(2026) 96 Minutes - Rather Bland for a Supposedly Intense Action Thriller Movie

I saw this film promoted in the Coming Soon of Netflix and was interested after reading the brief synopsis. But somehow I missed when it was released on Thursday, so I only watched it yesterday. All right then, let's just get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

Song Kang Ren (Austin Lin - The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang, Women in Taipei TV series etc), a former bomb disposal expert was returning home with his fiancée Huang Xin (Vivian Sung - Till We Meet Again, Adrift in Love TV series etc) and his mother (Lu Hsueh-Feng) using a high speed train. His journey was interrupted when he was informed by his former superior Li Jie (Lee Lee-Zen - The Black Box, The Kidnappers TV series etc) that there was a bomb threat on the train which would detonate in 96 minutes from the time it departed the station. Though Li Jie suspected it might be just prank call, he still requested A-ren's help due to something on the message. To avoid panic, they decided not to tell anyone except the train employees.

(Mini Series) Wonder Man - Character Driven Drama Series About a Person with Super Power in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Two days ago, this latest super hero series set in Marvel Cinematic Universe was released on Disney+. To my surprise, all episodes were made available on the same day instead of the weekly one episode release. So I immediately started to watch on that day and finished it last night. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Matrix Resurrections etc) had been struggling to become successful actor for years with the help from his agent Janelle (X Mayo - Freakier Friday, American Auto TV series etc). When he found out from actor Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley - The Thursday Murder Club, Locked Down etc) who used to be the terrorist Mandarin, that famous director Von Kovak (Zlatko Buric - Superman 2025, Triangle of Sadness etc) was doing a remake of the super hero movie Wonder Man, Simon was really interested in the role. So he tried his best to get into the audition without his agent's knowledge. 

(2026) The Wrecking Crew - An Entertaining Buddy Cop Action Comedy Movie

I noticed this movie promoted by Prime Video few days ago and was immediately excited when I saw the two lead stars and the action comedy genre. So when the film was finally released yesterday and as soon as I was available, I immediately watched it. All right then, let's just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Navy SEAL Colonel James Hale (Dave Bautista - My Spy: The Eternal City, Stuber etc) had been living in Hawaii all his life with his wife Leila (Roimata Fox - Chief of War mini series etc) and their two young children. Meanwhile his half brother Jonny (Jason Momoa - A Minecraft Movie, Dune etc) had been working as police detective in Oklahoma and in relationship with Valentina (Morena Baccarin - Greenland 2: Migration, Deadpool & Wolverine etc). James and Jonny had not spoken with each other for many years, but everything changed when their father became victim of hit and run which both of them suspected foul play. Despite the warning from Detective Sergeant Karl Rennet (Stephen Root - Heads of State, Barry TV series etc) not to interfere, James and Jonny investigated the incident by themselves.

(2026) Shelter - A Gritty and Entertaining Action Thriller

Last week, this film had advance ticket sale in Indonesia. Since my wife and I are big fans of Jason Statham who starred in the movie, we did not even hesitate or read the synopsis to decide on buying tickets for today's show. All right then, let us get on with the film.

Brief Story Line

Mason (Jason Statham - A Working Man, The Beekeeper etc) had been living in recluse for many years in a small island near Scotland where he got his necessities delivered every now and then by young girl named Jessie (Bodhi Rae Breathnach - Hamnet, So Akward Academy TV series etc) and her uncle. Due to some reasons, Jessie ended up staying with Mason for a while.

Unfortunately Mason's past caught up with him as a group of people assigned by Loretta (Naomie Ackie - The End of the F***ing World TV series, I Wanna Dance With Somebody etc) were trying to capture him. Things gotten worse for Mason when Loretta's former boss Menafort (Bill Nighy - Harlan Coben's Lazarus mini series, Role Play etc) instructed the assassin with code name Workman (stuntman Bryan Vigier) to kill him. Mason had no choice but to escape from those people while trying to get Jessie to safety.

(Mini Series) STEAL - An Unconventional but Interesting Heist Thriller Series

I was not aware the existence of this series till it was made available in Prime Video three days ago. Due to its intriguing premise, I immediately gave it a try on that same day and finished it the following day. OK then, I'll just head on with the series.

Brief Story Line

Zara Dunne (Sophie Turner - Do Revenge, Game of Thrones TV series etc) was working at a large investment firm in London that managed numerous accounts from various sources including pension fund. One day a group of people who used nicknames such as London (Jonathan Slinger - A Knight's Tale, Paradox etc), Sniper (Andrew Howard - The Outpost TV series, Taken 3 etc) and several others came to Zara's office and threaten the employees at gun point. They instructed Zara and her colleague Luke (Archie Madekwe - Gran Turismo, Midsommar etc) to transfer large cash out from their firm and left the office building before the police arrived. 

(2026) Mercy - A Suspenseful and Intense Sci-Fi Action Thriller Movie

This movie was made available for advance ticket sale last week. Since my wife and I were available this week, we decided to buy the tickets for yesterday's show. It has been a while since we did such thing, so it felt pretty fun, especially since we saw this in the afternoon with very few people in the studio. OK then, let's just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

Set in the near future in Los Angeles where crime rate was very high, the government decided to create a Justice System called Mercy using Artifical Intelligence to decide whether a suspect was guilty or innocent by using evidence and facts acquired from all possible venues. The system also act as Judge, Jury and Executioner and was a huge success, reducing crime for the past two years.

(TV SERIES) Ponies Season 1 - A Fun Enough Series of Normal Women Becoming Secret Agents During Cold War

 

This brand new series was made available on HBO Max I think on 15 January, though I only started watching two days ago and finished it last night. It had a very interesting premise that made me wanted to give it a try immediately. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the year 1977 in Moscow, Russia during the peak of cold war where CIA and KGB were fighting against each other through various espionage means. Beatrice Grant (Emilia Clarke - Secret Invasion mini series, Me Before You etc) and Twila Hasbeck (Haley Lu Richardson - Five Feet Apart, The White Lotus season 2 etc) were wives of CIA agents who posed themselves as secretaries in the US Embassy. However their lives completely changed when both their husbands were killed in suspicious circumstances and Bea & Twila insisted to find out what actually happened.

Unexpected Family - A Wonderful Drama Movie with Jackie Chan's Amazing Performance in a Completely Diferent Role

When the trailer to this film was shown few weeks ago, my wife and I were interested to see as it starred one of our beloved actor Jackie Chan. Despite knowing that it would be a drama movie instead of the usual action comedy, we still wanted to watch it as we never missed any of his recent movies. OK, I will just get on with it now.

Brief Story Line

Zhong Bu Fan (Peng Yu Chang - Viva La Vida, I Am Nobody TV series etc) came to Wuhan for personal reasons with very little money. He ended up working for a car wash place owned by Jia Ye (Pan Bi Long - Born to Fly, Battle of Shangganling TV series etc) and was provided a place to stay. Apparently the house was owned by Ren Ji Qing (Jackie Chan - The Shadow's Edge, Hidden Strike etc) who was suffering from early Alzheimer disease and mistakenly thought Bu Fan as his son.

(Mini Series) Agatha Christie's Seven Dials - A Pretty Entertaining Adaptation of Lesser Known Agatha Christie's Characters

This series was already promoted by Netflix for quite some time and being major fan of Agatha Christie's novels, I would not want to miss another adaptation from her works. So when it was finally released yesterday, I immediately gave it a try and finished it last night. All right then, let's just get on with it.

Brief Story Line

In the year 1925, Lady Caterham (Helena Bonham Carter - Enola Holmes 2, Ocean's 8 etc) and her daughter Lady Eileen aka Bundle (Mia McKenna-Bruce - Vampire Academy TV series, How to Have Sex etc) hosted a gathering at the request of Sir Oswald Coote (Mark Lewis Jones - Apostle, Gangs of London TV series etc) and Lady Maria Coote (Dorothy Atkinson - Pennyworth TV series, Saltburn etc). During this party, there were plenty of guests including George Lomax (Alex Macqueen - Downtown Abbey: A New Era, Holby City TV series etc) from the Foreign Ministry along with his subordinates Gerry Wade (Corey McIchreest - Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story etc), Ronny Devereux (Nabhaan Rizwan - Kaos TV series etc) and Bill Eversleigh (Hughie O'Donnell - Fight or Flight etc). There was also the wealthy Jimmy Thesiger (Edward Bluemel - Persuasion, Killing Eve TV series etc) and few others.

(Mini Series) His & Hers - An Interesting Mystery Thriller Limited Series Adapted from Best Selling Novel

Last Thursday, this limited series was released by Netflix along with other films & series. The premise looked very interesting which made me curious to give it a try. I managed to finish this in just two days time on Friday night but only got the chance to write about it today. All right then, why don't I get to it. 

Brief Story Line

The small town of Dahlonega,Georgia was rocked by the finding of a woman's dead body in the forest. Detective Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal - The Accountant 2, Marvel's The Punisher TV series etc) and his partner Priya Patel (Sunita Mani - Death of a Unicorn, GLOW TV series etc) were tasked to investigate the case. However their investigation was disturbed with the appearance of WSK TV station reporter Anna (Tessa Thompson - Creed III, Thor: Love and Thunder etc) & her cameraman Richard (Pablo Shcreiber -   ) as they tried to cover the news and made it a huge deal. Anna's action was motivated by her competition with news anchor Lexy (Rebecca Rittenhouse - Maggie TV series, Good on Paper etc).

We Bury The Dead - A Drama Heavy Zombie Survival Film

When this movie was released on Friday, my wife and I already had plan to see another film in a certain location. Sadly this one did not play in that theater while the schedule in the cinemas nearby did not make it possible for a movie marathon. So we ended up seeing this film yesterday noon. All right then, I'll just get started.

Brief Story Line

Near Tazmania island, an experimental weapon was somehow detonated which resulted to immediate death of people in the city. However, some of them were rumored to be able to return from their death, although the military had decided they were dangerous and should be put to death immediately. 

Greenland 2: Migration - Sequel to that Well Received Disaster Survival Thriller Movie

Few days ago, this film was released in Indonesian theaters which I was quite intrigued. But due to some reasons, we decided to see it yesterday. Since my wife never watched the first movie, she gave it a try on Thursday night and I joined her mid way through it. All right then, let's get on with the movie.

Brief Story Line

For five years after the catastrophic event of Clarke comet hitting earth, John Garrity (Gerard Butler - Den of Thieves 2, Plane etc) with his wife Allison (Morena Baccarin - Fast Charlie, Deadpool 2 etc) and their teenage child Nathan (Roman Griffin Davis - Jojo Rabbit, The Long Walk etc) had to live in the Greenland bunker together with lots of fellow survivors. However, due to various reasons, the Garrity along with several others that included Dr. Amina (Amber Rose Revah - Marvel's The Punisher TV series, From Paris with Love etc) had no choice but to move to another location.

Sore: Istri dari Masa Depan - Lovely Romance Drama with Some Sci-Fi Element

After finding out last month on Netflix that this movie would be released on 8th of January 2026, I was very much looking forward to it. So yesterday when it was made available, I immediately watched it despite I was in the middle of another series. Without further ado, here's more on the film.

Brief Story Line

Jonathan (Dion Wiyoko - A Normal Woman, Cek Toko Sebelah 2 etc) was an Indonesian photographer who had been living in Croatia for quite some time and aspiring to have his own exhibition with the help from his manager Karlo (Goran Bogdan - The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, Fargo TV series etc). One day Jonathan woke up with an unknown woman beside his bed who claimed to be his wife from future named Sore (Sheila Dara AIsha - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Teka Teki Tika etc). Obviously Jonathan did not believe her, until she was able to slowly convince him. Sore's intention was to improve Jonathan's health style which was a huge challenge due to his bad habits of smoking, drinking and lack of sleeping.

(Mini Series) Run Away - Latest Adaptation of Harlan Coben's Work that Might not be Extraordinary but was a Nice Change of Genre

During the past few weeks, Netflix library had grown so much with a lot of new release every few days. This series was something that I was intrigued ever since it was promoted last month, but as I was busy finishing other series, I only got the chance to watch it yesterday and completed it last night. OK then, let us get more into it.

Brief Story Line

Simon Greene (James Nesbitt - Murphy's Law TV series, The Hobbit movies etc) had been looking for his runaway daughter Paige (Ellie de Lange - Arcadia TV series etc) for quite some time. So when he got information of her whereabouts, Simon did not inform his wife Ingrid (Minnie Driver -  The Beekeeper, Speechless TV series etc) and went by himself. Unfortunately he got into an altercation which later made him a suspect on murder case investigated by DC Isaac Fagbenle (Alfred Enoch -  How to Get Away With Murder TV series, Harry Potter movies etc) and his partner DC Ruby Todd (comedian Amy Gledhill).

She Rides Shotgun - A Dark and Heavy Thriller Movie Based on Award Winning Novel

I was not aware that this movie would be available on Prime Video till yesterday I read in the website about its release. Though I was watching another series, I was intrigued about the film and decided to give it a try. All right then, let's just get into the movie.

Brief Story Line

Polly Huff (Ana Sophia Heger - Life in Pieces TV series etc) was a 9 year old kid who after waiting for a while at school, was finally picked up by her father Nate McClusky (Taron Egerton - Carry-On, Kingsman: The Golden Circle etc). Although she felt uneasy as Nate was just released from prison, Polly still went along with him. It was later revealed that Nate had an altercation with the white supremacist gang and his family including Polly was put on hit list.

(TV SERIES) The Copenhagen Test Season 1 - A Unique & Interesting Blend of Spy Story with Sci-fi Element

Few days ago, I found out that the first 4 episodes of this series were made available on HBO Max. I was delighted as I read some articles praising the series but I thought I had to wait for some time till all episodes were released. On New Year's eve though, I rechecked HBO Max and realized that the full season was already out. So I immediately began to watch on that day and finished it last night. Without further ado, here's more on the series.

Brief Story Line

Alexander Hale (Simu Liu - Jackpot!, Barbie etc) was working as an analyst for a spy organization called Orphanage that oversaw all intelligence agencies in the US. He had aspired to become a field agent but never got the chance till one day he was appointed to lead a special project by Director Peter Moira (Brian d'Arcy James - West Side Story, 13 Reasons Why TV series etc). Alexander's life seemed to be going for the better as he also befriended bartender Michelle (Melissa Barrera - Abigail, In the Heights etc), although his colleague Henry Cobb (Mark O'brien - Ready or Not, Anon etc) suspected Alexander as a mole.