We all know the worst yet most entertaining films are not the ones released in theaters but the ones quietly released on various streaming services and never acknowledged. In that vein, until the industry starts doing some wide releases, our 2026 coverage will be pulled from those obscure places.
We are starting with The Intern, cause who doesn’t love a good spy movie? Oh she shoots first and asks questions never, that is my favorite. I honestly could not care less about the plot of this movie. It's about a teenage girl fucking shit up and honestly that's all I need to know.
It's even got campy slow-mo, I love it. Okay we’re 2 minutes in and it's already everything that SuckerPunch thought it was. This kind of camp action is possible without oversexualizing your characters Snyder…
A narration exposition dump fits into the campy feel of the movie so I am not totally against it, as long as they hold this energy throughout the whole film. That’s the line between a horrible camp film and a brilliant one, is the energy consistent? This is literally what Zach thought he was doing with SuckerPunch. It's already a better story with a more interesting main character. Without its flaws.
A little kid spy school that trained all these teenagers now coming together is an excellent premise by the way.
These kids are going rogue and the ringleader has a mother she’s got to answer to. Even though it was made clear that these kids are ripped away from their parents when they start their training. So now this mom has to go find and protect her child before a bunch of government agents from foreign countries go after her. Apparently the only way a child is taken into this program is if their parents are also agents. So this mom was an agent and she went to another ex-agent for help.
See here’s where the movie really proves itself. We had a decent stretch of just plot, which means we were due for some campy ass action. And the waiting paid off. These teenagers are goofy as hell on their own, they don’t even need the action for the tone of the films to be campy. The way the dialogue is written and delivered is giving us plenty. The energy is absolutely being maintained and I greatly appreciate it.
A healthy sprinkle of sticking it to the man, and revolting against the adults while doing cool spy shit. And that is exactly what we expect out of a movie that focuses on teenagers. The shootout scene and subsequent chase scene do a really good job of giving us action in a perfectly ridiculous way. I feel like people aren't able to enjoy camp anymore. This is what comic book movies are supposed to feel like by the way. They are supposed to be ridiculous. And I feel like if you all would just accept that some movies are supposed to be goofy, you would enjoy life so much more.
The kids get where they’re going and discover the next generation of little spies, just younger versions of themselves. Clearly there was a flaw in their training because how did you not see that you were walking into a trap? That felt pretty obvious to me. Oh no they are good, they lured the one guy they wanted into their own trap.
And mom came in to save her and just the right moment, of course. As far as spy movies go, this one is not terrible. It's fun for what it is, so as long as you are honest with yourself as far as expectations go then you will like it. Just don’t go into it expecting James Bond and we’re good.
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