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In fact, it may very well be the best of the DC franchise thanks to some remarkable performances from Miller (playing a version of Barry Allen that has no relation to the comic) and Keaton (surprising us again with his unironic take on Batman). Yes, it is seriously and unexplainably flawed by ridiculously poor choices involving shockingly poor production values and CGI effects mostly. A whole segment that conceptually seemed to be a brilliant idea should have instead been left for the deleted scenes extras for the inevidable video release. It will piss you off a bit but the performances and committment to a fairly thoughtful and even progressive storyline are that good that you'll get over it. Is Miller's performance academy worthy? Yup. But the other highlight is the actress who plays Supergirl. Had she had more scenes she would have stolen the movie. All in all a perfect summer fun time movie event!

Wow! With all the awards hype around this movie I expected to at least be mildly entertained. I was not. It is relentlessly over wrought, banal and narratively obsequious. Not worth reviewing frankly. What is going on with movies these days? Remember when 'Nomadland' won best picture? That was weird but you could blame it on the pandemic. Maybe if I saw it in a theatre where I'd be trapped into making more of an investment. This makes my list of worst movies ever. After the first ten minutes I paused the movie only to discover that I was forty five minutes in! All I could think of is what decisions had I made in my life that found me in a portion of the multiverse where this is considered a good movie! Yikes!

Leave it to Canada to make a movie about tow truck drivers. But not so fast. In a country that spends have of the year driving through snow and ice, our tow truck drivers are the unsung heroes of the road. Moreover, this is a surprisingly sharp and compelling movie with genuine, thoughtful and gripping performances all around. "Chasers" are tow truck drivers who race to an accident scene to secure cars and get kickbacks to the autoshops they send them to. (If that seems unCanadian to you, it is. Actually, the tow truck industry is so regulated this practice is almost non-existent.) None the less, we take our drama where we can get it and it's rare to see a Canadian film that is unself-consciously Canadian. Although the lead actor (Brian Smith) is actually from Texas. It's also refreshing to see Toronto as the setting for this movie. Instead of trying so hard to be New York, the quaint, clean, decidingly less grim city backdrop somehow makes the action more gripping, stark and real. Admittedly, part of its charm is that '22 Chaser' doesn't try to be more then it is. It is, after all, a television movie. The result is a satisfying but tropey ending.