Terrible Plan! Movie Reviews

What I liked: I should start this review with the admission that there was a really long line at the drive in so I missed about the first 40 minutes of the movie. It is entirely possible that the plot made more sense than I thought or that the characters actually did know each other before deciding to bop out into the jungle and jump off cliffs together. I kind of like the thought that maybe they didn't. They were just cruising along through the Congo Jungle, Heart of Darkness style, and decided it was the perfect opportunity for some very intense off roading. It is also possible that in the first 40 minutes they all took an animal training and wilderness survival course together. I like to think that they were all just born with the innate ability to battle gorillas, out swim crocodiles and hippos, run with stampeding gnu's, and suture wounds using army ants. That being the case they should probably shoot for their own show on cable, possibly join a special ops team. One thing...

What I liked: I liked the little tie ins to the older movies and the show especially how the opening refers to the crew's life as "episodic." They also did a good job of acknowledging the Spock actor's death, it was a nice touch. Also the ever present "I'm a doctor not a..." I liked the motorcycle chase, I can't really say why you would have a motor cycle in space especially one that still has wheels instead of some kind of levitation system, or why a centuries old motorbike would still be in working order, but it was fun anyway. I liked the sticky foam. A gun fight on top of a moving train is a staple of classic movies. How can one improve on that? Why, a gun fight atop a moving space ship of course. I love that they pulled an attack of the killer tomatoes, that isn't really an often repeated troupe. Absurd as it was it is pretty invigorating. The grew dynamics were mostly spot on and the tracking device dialog was great. I liked the space stati...

What I liked: Let's get this out of the way first. If for some reason I cannot obtain the batmobile I want to drive Jason Bourne's car. Or maybe I want his car for daytime driving and save the batmobile for evenings and special occasions. If the car is too expensive I will settle for just the tires which seem to be pretty much everything proof. No, he didn't drive backwards off a building this time but he did have enough serious collisions to more than compensate. The sedan fared quite well considering it was going up against a tank. I really appreciated that all the hacker commands were readily intelligible and consisted of a single line "decrypt files, remove firewall, authorize my fake passport." If you thought Jack Ryan's hacking was good in shadow recruit (he hacked a very secure computer using an electrical outlet), you will be terrified to know the secure computer could be hacked using a cell phone in the same building. Wires are for wimps. Take that Et...