Movie Review
Lacking thunder while being too forced
Beginning with a classic comic-book-style introduction, the movie “Thunder Force,” a film released April 9th, 2021, leads movie-goers in with a usual superhero opening.
Sociopaths were given superpowers through radiation and then cause chaos (under the name ‘Miscreants’). Their chaos leads to a meeting of the main characters through unfortunate circumstances.
Here’s how: there were two best friends-a nerd and a klutz-that met in grade school. The nerd gets bullied and the klutz defends her. All is well and good until high school, where the two have a dramatic fall-out and stop talking.
Fast forward a few years. The klutzy main character, named Lydia (played by Melissa McCarthy) is a middle-aged forklift driving, spoiled milk-drinker, who never left her hometown of Chicago.
The nerdy main character, named Emily (Octavia Spencer), has created a glamorous tech enterprise, just like another superhero (cough Iron Man cough).
A high school reunion was supposed to be what brought the two together, but Emily never showed-up.
Bothered, Lydia marched herself over to the conveniently placed ‘Stanton building’. This leads to Lydia gaining one of the superpowers that Emily was planning to obtain herself.
There’s obviously a training montage set to music-every superhero movie needs at least one-before the two go out and fight crime.
“Thunder Force,” in the end, is the movie a person would turn-on and then work-on something else. The plot is easily followed and the humor sometimes feels forced throughout the film.
Jokes are played-out slightly too long. However, there are a few gems throughout the movie, like the wedding topper offered by Emily’s grandmother.
The characters, in particular, are underdeveloped, while the plot is full of holes. It doesn’t offer any pizazz. There isn’t much on the edge of your seat action.
There was a conflict between Emily and her daughter Tracy (Taylor Mosby) with a large amount of potential, but the resolution between the two unfortunately felt forced and stiff.
Nevertheless, there’s a lovely friendship message in this film, about how even if people are complete opposites they can still be the best of friends. It’s pretty ‘feel-good’-like.
All in all, the movie isn’t exactly one to watch for a deep, interesting, action-packed plot and dynamic characters. This is, however, the movie to watch for a laugh while procrastinating on homework. Review by Rowan VanOsdel
Sociopaths were given superpowers through radiation and then cause chaos (under the name ‘Miscreants’). Their chaos leads to a meeting of the main characters through unfortunate circumstances.
Here’s how: there were two best friends-a nerd and a klutz-that met in grade school. The nerd gets bullied and the klutz defends her. All is well and good until high school, where the two have a dramatic fall-out and stop talking.
Fast forward a few years. The klutzy main character, named Lydia (played by Melissa McCarthy) is a middle-aged forklift driving, spoiled milk-drinker, who never left her hometown of Chicago.
The nerdy main character, named Emily (Octavia Spencer), has created a glamorous tech enterprise, just like another superhero (cough Iron Man cough).
A high school reunion was supposed to be what brought the two together, but Emily never showed-up.
Bothered, Lydia marched herself over to the conveniently placed ‘Stanton building’. This leads to Lydia gaining one of the superpowers that Emily was planning to obtain herself.
There’s obviously a training montage set to music-every superhero movie needs at least one-before the two go out and fight crime.
“Thunder Force,” in the end, is the movie a person would turn-on and then work-on something else. The plot is easily followed and the humor sometimes feels forced throughout the film.
Jokes are played-out slightly too long. However, there are a few gems throughout the movie, like the wedding topper offered by Emily’s grandmother.
The characters, in particular, are underdeveloped, while the plot is full of holes. It doesn’t offer any pizazz. There isn’t much on the edge of your seat action.
There was a conflict between Emily and her daughter Tracy (Taylor Mosby) with a large amount of potential, but the resolution between the two unfortunately felt forced and stiff.
Nevertheless, there’s a lovely friendship message in this film, about how even if people are complete opposites they can still be the best of friends. It’s pretty ‘feel-good’-like.
All in all, the movie isn’t exactly one to watch for a deep, interesting, action-packed plot and dynamic characters. This is, however, the movie to watch for a laugh while procrastinating on homework. Review by Rowan VanOsdel