Guns Akimbo (2020, first viewing)
If it seems like my ratings are sometimes a bit generous, that's partly because I often rate films kind of relative to what I'm expecting from them.
This is a movie about a keyboard warrior who ticks off the wrong people and wakes up with guns literally bolted to both of his hands and forced into a viral real-world video game in which he must kill a psychopathic woman called Nix before she offs him.
I quite like Daniel Radcliffe, and specifically I think that he's pretty funny. This film plays to his strengths of physical comedy and line delivery, whether it's him trying to put on on a pair of pants with the guns in his hands or the innocent enthusiasm in the way he says "Yay!" when Nix tells a gang "No one kills him."
Likewise, Samara Weaving leans fully into her role as Nix, someone who is extremely damaged and extremely dangerous. She's a high energy character, but her gonzo personally is a nice counter-balance to Radcliffe's panicking character.
The whole film is very, for lack of a better words, cutesy. It's brightly colored and intentionally shoots scenes at strange or swirling camera angles. It repeatedly plays with action movie tropes, such as when Radcliffe defiantly tries to spit blood into an enemy's face, only for the blood to land on his own face.
This movie is the ultimate twinkie film. It's sugary and empty (don't think too hard about the premise!), but fun while it lasts.
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