I join “CTV News Toronto at Five” with anchor Zuraidah Alman to talk about new movies in theatres including the biopic “Michael,” the grounded fairy tale “The Bearded Girl” and the action thriller “Fuze.”
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I join CTV NewsChannel anchor Renee Rogers to talk about the new releases in theatres, including the biopic “Michael,” the grounded fairy tale “The Bearded Girl” and the action thriller “Fuze.”
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I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk about the new movies coming to theatres including the biopic “Michael,” the grounded fairy tale “The Bearded Girl” and the action thriller “Fuze.”
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Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to make your bed. Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the biopic “Michael,” the grounded fairy tale “The Bearded Girl” and the action thriller “Fuze.”
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SYNOPSIS: In “Fuze,” an explosive new race-against-time crime thriller now playing in theatres, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is a bomb-disposal specialist brought in to manage the fraught situation when a World War II-era bomb is discovered in London. Complicating things are a group of thieves who use the explosive discovery as cover to steal a load of diamonds.
CAST: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington. Directed by David Mackenzie.
REVIEW: A ticking clock thriller, “Fuze” isn’t interested in its characters as much as it is making your pulse race.
Set in contemporary London, the action in “Fuze” begins with the discovery of an unexploded 1000-pound WWII bomb at a busy construction site, sparking citywide chaos.
“Could it blow any minute?”
“Theoretically, yes.”
As Chief Superintendent Zuzana (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) organizes an immediate evacuation, and military bomb squad led by the unflappable Major Will Tranter (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) get to work, an order to cut off power to the whole area makes an already charged situation more difficult.
Using the blackout as cover, a gang of thieves, led by Karalis (Theo James) and X (Sam Worthington), drill underneath a nearby bank to steal a cache of diamonds and money.
As the clock ticks, both groups work to complete their missions. “When everything is on the line,” screams the film’s tagline, “there’s no turning back.”
“Fuze” doesn’t mess around.
Within one minute of the opening credits the bomb has been discovered, and director David Mackenzie already has the pedal to the metal. More concerned with momentum than the characters, Mackenzie, working from a pulpy, convoluted script by Ben Hopkins, keeps the action tight, upping the tension throughout.
The result is a slickly cool caper film with charismatic turns from Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James, and some unexpected twists and turns that, if you don’t think about it too hard, is an entertaining time waster.
