Movie reviews

MORGAN

Watchable. Yet another female assassin movie, this one by Ridley Scott's son Luke. And with run-of-the-mill motifs: a superhuman girl living  closed in a room with a glass wall, developing mentally and physically at a speedy rate etc. While the general storyline is predictable, who kills who and when is less so which results in some tension efficiently gluing you to the screen. With some superficial questions about what makes a creature human. More emotions equals less control. Too much gets revealed too early in the movie hence there's little mystery left. The final scene implies a sequel. However lousy it sounds, it's well made. Typically skilled Hollywood artisanship. The psychological assessment scene in the Luke Scott's film is a clear reference to a similar evaluation in Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" but that one was much more subtle and ambiguous. Luke needs to find his own way, following his father's steps hasn't worked.