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ÜberWeihnachten (2020)
Not a Worthy Christmas Story
This is not a legitimate Christmas story. The story-line is fine, German town setting alluring, English dubbing well-done, most acting very good although the lead is over-the-top. Agreed, the lead is a Scrooge-like character but Scrooge has nothing on the lead in this one and his redemption was underwhelming.
My wife and I stayed with it in spite of foul language, especially from the grandmother character. We weathered the nude scene and all the sexual scenes and references.
However, just before the climax in the 3rd episode something terrible happened. There was a glaring shout of blasphemy that ruined the entire story for us. Why was this necessary in a CHRISTmas movie?
2 Guns (2013)
Action-a-Plenty
There is non-stop action in this one and the story line holds fairly well as long as you don't examine it too closely. After all, this is a light-hearted action flick and in spite of the gunfire and high body count it's not to be taken too seriously. There are some surprising and effective twists and turns in the story to keep our attention. However, the main draw is the play between the two stars, Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. They work very well together and the movie simply would not work without them.
A note of warning: Paula Patton has a rather lengthy top nudity scene early on which is inappropriate for children and teens. Also, she utters a single profanity that is offensive to Believers, which seems to be common place in the industry.