The Essentials (2013) User Reviews

Couldn't finish watching

[gemstones · 1/10 · 23 March 2018]

I watched for 30 minutes waiting to see if I could pick up on something funny, or clever or unusual but it really was just a bunch of badly acted and directed cliches falling over each other. If there was a plot it was so weak it couldn't get out of the TV (I watched on Amazon Prime) . That is 30 minutes I won't be getting back .

A fun romp of the spy genre

[brendan-nagle · 10/10 · 5 June 2018]

A fun, semi-spoof in the vein of Naked Gun, featuring a Canadian drug-lord (who oddly resembles Donald Trump) trying to get society hooked on his maple syrup. Shows off a lot of nice production value for Upstate NY and the city of Rochester. Worth a watch for indie filmmakers and lovers of the genre. Fairly age appropriate, timeless and upbeat.