Review of Free Fire

Free Fire (2016)
7/10
Mad, darkly humored, violent hour+ shootout
17 January 2021
Well the headline says it all. Free Frre is indeed a mad, darkly humored, violent hour-and-ten-minute shootout. The first 15 minutes does an excellent job of setting up the characters. We learn exactly what we need to know about them going into the rest of the movie and no more. We know that many of them have past acquaintanceships with each other, we know that no one trusts anyone, and we know that probably none of them are any good. Throughout the course of the flick we learn that this is one of those movies where reloading weapons is an afterthought, as everyone seems to have guns with 3000 magazines.

This must have been a very challenging movie to edit, more so than it needed to be because It suffers from a lack of establishing shots - it becomes fairly difficult to keep track of where everyone is at times - and I think the very, very ending, while okay is surprisingly conservative given the rest of the movie.

Nonetheless, it's insane, over the top, violent fun. If you like the John Wick movies and can handle 90 minutes without Keanu Reeves then you might have fun with this flick.
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