Rod and Karen review the Netflix action thriller “Outside The Wire.” We also discuss your feedback on our most recent reviews!
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Saw this awhile back & was underwhelmed by Outside the Wire. Damien Idris & Anthony Mackey are pretty good together & have some solid set-pieces, but, something with the message of drones being bad & them needing them for the end felt like some “fuck everything we said & just shoehorn in this device at the end”. Felt like it could’ve been something more than just a below-par popcorn flick.
Loved the review and I agree with the movie and the action was dope.
I will say though I am a fan of Damson Idris and love his work on Snowfall.
I swear his accent is always super generic and took me out. I had the same feeling in Snowfall. Not to knock on him but it is what it is.
I thought he was going to be a badass at some point in the movie and he never really is. I liked that. I like how he just stayed someone who had no field acumen. I like how they had a conversation about race with the android. Enjoyed the two Black leads.
Anthony Mackie was cool as hell and Damson was a rookie and I like that he was not some super Black man and was instead really human.
I agree with wanting him to talk to the girlfriend on facetime or something instead of just her being a picture.
Also, I agree with the messaging being a problem. Like sending nukes would not bring peace. No more than 911 did. See the AI was only 5 …he doesn’t remember that these drone strikes and wars were in response to 911!
Love the review as per usual…this got me hyped for Winter Soldier too!
Mimi
Hey Rod and Karen,
I was glad to see a review for this movie. I had a lot of fun watching this with how intense the action scenes were and how quickly they throw you in to it. Karen made a great point about how you rarely see black people in a role like this. I also think that they’ll put those white characters in black/ brown countries and have them kill everybody (Extraction on Netflix) so watching black people go ham in a white country stood out for me.
Damson (forever Franklin Saint) is becoming one of my favorite actors. He plays that cold-blooded role so well and when he gets into his shit-talking bag it’s just…. *chef’s kiss*. He looked a killer android in the eye and said “did your chip malfunction? ” and I fell out laughing lol. Keep up the good work y’all. Peace