Review of Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) by Mikko V — 17 Oct 2017

I can't believe the praise this movie gets! Director's previous movie "Bone Tomahawk" was good. This one isn't.

The badness shows itself from the very first frames. Why would you need to put a shitty Instagram filter on and ruin the quality of the visuals? If you think that helps making a movie look more "gangsta", think again.

Other aspects of the movie get even less thinking. The action scenes are subpar, but this is not what kills the movie. What kills is the actual traditional parts of the movie: character development and behaviour, scene believability, dialog, internal logic, acting (deadpan face does not suddenly make you a serious character), etc. I can't describe it other than "it seriously sucks".

Definitely don't waste your money on this.