This week in theaters we have Martin Campbell's "The Foreigner", a very different kind of Jackie Chan action flick, the Blumhouse horror "Happy Death Day", and the biopic "Marshall" starring Chadwick Boseman. In limited release, it might be worth checking out "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women", the true story behind the creation of legendary DC Comics character Wonder Woman.
Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.
THE FOREIGNER
Official Synopsis
The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan, is a timely action thriller from the director of Casino Royale. The film tells the story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love -- his teenage daughter -- is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official (Brosnan), whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Film Details
- Director: Martin Campbell
- Starring: Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Charlie Murphy, Rufus Jones
- Genre: Action, Thriller
- Running Time: 114 min.
- Rating: R for violence, language and some sexual material
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 56% (34 fresh, 27 rotten, score: 5.8/10)
- Metacritic: 54 out of 100 (9 positive, 8 mixed, 4 negative).
HAPPY DEATH DAY
Official Synopsis
Blumhouse (Split, Get Out, Whiplash) produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy Death Day, in which a college student (Jessica Rothe, La La Land) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer's identity. Happy Death Day is directed by Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) and written by Scott Lobdell and Landon.
Film Details
- Director: Christopher Landon
- Starring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, Laura Clifton
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Running Time: 116 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for violence/terror, crude sexual content, language, some drug material and partial nudity
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 68% (38 fresh, 18 rotten, score: 6.0/10)
- Metacritic: 56 out of 100 (11 positive, 10 mixed, 1 negative).
MARSHALL
Official Synopsis
Starring Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Dan Stevens, Sterling K. Brown, and James Cromwell. Director Reginald Hudlin's Marshall, is based on an early trial in the career of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. It follows the young lawyer (Chadwick Boseman) to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) charged with sexual assault and attempted murder of his white socialite employer (Kate Hudson). Muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall partners with a courageous young Jewish lawyer, Samuel Friedman (Josh Gad). Together they mount the defense in an environment of racism and Anti-Semitism. The high profile case and the partnership with Friedman served as a template for Marshall's creation of the NAACP legal defense fund.
Film Details
- Director: Reginald Hudlin
- Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell
- Genre: Biography, Drama
- Running Time: 118 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic content, sexuality, violence and some strong language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 86% (75 fresh, 12 rotten, score: 6.8/10)
- Metacritic: 65 out of 100 (20 positive, 9 mixed, 0 negative).
PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMEN
Official Synopsis
In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, the film is the incredible true story of what inspired Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic Wonder Woman character in the 1940's. While Marston's feminist superhero was criticized by censors for her 'sexual perversity', he was keeping a secret that could have destroyed him. Marston's muses for the Wonder Woman character were his wife Elizabeth Marston and their lover Olive Byrne, two empowered women who defied convention: working with Marston on human behavior research -- while building a hidden life with him that rivaled the greatest of superhero disguises.
Film Details
- Director: Angela Robinson
- Starring: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Connie Britton, Oliver Platt
- Genre: Drama
- Running Time: 108 min.
- Rating: R for strong sexual content including brief graphic images, and language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 87% (73 fresh, 11 rotten, score: 7.4/10)
- Metacritic: 68 out of 100 (26 positive, 7 mixed, 0 negative).
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