
There’s a whole lot going on in this latest Marvel chapter. And boy, are we all the better for it.

There’s a whole lot going on in this latest Marvel chapter. And boy, are we all the better for it.

There are more than a dozen big names attached to this purposeful and often powerful war story, but perhaps the one with the biggest impact is behind the scenes, Jerry Bruckheimer. Because for all of its big star, big budget verve, this adaptation of the first Marines’ revenge for the 9/11 attacks is also a procedural drama, melding a few of the producer’s other hits, not just Black Hawk Down, but CSI, this time: Afghanistan.
This dramatic biography has the familiar Aaron Sorkin snap and crackle, but why doesn’t it have any pop?

Based on a true story that feels eerily fresh, this highly strung procedural may not hit the jackpot, but it does pay off.

You may or may not be surprised to learn I do not automatically swoon every time I hear the words ‘Star Wars’. But, I’ll be damned if I didn’t feel a distinctive shiver down my spine watching The Last Jedi.