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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Average Guy Movie Review

It's 1969, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is about to retire, when out of the blue his goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) shows up with questions about an ancient artifact known as the Antikythera. But she's not the only person looking for it. Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen) - a Nazi scientist - is also on the trail, and he intends to use the Antikythera to correct what he sees as the mistakes of the past. Making it a race against time for Indy and his new found friend to make sure the past stays the way it is. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny  - awful title, I know -  explodes on to screen with a de-aged Indy and his friend Baz (Toby Jones) causing the retreating German army trouble in 1944. It's the perfect way to kick off what is meant to be Ford's final movie with the fedora and whip - with a lunatic escapade to recover a piece of history, reminiscent of the crusading archaeologist's classic adventures. The technology used to de-age Hollywood's gru

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Average Guy Movie Review

While recovering from his last ordeal with Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson), Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) sees his holiday ruined when Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek) shows up, uninvited, and with a legion of armed goons on her tail. Turns out Darius has been kidnapped, and Sonia needs Bryce's help to rescue him. The ensuing calamity puts the trio back on Interpol's radar, and in the crosshairs of crime-lord Aristotle Papadopoulos (Antonio Banderas).  As with most sequels Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard  is bigger, louder and more explodier than its predecessor. In other words it's more of what we like; gunfights, car chases, explosions, and a healthy smattering of bad language. Something - or some things - the hitman, the wife and the bodyguard do very well. Much like in the first movie, Jackson and Reynolds make a perfect buddy comedy duo, a duo that works just as well as a trio, with Hayek bringing a whole new level of insanity to proceedings. She was hilarious in the f