pushed this over the edge, but it had Peter Berg at the helm.
I like him ok as an actor from the 90s, its nothing personal, I just don't think he's ever made a good movie. Lone survivor included. I have to give this a 6 because I, in good faith, can not put it on the same level as many films to which I give 7's.
This falls into the former category. And all of his stuff is extremely formulaic, 1. Big event, inciting incident 2. Bad guys, bad bad guys, so bad, little to no motive, just bad guys 3. Enter Good guys, world class skill set, no motives except being good and "protecting the innocent" 4. Words, dialogue, argument, words and more words 5. Super high budget shootout scene(s) 6. Hoards of bad guys die, then the main bad guy dies, as well as at least 1 good guy 7. Cue the feelgood music 8. Roll credits with the obligatory "this is dedicated to someone in Peter's life" message
No arcs, plot takes a back seat to high budget yet still shlocky action.
The Kingdom wanted to be a good movie, but it got Peter Berg. Pure A to B+ list cast should have pushed this over the edge, but it had Peter Berg at the helm.
I like him ok as an actor from the 90s, its nothing personal, I just don't think he's ever made a good movie. Lone survivor included. I have to give this a 6 because I, in good faith, can not put it on the same level as many films to which I give 7's.