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This movie could have been amazing, even as a turn-brain-off action film. With the acting talents of Tom Hardy paired with the action directing skills of Gareth Evans (best known for The Raid films), Havoc had the ingredients to be all around awesome.

Instead, what we get is a story that doesn't quite come together, characters we don't really get to care about and some of the most poorly filmed action sequences ever to hit the screen.

Don't get me wrong; the choreography and gore of Gareth Evans' fight scenes is exactly what made me love his The Raid films, not to mention the immersive way they were filmed. But unlike those movies, Havoc's fight sequences have brutally shaky camera mixed with too many quick cuts. If this was a stylistic choice, it was a bad one. Plus how to do you feature a great actor who is also a blue belt in Brazillain Jiu Jitsu and not showcase those skills?

There were also a few strange disconnects with the reality of the film. For most of the car chases, it feels like blatant CGI; very reminiscent of Sin City. While that style definitely worked for that movie (given that it was adapted from a graphic novel), in Havoc, it just feels weird and forced.

It's by no means a terrible movie but it is by no means worth a re-watch. Simply google the decent fight scene kills from it and you will have seen all of Havoc that's worth watching. I have renamed this film "Infinity Clip Quick Cut: The Movie".

Every time The Rookie does a documentary style episode, it does poorly. And yet the producers keep pushing this format on the fans who clearly hate it. This episode is no exception.

Despite a cast of mainly talented actors, the episode's terrible script coupled with some horrible guest star performances made this episode painful to watch. It truly feels like The Rookie is running out of good ideas and is simply going by the adage of "If it worked on Castle (Nathan Fillion's last tv series), it will work on The Rookie".

This episode doesn't even do justice to the paranormal/ true crime documentaries it's supposedly paying homage to even as a parody. If you want to see Nathan Fillion in a decent documentary style television episode, just watch Swan Song from Castle and save yourself from having to endure this one.

There were so many elements that could have made Death Of A Unicorn a great movie. A dark comedy melded with an unconventional monster movie with Paul Rudd seems like an obvious home run. But the whole movie never seems to get all its parts to properly gel. The horror aspects are quite impressive and will satisfy most gore frenzied fans. And Will Poulter's performance definitely carries the whole film despite its disjointed script and storytelling. But with most of the cast seemingly undecided on just how far to push the satirical aspects of their characters, it never felt like a true ensemble. This first time director definitely showed how green they were.

The unicorns provided some of the best and most disappointing parts of the film. Having a unicorn as a true monster was at times a delightfully gory and violent joy. But there were times where the cgi was so bad, it took away any mystique and awe the unicorns had previously established. At this point of cgi animation, how does someone screw up this badly at making a horse run convincingly?

The trailer for this movie definitely shows you what it could have been with a better director and screenwriter at the helm. But the full movie doesn't measure up to it. Death Of A Unicorn isn't a bad movie by any means. But when you see how close it came to being great, you'll just be left a bit frustrated.