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More respectful than accurate, surprisingly good

Although adapted from a Japanese manga, this is a French movie. Because City Hunter had such a tremendous success there way back when, that they made a movie. And changed the character's name. But to something American-sounding. Not French. Because. Just because. Don't ask. Still, it takes place in France, probably Paris. Because budget, obviously.

They did change the characters a little. Manga Saeba is a bit like Spiderman, he hides his pathos under a carefree appearance. It's comic/manga, it's not that deep, but still. Movie Larson is more of a moron. With a twist. They kept the overtly sexual humour, same as the manga; the opening scene is a good example. By the way, although played for comedy, there's a healthy amount of nudity is this, enough to warrant an R rating in the States, I would say. Totes swell in Europe.

Neither Lacheau nor Fontan look like their alter egos. They're both competent albeit average actors, but make a point to play their characters very straight, which does work. They're both straight men to the script's clowning.

Said clowning is on par with the manga: gags are predictable, often puerile, but still funny if you're into this, which I'll admit I am. It borrows from Jerry Lewis, ZAZ, among others. There's a definite skew in the humour, though; one could argue to a French touch, but definitely cultural drift. Eg the shrink or hostage scenes. A few (probably) very specific references went over my head, though.

I will also credit both actors for their laudable efforts in the action scenes. It's rather obvious neither come from a martial background, but some clever editing and a lot of personal effort are enough yield some pretty good fights. The final showdown is actually rather impressive.

Pet peeve: no trigger discipline. Then again, they're French, so, more of a food culture.


Nothing woke. Homosexual romance is played for fun, as the worst thing that can happen to Saeba. No girlboss. It's true to the manga.


All in all, this is very niche, probably a boring 20% for most people, but if you're into self-aware stupidity, go for it.

Season one is bait. Season two is hardcore agenda

We enjoyed the first season and looked forward to the second. This is the first time I recognized the liberal agenda bait-and-switch that is so common in TV. The first season was just as good as any adaptation of Montgomery's novels. The second season went off script. Anne was immersed in what was portrayed as wonderful sub-culture, a secret society of be-what-you-want-to-be people. This is probably the most agenda-driven TV programming I've ever seen. It's utterly disgusting! Keep the kids away from this one.

I concur

If there's a record for the most catch phrases in a movie, this is the hands-down winner. If you disagree, Ni upon you! Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!

Nothing woke. This is a great parody on Star Trek that still hold up pretty well. The VFX still mostly look good, the acting is good the jokes are funny. It's even better if you are familiar with the Star Trek shows. The writing is decent if a little corny at times. I'm probably rating this a little high but this is one I saw when it came out and still watch it on a regular basis.

Lazy Writing At Its Finest. BORING AF.

Jeez, where to begin? Ok, other than the forced DEI here in there for all the extras, it's not really woke, it's just a bad movie, a very bad movie. You can tell that the actors tried their best with what they had to work with, but other than Victor (the dad), no one is likeable, not even Jackie Chan himself. The dialogue is boring, the story is lazy, the villains are absolutely meh, even the soundtrack is weird and it tries so hard to scream "retro" but fails.

Remember how the villains were actually threatening and intimidating on the previous movies? Remember Johnny and all the Cobra Kai guys?, Kreese?, Chozen?, Sato? TERRY fucking SILVER? They would kill you, destroy a village, ruin your image, or at least make your life so miserable in so many ways! Thus leading the main character to find help and ultimately a solution to the problem! That's what Karate Kid is been all about, but not this movie, oh, no!

If you are expecting an exciting climactic tournament with lots of rivalries, taunts, and lots of tension building and a thrilling fight at the end, NOPE, not even that. Oh, you were expecting amazing training scenes with lots of cool ideas and stunts? NOPE, not that either. It will NEVER make you feel like the fight is even necessary, it will never make you feel invested at all.

Honestly, the only enjoyable moments are when the story focus on Victor, who is strangely super likeable for some reason, but that's only a little bit of the movie. Now that I think about it, his scenes are the only part of the movie that actually feel like Karate Kid, isn't that sad?

If you are a fan, DON'T. Seriously, don't.

A decently entertaining show ruined by the usual Disney/Marvel ideology. There is a lot of DEI overrepresentation specifically in the
London scenes. The biggest problem is the Layla character another Mary Sue with no flaws and who is better than the male main character
pretty much all the time. She also has no problem fighting off male characters much bigger than herself. But even worse they hijacked the
Scarlet Scarab male character from the comics and gender swapped him. Worse still there is an eyerolling scene where a little girl asks
her if she's first Egyptian super hero and she says yes, stealing this title as well from the actual Scarlet Scarab Abdul Faoul. Gender or
race swapping immediately gets a high woke rating! All of that
nonsense aside this was still a pretty entertaining show. The acting is pretty good and the writing isn't the worst though there are some
problems. The VFX are passable though again some scenes are not so great. The action scenes are a mixed bag with some of the fight sequences in particular not looking the best. Still it's not a bad watch despite the gender politics.

Amazing film. No insufferable woke elements to be found, as this was made well before wokeness was mainstream.

The White Nordic people of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the British Isles are a beautiful people, descendants of the Vikings, Celts, Normans, and Anglo-Saxons of the Nordic branch of the Caucasian White Aryan race. And before you ask, no I am not a Nazi, I'm just a Northern White who is proud of his ancestors.

Not woke.

Great movie.

No wokeness. Ignore other reviews.

Greatest dinosaur film ever made, bar none. No obvious woke or Cultural Marxist elements to speak of, just pure summer blockbuster escapism, with a great 1980s and 1990s escapist summer blockbuster flair that is missing from most modern films.

Fun romp. The last great Jurassic film. End of an era.

I love how Chris Pratt, the White Northern European male lead, is portrayed as a positive protector and role model, instead of the butt of every joke, as is unfortunately the trend in most mainstream media, which has been engaging in the indoctrination of the Western World for far too long, instilling racial and national shame instead of the pride that every Caucasian should have in our race, our accomplishments, and our ancestors. Overall, this is a stellar movie, and the last truly amazing and riveting Jurassic Park/World film.

Mildly woke, but still watchable

Mildly woke, but still watchable. I think Season 2 will go woke, however, given Netflix and their track record for making breakout hits with an entertaining escapist first season or 2, but going woke after a few seasons. Oh Netflix, when will you ever learn? 😑

Great family fun.

The last great, non-woke, Addams Family installment, before Wednesday 2022 cranked the woke factor up to 11, with its LGBT liberal propaganda, and race baiting, and much more dumb woke elements than I can mention in one review.