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- 2018
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 35 m
- 2018
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 35 m
Summary In the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, Terminal follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life. Murderous consequences unravel in the dead of night as their lives all intertwine at the h...
Directed By: Vaughn Stein
- 2018
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 35 m
- 2018
- Not Rated
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 35 m
Terminal
27
4.8
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Summary In the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, Terminal follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life. Murderous consequences unravel in the dead of night as their lives all intertwine at the h...
Directed By: Vaughn Stein
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
27
15% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
60% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
27
15% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
60% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Even when it doesn’t work, Terminal is a film with never a dull moment.
More perplexing than any of the supposed mysteries of Terminal is what Mike Myers, of all people, is doing here, playing a train-station janitor with a creepy “Danny Boy” whistle.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 65 User Ratings
4.8
29% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
37% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
34% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 65 User Ratings
4.8
29% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
37% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
34% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
Город грехов через задний проход. (Конченая - название, которое мы заслужили. "TERMINAL")
Картина способна ввести в ступор тех, кто не знаком с таким стилем кинематографа. Но даже знатоки нуара в принципе, и нео-нуара в частности могут плеваться от увиденного на экране по нескольким причинам. Не логичность, за счёт слепых зон повествования, которые обыгрываются сами собой за кадром. Персонажи, что не хотят делиться на первый и второй планы, как того бы хотели зрители. Ощущение, что создатели делали фильм в первую очередь для себя любимых, а потом уже для всех остальных. Однако это не делает ленту плохой! За вот такой казалось бы непреодолимой стеной для восприятия, таится всё великолепие "Кон(че)(еч)ной". Тут есть на что посмотреть и я не про полуголую Марго Робби. Операторская работа, смелые и экспериментальные планы, картинка играющая со светом неоновых огней и грамотно работающая в паре со звуком, как фоновым, так и с музыкальными композициями. Персонажи и химия между ними в купе с постановкой делают данный кино-комикс блестяще едкой альтернативой "Города грехов".
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A fun ride straight through to the credits. The characters, plot, and dialogue in this noir are spun together with darkness, wit, and humor that make this film a unique gem.
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Some outrageous, if hardly original, twists eventually enliven a dreary plot. But even with Margot Robbie in full scheming-vixen mode, Terminal feels interminable.
Compounding the manic energy of the editing is dialogue that muses mostly on long-winded ideas that don’t lend themselves to any kind of visual representation.
Terminal is destined to be forgotten. However, if the cast, the look, and the wacky storyline intrigue, it might be worth a viewing. While it’s far from the so-bad-its-good category, the few oddities contained within may delight a few curious audience members.
Like a teen’s journal, writer-director Vaughn Stein’s debut feature is a scrapbook stuffed with allusions. The fondness is clear. But the resulting compilation is self-indulgent twaddle.
A turgid, pretentious, and incomprehensible existential joke. What a star on the rise is doing in it is a question mark for the archives.
I'm surprised at the heavily negative critical reviews for this. I admit this slightly campy, neo-noir isn't Shakespeare, but I was entertained.
This is an interesting film involving an unseen criminal mastermind, a dying English teacher (Simon Pegg), two hitmen, a train station attendant (Michael Myers), and the quirky femme fatale (Margot Robbie) who has them all involved in her web of intrigue.
Though the movie can be a little self-indulgent at times, I found it interesting. The dialogue is snappy and often darkly humorous, and everything comes together for the third act which has some effective twists and conclusion.
I really liked the neon-lit, noiresque sets. They are the aspect that stands out the most. It's impressive what the director did with a smaller budget.
Great cast. It's always interesting when Pegg tries a different type of role, this time as a well-spoken sad sack. Like usual, he really pulls it off. It's also great to see Michael Myers back in the movies after a several year absence. He provides a lot of levity as an oddball. Still, this is Margot Robbie's film. Though her English accent isn't perfect, she commands each scene with a playfully, wicked tone and smile. This is the kind of movie I recommend you see if you want to try something different.
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The acting is great in this one, but the actual story, while it kinda contains twists and interesting plotlines is actually portrayed really boringly. I mean most of the movie is just some conversations and they kinda make the setting and the visualizations a bit interesting and at some parts I thought they will make it more as a horror movie,but turns out those parts are just randomly there. Also the ending is somehow quite predictable even though it shouldn't be. Basically the ending is the only interesting part, the rest is quite random and, while maybe it does not get completely boring, it just isn't that interesting.
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Terminal is a pretty peculiar movie, much because of his old school visuals and different atmosphere, some aspects that you don't normally see in movies these days. With a clear Noir environment this movies does put you into that investigation climate, that doesn't give you everything at the beginning and kind let you lost during a considerable part of the movie, and they give you piece to piece to try find out what is going on.
The movie is about a revenge story. Two hit men, get into a mission commissioned by a mysterious person, and they meet Annie, wich have some to do with what is going on.
I loved the movie cinematography, it remembered me a lot of Blade Runner, but without the futuristic aspect, the whole neon colors that jumped into your face is much well done. Sometimes the movie talks to us with their color, putting in the face of the characters some light that represents something, or putting they dressing as a color that also is having some meaning in what is happening.
The acting was good for me, Margot Robbie is just amazing, she is interpreting with some over acting, some psycho lines and talking about death with a such natural and tormented way, the way she express and speaks worked a lot. Simon Pegg also did a good job, one of the best moments of the film is when his character and Margot character is taking a time to talk, talking madness. Mike Myers did an ok job, he didn't had much to do, but as an actor was very functional.
The story did had some flops, somethings that i couldn't get along, they just have some ideas that doesn't feel right, some coincidenses that i don't buy, it does have multiple plot twists, some of them are really predictables, some aren't, but none get you like "wooow" wich i consider a problem, considering that it happens some many times. The movie doesn't make us feel that there is a world happening around, it doesn't have people living, it really doesn't feel like that is real, that got me off the movie sometimes. The sotry does have 2 nucleos, that are a little connected but actually aren't, that felt a little awkward, but was ok. And doesn't happen much things during the movie, it feels like you could watch the begninning and jump to the end.
That is an ok movie to watch, you won't get any surprised while watching, but it is a ok story with nice interpretations.
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I'm not sure what to say about this 'movie'. The noir style was nice but under all of the neon lights was.. nothing really. I found myself not really understanding the plot, finding it boring. A snooze fest. It was a nice surprise seeing Mike Myers!
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have i met you before..
Terminal
The feature seeks attention through its visual aspects and the dark tone that is mysterious and intriguing, luring you into its besieged bubble which stinks "street war" from the first frame, but in a good way. The writing isn't as convoluted and smart as the writers think, which creates the vortex of loop that never outcomes in their favour. Also, the writers are so focused on the trajectory of the plot and its structure that it leaves the characters a bit undercooked that later raises questions rather justifying their actions. It fails on technical aspects too, like background score and production design which isn't convincing for a single frame. Vaughn Stein's attempt may be admirable on executing it, but it surely isn't effective as the drama and the emotions projected comes out shallow and redundant. Surprisingly, the performance; contrary to expectations, is lower as Margot Robbie seems arduous on her work where even though Simon Pegg and Mike Myers supports her; the bullet seems to have left the gun. Terminal is a passionate feature; that is unfortunately surpassed by talent, content and timing, which addition to that was on a mediocre level that never had enough crisp in the first place to ever make it past distinction, let along enter the major league.
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Production Company
Beagle Pug Films,
Hassell Free Productions,
Highland Film Group (HFG),
LuckyChap Entertainment,
Miscellaneous Entertainment,
Proton Cinema,
Rapid Farms Productions,
RuYi Media,
Subotica
Release Date May 11, 2018
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Three can keep a secret...if two are dead
Website
http://annieterminal.com/
Awards
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
National Film Awards, UK
• 1 Nomination
