Review of Mortal Engines (2018) by Ryan M — 17 Dec 2018
Like a lot other folks are saying the critics were harsh on this one. Also, a lot of people seem to throw around the term derivative, but that's not what this is. This is just a movie that wears its influences on its sleeve where most films try to hide them.
The action is excellent. There are things that are just left unexplained or poorly explained but you should just be able to roll with that - it's not like you can't fill them in yourself fairly easily.
Also, the acting his taking a hard hit and that seems truly unfair. Hugo Weaving is good in pretty much everything he does. The two leads work well together and while not stellar are very good. There's nothing glaring in supporting cast - they all do good jobs.
In short, if you dig fantasy and didn't drop out of film school in the second year, this is a fun movie.
This review of Mortal Engines (2018) was written by Ryan M on 17 December 2018.
Mortal Engines has generally received mixed reviews.
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