The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

Netflix’s The Ridiculous 6 is a recent comedy flick starring Adam Sandler as Tommy/White Knife, a white man adopted by Native Americans after his mother was killed. White Knife finds his five brothers - each with radically different personalities - on his journey to rescue his father who gets kidnapped by the bandits his owes money to.

This movie’s comedy is in no way revolutionary or unexpected. It relies on ridiculous stunts, absurd images, and crude humor to get its laughs from the audience. I did not expect this movie from Netflix especially following Beasts of No Nation, a serious award-worthy film.

If you don’t get offended easily and are willing to simplify your mind and expectations then you will enjoy The Ridiculous 6 as a goofy adventure movie.

It’s a funny movie if you let yourself enjoy it.  

Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report is a science fiction movie set in the year 2054 starring Tom Cruise as John Anderton, the Chief of PreCrime in Washington D.C.
In this movie the crime rate in Washington D.C has dropped to almost nothing because of a new program that allows crimes to be stopped before they happen. John Anderton must find a way to clear his name before he gets arrested when he is accused of committing a crime in the future.
Overall this movie can be considered to be a psychological thriller because of its main theme is questioning the ethics of seemingly good things provided by the government. Although a huge portion of the film is fiction, a great deal of it can be applied to some present day issues.
Minority Report has the upbeat action that you can expect from a movie starring Tom Cruise while providing deeper messages to the viewer. I did not like that many things remained unexplained or underdeveloped but that does not stop the advancement of the plot. Further explaining what the PreCrime program is and how it works could have made it easier to get into the world of the film.
Other than the underdevelopment of some crucial plot points, this movie is very enjoyable to watch.

Narcos (2015)

Based on real events, Netflix’s Narcos tells the story of Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) - the most feared Colombian drug lord of the late 1970’s and 80’s - and how DEA agent Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) tries to bring him to justice. The first few minutes of the show lands you right in the middle of the action then back to the beginning of the story making you wonder how it all got to the chaos. By the end of that episode you will have a clear sense of the characters and what their motives are and when the credits roll you’ll be relieved that there are nine more to go. You won’t keep watching because of pesky cliffhangers but because you really want to know what happens next.

The main story splits into Escobar’s urge to get more powerful and Murphy’s goal to catch him. The protagonist is clearly supposed to be Steve Murphy but Escobar’s character is played so vividly that you can’t help but secretly root for him (until you remember that he was a real person). Narcos takes you deep into the Colombian crime world without tacky one-liners or stale visuals that will bore you. A great portion of the show is political but an average person should be able to get a sense of what is happening. The second season is currently in production so there is more Narcos in the future.

p.s. Unless you speak Spanish really well, you should put subtitles on because - other than the fact that the story is set in Columbia - many of the major interactions in the story are not in English.