:00:00. > :00:00.to the women's World Cup final in rugby with England hoping to take
:00:00. > :00:21.the cup. Now it's time for the film of you. -- Film Review.
:00:22. > :00:23.Hello and welcome to the Film Review on BBC News.
:00:24. > :00:26.To take us through this week's cinema releases is Mark Kermode.
:00:27. > :00:39.A splendidly mixed bag. We have Detroit, the new movie by Kathryn
:00:40. > :00:42.Bigelow. We have Logan Lucky, which I keep wanting to call Lucky Logan
:00:43. > :00:50.because it looks like the look words should be round way. And Tom Cruise
:00:51. > :00:57.is back doing his best in American Made. I'm glad you got a Logan Lucky
:00:58. > :01:00.issue because I had as well. I keep wanting to say Lucky Logan. Detroit,
:01:01. > :01:11.I've seen 'S I'm a big fan of Kathryn Bigelow
:01:12. > :01:16.who did The Hurt Locker and zero. 30. It's set in the Detroit riots,
:01:17. > :01:21.it begins with a broad canvas as the film focuses in on a particular
:01:22. > :01:29.event. At the beginning, a speak easy is pleaded, rioting breaks out,
:01:30. > :01:33.the state troopers and national guardsmen are sent in, the rioting
:01:34. > :01:37.continues. We follow a character played by a musician who is denied
:01:38. > :01:42.his moment in the spotlight because the riots are building out. He takes
:01:43. > :01:45.refuge in the Algiers Motel. The police disarmed on the motel where
:01:46. > :01:52.they believe there was a sniper. The police are led by a character called
:01:53. > :01:58.Krause played by Will Poulter. Use a summer by the writer is a character
:01:59. > :02:01.inspired by the recorded deed of a Detroit policeman, although he is a
:02:02. > :02:05.fictional character. Meanwhile John Boyega who is a brilliant actor, is
:02:06. > :02:10.a security guard who finds himself in the middle of an impossible
:02:11. > :02:15.situation. He's somebody distrusted by both sides and attempts to make
:02:16. > :02:29.peace with both sides. He was a clip with John Boyega.
:02:30. > :02:32.I'm with United Security, I'm going to the grocery
:02:33. > :02:42.Hey, all things considered, this is pretty good.
:02:43. > :03:06.He's done what they've done before. Turning it into a drama from real
:03:07. > :03:12.life. The film narrows down from a single corridor of the Algiers Motel
:03:13. > :03:16.within terrifying interrogation takes place under the auspices of a
:03:17. > :03:19.cop played by Will Poulter. The thing I liked about this is that
:03:20. > :03:23.Kathryn Bigelow is extremely dextrous and the movie seems to move
:03:24. > :03:26.through different genres. It starts off as a social document then moves
:03:27. > :03:30.into something almost a musical at one point, when it is in the hotel
:03:31. > :03:40.it becomes a horror movie. Some people have taken issue with this
:03:41. > :03:45.but you remember Kathryn Bigelow directed Near .Com great horror
:03:46. > :03:54.movie. I think that is a great strength. It's a brilliant editing
:03:55. > :03:57.job. It's like jostling through a crowd of people, different owners,
:03:58. > :04:01.focusing on one central event. But it's the performances that Harriet.
:04:02. > :04:09.John Boyega is brilliant, he has a way of telegraphing this strong
:04:10. > :04:16.emotions through tiniest of faces. Will Poulter is fantastic. He plays
:04:17. > :04:24.a character with a facade of innocence. It's a typecast that
:04:25. > :04:28.could easily be character to caricature.
:04:29. > :04:34.It's often terrifying and Kathryn Bigelow is a fantastic film-maker.
:04:35. > :04:34.It's an urgent film, feeling urgent and contemporary. That's definitely
:04:35. > :04:45.on the list. What of Logan Lucky? Neither urgent
:04:46. > :04:50.or contemporary. Steven Soderbergh is back and it's a heist movie. It's
:04:51. > :05:00.described in one moment as Ovesen's 7-11. Channing Tatum is the
:05:01. > :05:05.mastermind behind a robbery of a NASCAR racetrack. He will do it with
:05:06. > :05:08.his brother Adam Driver. It's a heist caper movie, an impossible
:05:09. > :05:16.job, it can't be done. They have to figure a way to do that with tunnels
:05:17. > :05:22.under the track. And get and explosive expert played by Daniel
:05:23. > :05:27.Craig. It's written by Rebecca Blunt who nobody has heard of before, and
:05:28. > :05:33.some people have taken it to be a nom de plume for the director. But
:05:34. > :05:39.they say no, it's someone we've heard before. There is satire,
:05:40. > :05:43.American flag-waving for Memorial Day, and one person says NASCAR is
:05:44. > :05:48.like America, you're making us harm America. But the fact is all that
:05:49. > :05:53.satire is very much like NASCAR, it goes past year and then we're back.
:05:54. > :05:58.I enjoyed it, it's fun, flippant and flimsy. It doesn't really stand up.
:05:59. > :06:04.I have a sense you thought about it deeply since you thought it? I have
:06:05. > :06:08.to say, after I finished smiling my way through the movie, I'm moved to
:06:09. > :06:12.the next thing pretty swiftly. The fact is, it's not easy to make a
:06:13. > :06:15.film that is fun and flippant. There are enough bad movies out there
:06:16. > :06:16.trying to do that. This does it rather well.
:06:17. > :06:27.Joe Custer Tom Cruise. The thing that Tom Cruise does best is flying,
:06:28. > :06:35.wearing aviator shades and smiling in a way that says trust me, I'm Tom
:06:36. > :06:40.Cruise. This is directed by Doug Liman and some is true and not true.
:06:41. > :06:48.A smuggler claim to work for the CIA. He is recruited by a mysterious
:06:49. > :06:52.shadowy figure played by Donald Gleeson, who never puts a foot
:06:53. > :06:57.wrong. He says I know you are smuggling cigars, and you need to
:06:58. > :06:59.work for us now. We will give you this airline. Here is a clip.
:07:00. > :07:17.You run the company but after hours can you work for us.
:07:18. > :07:24.So anyone finds out about it, family, friends, even Lucy.
:07:25. > :07:35.If you're doing it for the good guys, yeah.
:07:36. > :07:50.I'm backing, already. But there's a lovely moment of threat there when
:07:51. > :07:55.Donal Gleeson says it's Lucy isn't it? Suddenly see the harder edge.
:07:56. > :07:59.What then happens is, he starts off allegedly working for the CIA
:08:00. > :08:03.filming the Communist insurgents, then gets mixed up with Pablo
:08:04. > :08:07.Escobar, flying cocaine to the US, then has to run drug. The whole
:08:08. > :08:09.thing has a chaotic momentum. Meanwhile, money is piling up
:08:10. > :08:16.everywhere. They don't have anywhere to put it any more. It reminded me
:08:17. > :08:22.of a lot of films, things like Air America, or dogs, catch me if you
:08:23. > :08:29.can. The latter has much more scrutiny. It has a pace but none of
:08:30. > :08:36.the depth of Goodfellas. If you think of things like the Murray and
:08:37. > :08:43.think, was aboard? No. It was fun while it was on screen. It's a movie
:08:44. > :08:46.that seems to be based around an understanding of, there is a think
:08:47. > :08:50.that Tom Cruise does. You can like or dislike Tom Cruise, but there is
:08:51. > :08:57.a thing he does which is he can do that... That big slightly crazy
:08:58. > :09:01.smile and you buy into it. Again, I thought it was enjoyable fun.
:09:02. > :09:07.Detroit is a movie with lots substance and so much going to it,
:09:08. > :09:11.and in the case of American Made and Logan Lucky, not lucky Logan, they
:09:12. > :09:16.won't stick in the mind like Detroit will. One that will start in the
:09:17. > :09:22.mind is the one you will pick as the best one. Dunkirk, have you seen it?
:09:23. > :09:28.I haven't, and it's high on my list. You need to see it in IMAX if
:09:29. > :09:33.possible. It is an overwhelming experience, it's Christopher Nolan.
:09:34. > :09:38.He is such a great champion of film. I saw this in IMAX 70 millimetre.
:09:39. > :09:42.The interesting thing is, it's very complex. It is three times doctors,
:09:43. > :09:50.one week, one day, one hour. All intertwined. If you have been a fan
:09:51. > :09:53.of Nolan since Memento, you know he's interested in travelling time.
:09:54. > :09:57.But it's a straightforward story. It's the story of Dunkirk. As a
:09:58. > :10:01.piece of cinema, it's terrific. I've seen it twice now and both times,
:10:02. > :10:06.the end of the screening, everyone has been silent. People have
:10:07. > :10:10.literally been like that. That's a testament to how powerful it is.
:10:11. > :10:15.Seared on the biggest screen possible. A brief word about your
:10:16. > :10:22.DVD pick? Lady Macbeth. Florence Pugh is brilliant in this adaptation
:10:23. > :10:27.of the story. The script is by Alistair Burt -- Alistair Burt. She
:10:28. > :10:31.refuses to be vilified by society. Fantastic sound design, really
:10:32. > :10:34.powerful. That sounds like something only a film critic would say but
:10:35. > :10:37.believe me, it's the film you watch with your ears and it's a fine piece
:10:38. > :10:42.of work. Good stuff. A quick reminder before we go that
:10:43. > :10:45.you'll find more film news and reviews from across the BBC
:10:46. > :10:49.online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode. And you can find all our previous
:10:50. > :11:17.programmes on the BBC iPlayer. Hello. A fairly quiet weekend of
:11:18. > :11:19.whether at home but across the other side of the Atlantic, a