‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Review: If Skydance’s Theatrical Releases Are as Blandly Algorithmic as Its Streaming Ones, Hollywood Is Already Dead
John Cena leads a spy team that races to recover an active bomb and clear their names as Sam Hargrave stages the action with precise, formulaic momentum.
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‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Review: If Skydance’s Theatrical Releases Are as Blandly Algorithmic as Its Streaming Ones, Hollywood Is Already Dead
Credit where credit’s due: For a film that should never have been made or released in the first place, “Matchbox: The Movie” is somehow arriving at just the right time. Impeccably positioned as a potential harbinger of what’s to come, this bland and frictionless Skydance production — debuting on Apple TV a few short days after “Flyboys” star David Ellison finalized an $111 billion deal to consolidate what’s left of Hollywood under his control — …
‘Matchbox: The Movie’ Review: John Cena Can’t Make This Toy-Car Spinoff Feel Grownup
As audiences have seen with films like “Barbie,” intellectual property yields the best results when it’s mined with some intellect. “Matchbox: The Movie” feels more like a stopgap between “Fast and the Furious” installments — and not necessarily the good ones — than a deeply authentic adaptation of Mattel’s 73-year-old toy brand. John Cena, an […]
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