Free Fire (2017) 8/10. I enjoyed it. A lot. It's probably inevitable that I will compare Free Fire and John Wick 2, since I saw them very close together and they are both different takes on the same scenario: A massive shootout. First, JW2: I felt it had become somewhat repetitive and even a bit boring in some places. Stylised shootouts with Wick's by now probably trademarked move (grab a guy, shoot everybody else while using him as a shield, then shooting him) were repeated endlessly, with little variation. So much time was spent on the action scenes that little time was left for story or character development. It all felt like one big setup for the final movie. FF, on the other hand, had some of the most fascinating, ridiculous and odd characters ever collected together in one scene. The story is also pretty straightforward, but at least there are a couple of twists. Copley, especially, seemed to have been given free reign with his character, much to the delight of a South African fan like myself. As for the giant shootout: Well, you'll have to decide for yourself, but I loved it.
