Streaming platforms find themselves at a crossroads after an outrageous and even unconscious bet on content produced to generate a catalogue, especially with regard to cinema. The slowdown in subscriptions is rethinking profitability for these companies, and blank checks are going to start getting cut in the future.
At least some directors were smart and took advantage of the situation to carry out several of the projects that had stalled and that seemed to no longer have a place in movie theaters. The brightest, for a change, was Steven Soderbergh, who in addition to making a good number of films (his ability to make entire films in the time it takes you to eat is impressive) has ended up making many good movies. Between them, ‘no sudden movements‘.
Nobody move, this is a robbery
An original film that premiered directly on HBO Max in its quest for its own content, a strategy that led to a prolific collaboration with the director. He made another of his luxurious vintage shows from the heist thrillertaking the action to 1950s Detroit with an elegantly told convoluted mystery and noir details.
Here we find some common criminals who are hired for what seems like a simple and direct hit, with little resistance and with the sole objective of a simple document. Nevertheless, the plan goes awry pretty quickly. But something doesn’t add up, so in their escape to try to survive they will also try to find those who hired them and discover their hidden motives.
Soderbergh displays incredible muscle to shape a great commercial film of which not so long ago were common among theatrical releases, such as their own films. The first great success is in its numerous but wonderful cast, with Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro at the helm and outstanding appearances (I at least cannot resist their contributions) by Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin and a Brendan Fraser who continued his particular resurgence. that has culminated with ‘The whale (The Whale)’.
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Then there’s how he knows how to bring Ed Solomon’s smart and ambitious script to the screen. A complex mystery that could be totally incomprehensible, but that Soderbergh rolls and rides in such a way that it is agile and entertaining without losing sophistication or become simple. A tremendously satisfying experience that seems to be achieved with almost no effort.
One day the talent that Soderbergh has to be producing continuously without ceasing to show himself solid in what he does will end. The perfect combination of restlessness and knowing the keys to a quality adult entertainment.
‘Without sudden movements’ is a jewel that did not have more flash because that is the fate of direct films on platforms that do not have prestige. Time may leave her as a peculiar example of a time that probably will not be repeatedbut we can only hope that it doesn’t completely fade away because we need more of this type.
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