This is a real well assembled cast. Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt play really well together, I wish they’d do a comedy together. I can just see the chemistry between them. I also liked seeing Machine Gun Kelly in a small role (the 3rd one I’ve seen him in during this quarantine). The real star of the film though is Dominique Fishback, who I had only ever seen in THE DEUCE. She is phenomenal in almost every thing she does here. A lot of the design and action sequences reminded me a lot of a video game, with all the tanker stuff bringing me back to playing METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY. I loved the effects and the overall concept. I see why people don’t see it as great, and it isn’t perfect, but it is so enjoyable, exciting, and fun from beginning to end. It tries to tackle a lot of different big themes subtly (post-Katrina New Orleans, the over reach and abuse of the government, the system set up against African Americans, drug abuse/the drug game, PTSD, bioengineering, ownership of DNA etc.), but not as effective if it had focused in on one or two of these themes.
