M3GAN 2.0, Elio, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Dangerous Animals, & War of the Worlds

Finally, I discuss the last theatrical movies I’ve seen in the past two months; however, first I’ll discuss an already infamous film that debuted on Prime a few days ago. It’s a “new” movie although was filmed in late 2020 (!) and shelved until dumped on streaming. It’s a movie entirely viewed on a computer screen a la Unfriended or Searching; Ice Cube (!!) plays a member of DHS (!!!) who reacts to an alien invasion; while not the worst movie I’ve ever seen (even worst ever released by a major studio) the plot made zero sense, the effects were atrocious, there’s rampant Amazon product placement… while hysterical at times, most of it was painful so that’s one only for the veteran bad movie lovers.

Thankfully, the films I saw theatrically were all better than War; this includes a revival of the original Friday the 13th on Friday, June 13th; that was a blast. Elio was chosen at the last minute one night due to a change in my schedule… long story. The movie flopped at the box office but that was due to marketing and a (deserved) lack of trust in Disney. I thought it was a pretty good tale that looked nice; the obvious references to certain 80’s sci-fi movies also helped. Yes, I do know that there were "production problems" and that hampered the film.

M3GAN 2.0 also flopped; while flawed, I was still amused by the goofy spectacle that was an action thriller sequel to an original horror movie. I do appreciate the sequel wasn’t a rehash of the first as happens far too often. Meanwhile, Dangerous Animals was an obscure Australian movie (which will be available soon for streaming on Shudder) which was also flawed yet the premise of a serial killer using sharks to kill was at least original, and Jai Courtney was better as an OOT personality rather than that milksop character he played in that horrible 5^th Die Hard movie which I don’t consider canon in my Die Hard universe.

Finally, there’s the “legacy sequel” to I Know What You Did Last Summer, which follows the model that the 2021 Scream legacy sequel created. Those two Summer movies from the late 90’s I always thought were goofy and only OK; thus, when this new version was also goofy and only OK, I couldn’t be disappointed. Whether or not it was the intent to make fun of Generation Z and its insufferable lingo, that’s how I took it & that aspect was enjoyed. It was also nice seeing those old faces from the 90’s again.

I’ll be back late in the month; there’s a few ideas for activities I could be a part of.