A Popcorn Flick is something that I have to be in the right mood for. Mindless action movies are not always my cup of tea. I don't like the TRANSFORMER series, I loathe THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise, and I avoid all movies with the words "Clash" or "Battle" in their Titles. But tonight, I was in the perfect frame of mind to settle into the couch and watch this Taylor Launter vehicle. Let's get the obvious out of the way....yes, he's gorgeous. The camera loves him and so does anything Teenage Girlish. He has two expressions however....sultry and smiley. His inflections are less varied than a GPS voice. And he's never gonna be asked to play Biff Loman or Romeo. But there is something about him that you root for. And if he continues choosing movies of this genre, he could find himself with a long career as an Action Star. He plays teenager Nathan Price, who comes across his own childhood picture while scrolling through a missing persons website. He begins to question everything he ever took for granted, including the people he always assumed were his parents. The plot is a bit more involved than movies of this type normally have and the screenplay is actually above average. John Singleton isn't the ideal Director for a movie of this nature, but he keeps things moving swiftly and has assembled a respectable cast including Alfred Molina, Maria Bello, Jason Issacs, and Sigourney Weaver. If I had watched this on any other night, I might have been bored to tears. But as it turns out, it was a perfect way to spend a Saturday night.
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