Review of Sheroes (2023) by Gumdrop — 01 Jul 2023

I was bored and looking for something to watch and scrolled right past this one (That title is super cringey). Anyway, after scrolling for ages I watched the trailer and it looked ok. It was not. I nearly tapped out in the first 10 minutes.

The acting is just horrendous and it feels low-budget. But, having nothing else to watch I stuck it out. I regret that decision. The sheer absurdity of anyone successfully dismantling a cartel encampment.

Let alone 3 girls with zero skills. The whole premise is ridiculous. There's simply no way to convince myself that these particular people would have the slightest chance of taking on a hardened criminal organisation.

Their qualifications for the mission are questionable at best. Ryder, having no other skills than "Extreme sports" takes down an enormous underground fighting champion. Diamond's only claim to expertise is her father's status as an action movie star, which apparently is enough.

Unless she learnt it by osmosis that's not how any of this works. The villa conveniently possesses an arsenal of weapons and a 3D printer, suggesting that's all you need. Training is not required. The reference to "a certain set of skills" makes it even more apparent.

There has been no shortage of the certain set of skills trope. It's been a thing since Rambo. A highly trained guy, now living a normal life, single-handedly takes down an army/cartel/gang. And it worked well in movies like Taken and Nobody.

Having watched the trailer I thought this would be similar. They'd have some actual secret skills. Based on the title I was expecting a movie dripping with wokeness. Instead, I found a b-grade Charlie's Angels.

This is an action movie made by people who have no idea how to make an action movie. Written by people who have no idea hiow to write a movie. You might believe, based on this, that my problem with the movie is the fact that they're female.

You'd be wrong. That's part of why the trailer looked ok. I expected a Taken style action movie with the twist of 3 unexpected women. The closest it gets to that is the quote.