Interceptor (Netflix)

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If anyone knows Matthew Reilly's books then you may be interested in "Interceptor", which just dropped on Netflix. Elsa Pataki leads and it looks like his signature brand of action heavy madness.
I'll be watching as soon as I get a spare 2 hours.
 
Netflix isn’t giving much away, are they? Starring X and Y and produced/directed by Chris Helmsworth?

Can‘t say the title rings a bell as I only read a couple of Reilly’s “Scarecrow” books ages ago.

Will give it look at some point.
 
Netflix isn’t giving much away, are they? Starring X and Y and produced/directed by Chris Helmsworth?

Can‘t say the title rings a bell as I only read a couple of Reilly’s “Scarecrow” books ages ago.

Will give it look at some point.

His wife has the starring role.

She was in some of the fast and furious franchise.
 
Watched it last night, I wouldn't even call it take brain out action flick that you could have in background.
 
Watched it last night, I wouldn't even call it take brain out action flick that you could have in background.
There are many things that make it a poor film. When not good enough to go straight to DVD, put it on streaming :D
 
If you're a fan of Reilly's writing style (and I am) then the way this film has been shot/written will be completely understandable to you.

The idea behind most of Reilly's work is that he writes a story as if it was a screenplay for a high-octane stunt heavy 80's action movie. This means its none stop, with virtually no time for self inspection or "drama", just one jaw dropping set-piece after another. This works well in a novel as your unlimited imagination is used to make the ridiculous stunts/sets/design etc all seem real whereas in cinema, with a very low budget, seeing so many very low quality sets, poor CGI and general low production values really hurts the enjoyment factor.

My understanding is that Reilly wants to make a Film Series based on his popular "Scarecrow" character and wanted to use this Interceptor film to show what he could do with a low budget and generally gain cinema experience before going to bigger studios with Scarecrow as a now experienced producer with at last 1 film behind him.

Sadly I think this may have been a backfire as the low budget has really hurt this film, as the stunts, CGI & production for something so visually based needs real cash money spending to avoid it looking, as someone else put it, like a film made by Asylum.
 
If you're a fan of Reilly's writing style (and I am) then the way this film has been shot/written will be completely understandable to you.

The idea behind most of Reilly's work is that he writes a story as if it was a screenplay for a high-octane stunt heavy 80's action movie. This means its none stop, with virtually no time for self inspection or "drama", just one jaw dropping set-piece after another. This works well in a novel as your unlimited imagination is used to make the ridiculous stunts/sets/design etc all seem real whereas in cinema, with a very low budget, seeing so many very low quality sets, poor CGI and general low production values really hurts the enjoyment factor.

My understanding is that Reilly wants to make a Film Series based on his popular "Scarecrow" character and wanted to use this Interceptor film to show what he could do with a low budget and generally gain cinema experience before going to bigger studios with Scarecrow as a now experienced producer with at last 1 film behind him.

Sadly I think this may have been a backfire as the low budget has really hurt this film, as the stunts, CGI & production for something so visually based needs real cash money spending to avoid it looking, as someone else put it, like a film made by Asylum.
I recall he said (paraphrasing) that he'd waited for years for Hollywood to turn his books into films and then just thought "I'll do it myself!"
Given its #1 on Netflix in 82 countries (so I read, I've not confirmed it myself), I think he's done ok with it.
 
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