Thunder Force
Em, Stop. You’re cooking him from the inside out!
Summary:
Lydia and Emily were good friends in high school, although drastically different people. As they went out into the world, their bond faded and they drifted apart as they grew up. Flash forward to their high school reunion, Emily and Lydia have grown apart and don’t talk a lot. When Emily doesn’t show up to the reunion, Lydia goes to see her and see if she can bring her back to the party. Emily had totally forgotten and was busy with work, but managed to take a few minutes away to see Lydia. When Emily leaves to go check on something, Lydia finds herself in a comfy chair and a couple of needles in the face. 15 years of work down the drain, Emily is now forced to team up with Lydia to avenge her parents and defend their city.
Characters:
Thunder Force follows the journey of Emily and Lydia. As a child, Emily lost her parents in the crossfire between during Miscreant attack. After that, she took it upon herself to achieve her parents’ wishes; to create people with powers from ordinary people. Emily is smart and is determined to reach her goals. Lydia is the opposite of Emily. Lydia is carefree and laid back, choosing to find fun instead of work. She also has a strong personality and will stand up for what she thinks is right.
Sebastian: 7.0/10
So, this was a movie alright and that’s about what you can say about it. It definitely feels like a middle-of-the-road, standard, and average film that doesn’t really do anything too special. It fits within its genre well enough but it doesn’t do anything too different or clever with the superhero idea and in today’s modern movie landscape with all the superhero movies being made you must find your own spin on the idea. On a more positive note, this movie can be funny and there were some funny moments with the characters and some of the funny ways they use their powers. The characters themselves are ok though I thought it would be more of a partner film the movie focuses much more on Lydia (played by Melissa McCarthy) who gets the power of super strength and there are definitely some funny moments using those powers. Emily (played by Octavia Spencer) has less to do than I expected and the character gets to be the more serious character to balance off McCarthy though she gets some funny moments. The characters don’t really have too much development after the first half an hour and most of the emotional moments don’t really work. The plot of this movie is pretty thin and the story isn’t really well explained, the villain kind of comes out of nowhere, and really it seems like less of a story and more of random superhero moments loosely tied together. This movie also gets really weird sometimes and while some of it genuinely made me laugh, there were some moments where it just kind of was weird for no reason. Honestly, the worst part about this movie is that it’s boring in quite a few places and usually with Melissa McCarthy movies I would say that’s not the case but here I might end up forgetting this one.
All in all, there are better movies for each genre this movie falls into whether you’re looking for Action-Adventure, Comedy or Superhero but if you just want to watch a new movie it’s an ok flick to watch. Hop on Netflix and see for yourself.
Nathanyal: 7.0/10
For those who follow our YouTube and watch our In 60 Seconds or Less segments, then you’ll know my general thoughts about this movie. For those who don’t, I’ll quickly summarize: it is a conflicting movie. It’s middle of the road and a decent movie.
I think the thing that bothers me the most about this movie is the set up and the intro. For a superhero movie, the introduction scene was very intriguing. It got my attention and I thought it set up a good foundation for the rest of the movie. Instead, what we got was a movie that didn’t do anything with the plot they had set up. The characters were pretty bland, and their actions seem too rigid. They didn’t develop much and were just exaggerations of their archetypes. The plot is also full of holes. Especially near the end, some of the events that happen contradict the established story. I do have to give props to the movie in terms of comedy, because there are definitely areas where the movie was indeed funny. At the same time, there are areas that they overdo, and the movie becomes cringey.
Overall, this movie was okay at best. Besides some good comic relief, the movie has rigid characters, a plot full of holes, and some questionable decisions. It’s as if the movie couldn’t tell if it was a kid’s movie or not. For those who are bored for an hour and a half, this movie can fill that hole. But other than that, I can’t really recommend this movie to anyone.
Austin: 6.8/10
Thunder Force is an interesting movie, to say the least. It starts so promising but doesn’t go much further. We see some really good character development and writing in the opening 15 minutes, but then it almost disappears from that point on. We see very little character development from that point on, and the dialogue feels awkward at a lot of points.
I think the best way to describe the plot as a whole is something that is stuck between a family movie and a more mature superhero movie. This led to an identity crisis the entire movie. The flipping back and forth between two drastically different tones left me a little bit confused and bored. Thunder Force does have some funny moments, but they are few and far between, and a lot of the comedy feels forced or doesn’t land. The plot doesn’t even make sense at certain points, and there are a lot of holes. There is an absolute blunder of a plot hole near the end, but I’ll save the details for the actual movie.
The characters are decent, I thought the acting was good, but I can’t fathom why there was a lack of development. We get quite a bit of information about our protagonists in the very beginning, but not a lot after that point. They shift a lot from the most likable characters in the movie to the most annoying, to characters you almost can’t watch, and it makes me scratch my head. We were shown solid characters at the beginning, then they aged and the writing never caught up again. Would have loved to see more deep characters with some meaning behind them. We hear about Emily’s motive a little bit but never go into any kind of detail. This kind of stuff passes in a family, G-PG movie, but in an Action-Comedy Pg-13 movie, it doesn’t compete.
Thunder Force felt like a movie that was going to be a feel-good movie with a great story. Instead, we got the ghost of that movie. The beginning is good, the middle is slow and weak both plot and character-wise, and the ending poses more questions than it answers. It is a fun movie to watch in passing, but don’t watch this for the action, adventure or comedy. There are many better options in all of those genres, and I’d check those out instead.
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