Bad Times at the El Royale

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So saw this on the basis that I will watch pretty much anything with Jeff Bridges in it.

It's a decent if predictable character caper in which we steadily learn about each of the protagonists stories (that are pretty formulaic in the end old man, pretty women, black woman, kindof cop, weird nerd, beach bum dude) and then go "aaaaaaah that is why that thing happened then". 

It is definitely fun (for an hr), slick and Bridges does his excellent doddering old man shtick.  Some stylish elements seem a little forced (see singing and banging) and as I was watching I thought to myself......"this reminds me of cabin in the woods" (which it turns out it is the same team).  Similar to CITW is goes bonkers at the end, and whilst CITW doesn't suffer overly much for this, this film does and seems overly busy, rushed and as if they didn't know how to end the film so threw a load of things in hoping something would stick.  The change of pace is just a little too awkward and there is a real sense of the film being sidelined in favour of gratuitous shots of Hemsworth's (impressive you have to admit) pecs and abs.

Not as good as Blindspotting which has now dropped off the cinema, which is a real shame.

3/5 worth the admission but with a sprinkling of meh.

[Johnny Yesno]

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