KOBIETY MAFII (WOMEN OF MAFIA)
Watchable. Prolonged, lyrical love sequences in the first hour are tedious and unlike Vega but the elaborate shenanigans in the second part are in his style of the "Pitbull" movies - faster-paced, raw and brutal. Good club music at times. The whole thing presents the backstage of the gang scene: a drug lord losing his teenage daughter to a drug addiction, a gangster's wife falling into alcoholism, cold-blooded murders, sex violence as a means of control used by criminals and law enforcement alike. Quite grim. Apparently based on facts.
BLACKMAIL
Watchable. Bollywood guarantees decent music. It's a comedy which turns darker and darker. One of the first gags is when the protagonist rings a call centre. First he's something like 43rd in the queue, then you see the distance he covers by car while being put on hold. When he gets home and his call gets answered... the line breaks up. Towards the finale a killer can't get blood off his hands due to a break in water supply which is too grisly to evoke laughter. The lead's murder fantasies are not funny either. Poor acting further fails to deliver the humour in the otherwise smart and engaging script.
PETER RABBIT
Recommended again. It hasn't been officially released as yet (in Poland anyway) but I've seen it twice already. The CGIs are amazing: rabbits make different faces and have meticulously created furs. I'm impressed. The rabbits are so cute you just want to reach out, grab them from the screen and cuddle. Alternatively cuddle the hottie Domhnall Gleeson. Great attention has been paid to details, e.g. a paintbrush in the artist's hair. Hilarious exchanges, e.g. "So, do you work here?" "Can't you see I'm thinking?!" The rabbits have funny faces when they watch Bea and Thomas together. And even minor parts, like those of the house buyers, are acted masterfully.
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