Reviews: Nighthawks

movieswithgreg4 February 2020

3/10

Watch if you don't care about student-level films entertaining you

This is one of a legion of today's cheap-but-still-pretty-enough-to-watch movies we see today, thanks completely to the most affordable video and computer production technology in the history of cinema.

It COULD have been so many things, including a major hollywood film. All it needed was better writing, better direction, better pacing through editing, much better acting, more money to use more cameras to capture more coverage.

I say that because this has many half-buried nuggets of quality -- in the dialogue, in the setups, even in the plot ideas. But none of them pay off. Only one actor can act well -- the lead actor. But in the bigger world, he's nothing more than a pretty face in a sea of pretty faces with bodies of underwear models.

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omendata7 November 2019

3/10

Pretentious college freshman drivel

What was this but a pretentious attempt at embellishing a pretty tame, done to death plot.

Seems like an attempt by a just out of University student with shed loads of quotes and ideas taken from Vogue and other equally tawdry and pretentious publications spliced into a rape revenge standard plot....yaaaawnnnnnn - probably will appeal to the pea brains who watch the equally pea brained Towie and Made In Chelsea style over substance reality nonsense.

5 out of 18 found this helpful

cjgmusic9 October 2020

5/10

slow burn w/ little payoff

Imagine Eyes Wide Shut but the point of the club is a front to make money for college kids with aspirations to be billionaires. Ugh. It had a really promising start but halfway thru, when revealed, it just drones on as Crawford narrates the whole meaning of the story for the rest of the movie. I really tried but just couldn't make it all the way through. Great cast and great acting, but it was so boring. You really won't miss the 80+ minutes if you skip it.

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christiancarden7 October 2019

2/10

this movie tries so hard...

The writer was clearly a fan of Kevin Smiths early work, but it doesn't quite fit in this film. the writing is overly verbose, narcissistic, and incredibly distracting in the same way an overacted play might be. the story takes the LOOOONNNNNGGGG way home, but definitely wouldn't consider it the scenic route. it addresses some over used heavy topics, to me feeling like pandering to the "me too" all the while propitiating a 'man saves woman' trope. this movie tries so hard to be artsy, and it's achieved it in the most cringy way possible. i will say the photography was beautiful, and the music fit well... any stars given were earned on those merits.

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davidshirley4 February 2020

2/10

10/10 for Chiseled Jawlines 1/10 for everything else.

Dialog bounces between the vocabulary of the educated to the heavy expository that screams, "We're so smart we have to say it all again at a second grade reading level so all the idiots in the audience will understand." When the dialog switches to narrative from expository it is unnatural, boring, stiff, despite trying to make it flow like genuine conversations that have curiosity and care.

The acting is just as pretentious. The characters are generic stereotypes. No one character really breaks into the dynamic, making them stalely familiar caricatures of what we've seen in pop-television for decades. While the actors try to bring life to the cardboard standees they have been hired to play, they could have been replaced with household utensils or LEGO bricks and the film would have accomplished the same effect.

It doesn't take long for the film to devolve into clear expression of the writer's views of Hollywood culture and elitism in filmmaking with a kind of bait and switch plot device that ultimately fails to bring anything of substance or intrigue to the film.

I'm rather convinced the writer of this film heralds themselves as the next Tarantino or Cohen Bro with a Shakespearean twist, and unfortunately they are not.

The one interesting aspect of the film is the use of color pallets. In all the flashback narrative nonsense the narrator is shrouded in the same color lighting as he is in the present narrative of the film, while the other characters are not. It's a nice touch. So props for that.

6 out of 15 found this helpful

Bac_Hir10 December 2019

1/10

wtf was that?

Boring boring boring what was that !? a complete waist of time

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popslegaspi16 March 2020

2/10

Incredible

Stellar performances for a very talented cast of actors and actresses.

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jiu0628 April 2021

1/10

Must see

Great acting . Superb cast . What a twist at the end !!!!! Oscar worthy!!

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agentgamemovie5 September 2020

8/10

Chace Crawford at his finest

You have never seen Chace Crawford do such a fantastic job acting. In addition to him, the performances by Blue Kimble and a select few others make for one of the great ensemble cast films of recent years.

7 out of 8 found this helpful

kosmasp15 July 2022

6/10

Surviving the night

No pun intended - and I have to admit, I had no idea where this would go. At times it feels like the movie had no clue where it would end up. Not true of course, but you may get that feeling. Actually performance wise I can not fault anyone. And the visual style the movie offers ... I think even those who didn't like the movie would agree that it looks good.

That all being said, I have a feeling there could have been done more with the material/story here. It could have been tighter, it could have felt more on point. On the other hand, it did have that otherworldly feeling - something I am not able to put my finger on - and frankly I don't think can be really explained.

It has a message it delivers - one that is important. It does so with giving you doubts on certain things though. And vigilantism never is a real answer ... well not always, am I right?

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projectinfinitysales7 February 2020

8/10

Cool modern thriller

This movie reminded me a lot of Neon Demon and Euphoria and Assassination Nation the way it was shot. And it does play toward/against that same millennial crowd. I thought they executed everything in a unique way. Also reminded me of Eyes Wide Shut.

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halfmentalmovie5 September 2020

8/10

8/10 - Unusual but intriguing drama

This movie starts off, purposefully playing itself as a usual "night out on the town movie," but takes a surprising turn and goes down an unexpected road. Recommend!

6 out of 7 found this helpful

sy-2992128 February 2020

9/10

Such an amazing movie and cast!

Such an amazing movie and casting! If you are a fan of thriller movies,I recommended you to watch it!

9 out of 12 found this helpful

movienighthawks7 February 2020

8/10

Trippy Indie

I love how this movie started off as your average "two guys go out on the town" and became so much weirder, like a dark Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole. Nice cast and score. Check it out

11 out of 16 found this helpful

ramirezcassie-0589425 February 2020

10/10

Nighthawks are birds of prey

The movie plot can be desacribe into the Birds Of Prey quote: "We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror."

9 out of 13 found this helpful

cliffamacio26 February 2020

10/10

Superb

Absolutely superb movie to watch. Demanding for sequel please. More Michele Weaver!

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icedprincess-7306828 February 2020

10/10

Impressive Movie

I watched this movie so many times and I still loved it.

10 out of 15 found this helpful

erpferrer12 January 2020

10/10

Millennials approved drama suspense

Explores the sense and attitude of Millennials when it comes to wanting control and a selflessness to engage in social action as undertones in the plot of the movie.

16 out of 27 found this helpful