I've been looking forward to this, looks good! I never got into the books but always heard they were really good as well.
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Was lucky to have met Vince Flynn before his passing at the age of 42 (my age now). Very tragic and a PSA about prostate cancer.
All of his books are great but I always suggest starting with "Term Limits". Not part of the Mitch Rapp series directly but it was the first and introduces many future characters.
Problem with movies like this is after reading the books you have an idea what the characters look and sound like and it seldom matches who is cast.
All of his books are great but I always suggest starting with "Term Limits". Not part of the Mitch Rapp series directly but it was the first and introduces many future characters.
Problem with movies like this is after reading the books you have an idea what the characters look and sound like and it seldom matches who is cast.
Agreed on all points. Term Limits is a great book. I just re-listened to American Assassin and Kill Shot in the last few weeks. I need to do Term Limits again next.
The trailer shows they've obviously taken some liberties with the plot, but hopefully they don't deviate too much from the source material. Michael Keaton as Hurley is an interesting choice, not in a bad way.
I think I like that they have an unknown (at least to me) actor playing Rapp instead of casting current action star de jour. He doesn't quite look like I would've pictured Mitch Rapp, but I'd say he way closer than Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher..
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All right, here is the lowdown. If you have read the book, or any of Flynn's, the movie doesn't hold a candle to the book. It seems that is always the case, regardless of the movie. Everything is different, the plot, the happenings, simply everything. Once you separate the movie from the book, it is an ok movie. I have seen much better, and I have seen much worse. If you have other things to do, I would do them. If it's a rainy day, and you don't have something going on, it's an ok flick to go see. One thing I was surprised by, was Keaton's acting job. I have never really cared for his acting, but I thought that he did a pretty good job transforming into the Hurley character. I didn't expect him to pull it off as well as he did, so that was a positive. I have read all of Flynn's books, and really like them, and was looking forward to the movie, but it could have been better. I'm still not sure how you can pack all of the detail from a 300 page book into a two hour movie without leaving out a lot of detail. Anyway, that's my take on it. If you see it, I hope it's enjoyable for you.
I liked the movie. Like 502 said, if you're looking for the movie to follow the books, you'll be disappointed. I didn't care for the woman that played Irene Kennedy. In the books she is always calm cool and collected. (Kind of "spy rule #1" never loose your cool) and thats not the case.
I can nit-pick the movie (made it seem as if Rapp got most of his skills and training on his own and trained a very short time before going operational, for example) but I agree you have to cut pages to go from book to movie.
At the end of the movie, I say I've enjoyed it better than most I've seen recently.
I can nit-pick the movie (made it seem as if Rapp got most of his skills and training on his own and trained a very short time before going operational, for example) but I agree you have to cut pages to go from book to movie.
At the end of the movie, I say I've enjoyed it better than most I've seen recently.
I've never read any of the books but saw the movie this weekend and it was a good watch. Nothing really spectacular but it was definitely a good movie in my opinion and I enjoyed it. The ending sets up a series of these movies like the books so that should be cool.
I read awhile back that one of the reasons they chose Dylan Obrien for Mitch Rapp was his age, with the intent of starting a movie franchise that the main character would age with. I agree on the Irene Kennedy assessment, not what I imagined. But Shiva Nagur! Holy s@!t yep wouldn't kick her outta bed for eatin crackers.
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