matt-mjpete Reviews

Arrow (2012–2020)

A Pleasant Surprise

[9/10 · 4 March 2013]

Full disclosure - I love superheros. That being said, this show has reminded me what it is like to love an actual TV show. I am excited every Thursday to find out what happens next. The story is great, the action is great, and the main characters are, for the most part, great. A couple of times every episode I am reminded that I am watching a TV show on the CW. That being said, the show is entertaining enough where it doesn't drag me out of the story and suspense.

If you enjoy superhero shows or movies, you should definitely check this one out. It is definitely a new leaf for the CW network, and it is a great one.

Contraband (2012)

Pretty lame heist movie

[5/10 · 18 January 2012]

I was asked to go to this movie and went last night. I watched one preview on IMDb and could tell you the general idea of how the movie played out. Mark Wahlberg was so lucky throughout the whole movie that you think that the karma from what he suffered while trying a pop career as Marky Mark is finally paying off in a big way to his characters.

Aside from the awkward amount of pure good luck, the movie was just a few explosions, a couple of okay ideas and some cheap suspense. At no point did I ever want to leave the movie, but there were a few points where I laughed in the theater at a scene that was so wild that I couldn't take it seriously.

The acting was (for the most part) all convincing enough to believe and for sure didn't detract from the movie and the story itself was good.

All in all, it was entertaining, but barely, and probably not $9.50 entertaining. Redbox or Netflix it if you really want to see it.