"Someone needs to stand tall against the wave of dreck that continues to pretend that serious, salient (sublime even) action filmmaking is a given when guns and Mark Wahlberg are involved, to cry out into the darkness, "No, Den of Thieves is not a good action movie, let alone a good heist movie," or, "Just because Iko Uwais choreographed fight scenes for Mile 22 doesn't mean they're filmed with any sense of space or style." That is us, Paste Movies writers, saying those things, crying those hot takes, expecting better of Gerard Butler, staring back at Deadpool when he stares at us."
