#Trapped in the closet full movie movie#

#Trapped in the closet full movie movie#

Twenty-seven years ago, Sylvester Stallone played a similar type superhero in “ Judge Dredd.” Now, I didn’t think that movie was as bad as many people did. The movie is so bored with itself that it can’t keep its own weapons straight. Like, if Samaritan was world-renown and everyone knew his powers, how come dozens of people keep shooting at him or trying to punch him out? And what is the deal with the power-zapping grenades the bad guys use? Apparently, they cause massive explosions, but in one instance, a character detonates one without throwing it and doesn’t blow him up. Director Julius Avery throws lots of carnage on the screen, but even that becomes so repetitive that the mind wanders back to asking questions. There are so many holes in “Samaritan”’s screenplay that the movie needs to move faster than it does if it is to outrun them. Then, of course, there’s the scene in the trailer where Joe gets smashed to bits by a car driven by the folks he just beat up, and his body fixes itself.

Even further arousals of suspicion occur when Sam breaks into Joe’s house and finds a scrapbook filled with newspaper clips about Samaritan. Joe arouses suspicion when he beats up the aforementioned teenagers after they turn against Sam. He’s played by a gray-bearded Sylvester Stallone, so you know he’s no regular trash hauler. His evil is so over-the-top he feels ported over from “ Robocop 2.” The way Sam feels about Samaritan is the way Cyrus feels about Nemesis, so much so that he wants to emulate him and destroy Granite City.Īs for Samaritan, Sam’s next door neighbor, a garbage man named Joe, might be the real deal. One of these kids has rainbow-colored braids and is covered with tattoos. You almost expect Austin Butler’s Elvis from that Baz Luhrmann movie to hop over to Amazon from pay-per-view so he can stroll down the street singing “In the Ghetto.” This place is also crime ridden, with Sam committing petty theft with teenagers who work for the evil Cyrus ( Pilou Asbæk). It’s covered in graffiti, vacant lots and alleys and looks like the descriptions of cities Fox News uses to scare its viewers. This is a 40-year-old paranoid man trapped in a 13-year-old’s body.Įven more ridiculous is Granite City itself. He even has one of those walls you see in conspiracy movies, except his is on his closet door.

Sam draws notebooks full of Samaritan’s exploits and spray paints his logo on dumpsters. Why does Sam believe this? The movie doesn’t offer any explanation, nor does it delve into the conspiracy theory being floated around in author Albert Casler’s ( Martin Starr) book “Samaritan Lives.” Sam keeps running to Albert every time he sees an old person display an ounce of strength, only to be disproven time and time again. We’re told both characters perish, taking out the power grid with them, but Sam tells us he believes Samaritan is still alive. The bombastic score by Kevin Kiner and Jed Kurzel is just obnoxious and overbearing enough to almost convince you that this overwritten origin story should be taken seriously. Schut’s screenplay, and to the animators who bring it to life. I must give props to Walton for the enthusiastic reading of these details from Bragi F. All of this information is crammed into the opening credits. I haven’t even gotten to the part where both brothers kick the bucket when a power plant explosion interrupts their sibling rivalry. No, I’m not making this up, and yes, I’m writing this review sober.