It's anti-climax in the redux, I fear, as is
the entire third act of a film that already suffered a little from a lack of inspiration — the delirious insouciant peril of the original is substituted for the peculiar clockwork of most modern actioners.
Not exact matches
The inclusion
of an absurd yet thoroughly captivating celebrity cameo, which essentially stands as a high point within the
entire series, perpetuates Night at the Museum: Secret
of the Tomb's better - than - expected
third -
act atmosphere, although, unfortunately, director Shawn Levy ensures that the
film concludes with a whimper by offering up an excessively sappy final stretch that just goes on and on - with this underwhelming climax confirming the movie's place as an almost passable concluding entry in a seriously forgettable trilogy.
The premise is right up there with any Charlie Kaufman
film (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind, Scynecdoche New York), containing so much juicy potential for interpersonal revelations, but the
entire set up is thrown away in the
third act for a «thriller» movie that came out
of nowhere and does nothing but add a period in the middle
of the sentence.
And don't think ZACHARIAH is wanting in the suspense department; in fact, the
entire film (especially in its
third act) hums with an imperceptible tension, as these characters slowly figure out if they can trust one another (and, really, spend the rest
of their lives together).
Best Action Sequence «Inception» Basically the
film's
entire third act is a riveting accomplishment that's candy for the senses, but specifically the razzle - dazzle
of the already famous corridor sequence was a jaw - dropping piece
of work.
In a
film full
of plot holes and stupidity, almost the
entire third act consists
of Rapp catching up to the bad guy despite having no way
of having any clue where he might be.
The
third act of this
film reveals the
entire enterprise to be morally reprehensible, a blueprint for how not to
act and how to get rewarded for it anyway with absolutely no legitimate consequences save a few bruises.