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KoiceReloaded:
Condor is okay. Not great, I have issues with it but I won't ruin it for you. It's entertaining enough.

KoiceReloaded:
"RiRi". Hmmm. Someone is a fan

KoiceReloaded:
Nope. Steering clear of Netflix's original movies atm. Their movies tend to suck.

mekaprime:
Skyscraper.. 5/10
Genre: Action SciFi

The movie would have gotten more ratings if not for some of its unrealistic scenes.
SPOILER ALERT

OK, this particular scene were Dwayne Johnson jumps from the crane into the building really got me infuriated. That scene was very unrealistic even for a SciFi movie, this is a man with a parasitic limp, weighting at least 118kg, running through half of the crane length & taking the following into consideration:
1)The impact his 118kg body weight would have on the jump.
2)The distance btw the crane & the building.
3) The wind speed at that height
4) His parasitic limp slowing down his rate of acceleration...with all this parameters, he was able to make that jump, Hmm!! who are they kidding. Even those skillful hadcore parkour jumpers wouldn't make half that jump @ that height

Secondly, him scaling that wall at the 220th floor with nothing more than a duct tape & feeling very comfortable while performing the act was very unrealistic. I could remember when Tom cruise performed similar feat in GHOST PROTOCOL on 161th floor of the Burj khalifa building, he didn't do so with ease even with all his advanced gear, then someone performs a even greater feat, with nothing more than a rope and duct tape at that particular height, feeling at ease & more comfortable as ever..Hmm!!!, I give up.

KoiceReloaded:
True. The movie was just way too long, and it was like they couldn't decide which way to go with things. It wasn't a complex plot, so dragging it out didn't really help anything. On the horror aspect, I felt it wasn't a "classic" horror in the real sense of the word, more like a dark drama. One certainly can appreciate it more that way.

KoiceReloaded:
My cousin would like a word. Resides in Nigeria, but burns more data per month than I do in 3. It's very doable. Nigeria may have her problems, but she's no Somalia.

KoiceReloaded:
Deadpool 2, a - 2/10?? Mehn, some people need to chill.

KoiceReloaded:
Decent horror until the end. Didn't end satisfactorily. I feel like many decent horrors have this problem. Still, worth more than the below average rating you gave it. It's 6.5-ish, at least. Average, but improved.

KoiceReloaded:
I don't remember ever saying I reside in Nigeria. You seem to have confused me with someone else.



Edit: Whoops! Apparently, I did. Awkward. Fact is, I was f**king with y'all. I was only being half-serious (I do have permanent residence in Lagos, and my goto network is Spectranet whenever I'm in Naija). None of you caught on, and in the end, it was just easier to keep it that way.

OkpaAkuEriEri:
Idiot man
.u pay 1million for small girl Toto.


Rot in prison

Achilles100:
Ah ah. It just felt off, that he resides in naija with his full sentences and grammar in explaining series.

Thanks Born, eagle eyed.

KoiceReloaded:
Preacher, Poldark, Patriot renewed.

JeromeBlack:
cc Beorn

Upgrade is a great movie with a high concept. The twist is nothing new. I saw it coming as a possibility.

After watching Repo men and inception, this twist was not surprising.

Also, with a higher budget, this movie could have been a blockbuster.

7/10

Damfostopper:
Upgrade is it out?.... cos google is saying release date is 31st

Neymar1095:
Tahhhh... God forbid Don't ever compare me with that thing.

KoiceReloaded:
There are people that love Tyler Perry movies like mad (looking at you, Ishilove). Acrimony may not have set the world alight, but for all intents and purpose, it was a commercial success. And considering that it only cost 20 millions after tax to produce and distribute, the generic content is a good value for money.

The director of Upgrade impressed the hell outa me that I had to look him up after the fact. He's a talented director that have an history of turning low-budget movies into blockbusters. His list of filmography include the original SAW (easily the best of the whole franchise), Dead Silence (One of the best horror of all time), Insideous chapter two and three. The dude has yet again made a strong case for himself with Upgrade, and is long overdue for a high-budget movie.

KoiceReloaded:
I hate the movie too, but unlike you, I wasn't that fortunate. That's a 2.5k I will never get back.

KoiceReloaded:
Noll.. what? We're talking serious business, and you're bringing up braindead movie directors in the conversation. How dare you?!

Jokes apart, I agree. This is the kind of creativity needed in some of the mediocre Nollywood productions we call films. And speaking of of mediocre, this kind of fun and creativity should be put into mediocre Hollywood blockbusters (looking at you, Dwayne Johnson) with overbloated budget. If something with a low budget can be this good, what's their frigging excuse?

Meel:
I formerly predicted the end , but the way they later twisted it was marvelous.

Upgrade 7.8/10

KoiceReloaded:
I loved the way this movie wrapped up. Wasn’t something just for the shock value or cheap gimmick, but it actually tied everything together nicely, and felt like it was woven in perfectly.

olu4life:
Hereditary and Oceans 8 is out ...

Just hope Hereditary is worth all the hype.

*Rushing off to download*

Beorn:
I don wait tire, yet no show.

StrafordSTONES:
when is power S5 episode 8 airing please? is not supposed to be today?

KoiceReloaded:
24 fitted the format like a glove. An event per season occurred in a day. Each episode = 1h. 24 episodes = 24 hours. Hence the name of the show, which is actually short for 24 hours.

KoiceReloaded:
Mid-season breaks don't occur in 10-13 episodic shows.

For context, a 13 episode season take 3 months and a week to conclude, and a 10 episode show take 2 months and 2 weeks to conclude. Thus, no break is required. Efficient.

Contrastingly, a standard full 24 episodes season usually pursued by the big Four networks should take 6 months to conclude if a mid-season break doesn't occur. But due to the fact that a 24 episode season is huge, a sabbatical period of 2 months is mandatory, and usually occur after a 3 months nonstop airage. Thus, a season that would have taken 6 months to conclude will instead take 8 months to conclude. A better half of a year just to finish airing a single season. And people wonder why I'm not a fan of that format.


I'd rather go with a 10-13 episode season, a format pursued by the premium cable services namely, HBO, Starz, Epix, Audience Network, CinemaX and Showtime. Basic cable services namely, FX, Paramount Network, TNT, TBS and Syfy. Streaming services namely, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Crackle and YouTube Red.

Or

3-10 episode per season peculiar to British shows and pursued by the BBC one to four, Channel 4, ITV, E4, and Sky Atlantic.

KoiceReloaded:
Haha. Going on break is sometimes necessary. Long sessions call for time-outs, right? Hence, long seasons call for a little sabbatical every now and then, to recoup.

KoiceReloaded:
Exactly. The big Four News Networks namely, Fox, NBC, ABC, and CBS along with basic cable services like AMC and USA network are the chief proponents of mid-season break. I mainly avoid their shows, with the notable exception of AMC (their shows have too much quality to be ignored), because of this.