Review of 6 Underground (2019) by Ntrss — 15 Dec 2019

This is possibly the worst film I’ve watched in a long time and undoubtedly the worst film of 2019. The action is tasteless, excessive and unbearably childish with the first 20 minutes of the film being dedicated to a car chase that’s so badly edited it made me feel motion sick. It’s clear to see that Bay is a director that should never be left to his own devices with big moments that “gO bOoM” being prioritised over shot continuity, good writing, clear location and motive establishment and character development.

Bay’s attempts to call out the recent (and current) political climate in the Middle East come off as naive and offensive with a complete lack of taste or subtlety, the fact that a scene where Ryan Reynolds is concerned about drifting into a dog and a scene where a hospital full of children is bombed with gas is utterly unbelievable and throws another curveball as to what the purpose of this film is. I could go on for hours about how this film is awful so I’m going to end this review with the only saving grace in its entire 2+ hr runtime... STORROR. STORROR are a UK team of free runners who I personally love and have been supporting for a long time, they were the only reason I even tried to watch this film. Their choreography and execution is amazing yet severely underused throughout and footage from their own videos from their project “Roof Culture Asia” being thrown into the film completely ruining shot continuity of a scene. No disrespect to them as the project itself was great, but Bay’s choice to include it in his film was confusing and unnecessary.