Rating: 4 of 5 precocious kids
Unexpectedly funny. Comic-level violence all the way through. There’s a basic plot to hang the action from. The young woman who plays the lead carries the entire film. Supporting cast does their job well.

Rating: 4 of 5 SR71's
Loved it. Yeah, Ryan Reynolds plays, um, Ryan Reynolds. Again. But he does play himself well. Branagh is good, although his accent is a bit on and off. It’s basically a buddy comedy, and does that well. They both play off each other, lots of action, lots of funny bits. I’m not sure how they did the airplane footage, probably all AI generated, but it looked really good. Nothing we’d watch twice, pretty predictable, but was a lot of fun.

Rating: 4 of 5 Male chauvinist pigs
A pretty entertaining “stranded on a island” story. Just when you think it’s predictable, it surprises you. Comedy? Horror? Psychological thriller? Kinda everything, in a good way. I’m probably over-rating it, just because it had more surprises than I’d expect, and I didn’t see several things coming.

Rating: 2 of 5 Swamp things
Interesting premise, flawed by a series of stupid decisions by the protagonists, and about 2/3 of the way through, it just falls into the absurd. The ending is not just confusing, but it’s unsupported by anything the rest of the film has set up. I’m hoping this isn’t the quality to expect from future Netflix created content, because it sucked.

Rating: 3 of 5 headshots
Lessee, pandemic, fast zombie-like infected, Dolph Lundgren, ROBOTS! Yup, just what you’d expect. Totally entertaining shlock-fest.

Rating: 2 of 5 time travel pods
Best thing I can say is, even with two Vince Vauhgns, I mostly enjoyed this. Too many gunshots, I didn’t really care about the ending, had some odd camerawork, but it was a fun distraction.

Rating: 3 of 5 outfits
It’s an OK film. Lots of great actors reprise their roles, and a few new ones join the cast. It’s a fine follow-on to the first film, but just more of the same thing. Nothing really to grab you, a pretty vanilla storyline. If you loved the first one, you’ll probably enjoy this.

Rating: 5 of 5 Amazes
A great adaptation of the book. Excellent story, well told and acted. Top notch filmaking.

Rating: 4 of 5 gallons of blood
Graphic, scary, and over the top bloody. Much scarier than your run-of-the-mill horror movie, and not for the squeamish.

Rating: 3 of 5 buddies
A silly, predictable buddy picture. A bit over the top into the extreme silly, but not the worst bit of mindless entertainment you could dig up. Plus, Eric André (Crab man) is generally funny, even when he’s over the top.