From: ijball@mac.invalid   
      
   On 12/31/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
      
   > What did you watch?   
      
   My brother let his Netflix lapse (I don't blame him!) so I could not   
   watch "House of Dynamite".   
      
   But he still has Prime Video, so I watched:   
      
   A Working Man (Prime) - Personal fave Jason Statham plays a man named...   
   Don Chick?... or something, and after some Russian mobsters makes him   
   mad by kidnapping his boss's (Michael Pena) daughter (Arianna Rivas, who   
   I thought was super hott - she's sort of like a young Emmanuelle   
   Chriqui) to traffic her... It just so happens that (Don Chick??) is an   
   ex-mob assassin ex-special forces dude who has connections (David   
   Harbour).   
       Anyway, this flick sees Statham take righteous justice/vengeance on   
   Russian mobsters and various related American accomplices while trying   
   to rescue the girl.   
       I enjoyed this for what it was, and I think it was Arthur who   
   pointed out that this flick has an extra level of enjoyment as the   
   victim (Rivas) is constantly fighting back against her attackers rather   
   than crying and whining lost most victims in these flicks do.   
      
   I also watched soaps (episodes from late last week):   
      
   DOOL - Everyone is rescued from Kristen's EVOL! brother who hangs near   
   death. Brady confronts Kritsen for lying to him about Rachel's role in   
   EJ's shooting, but allows Kristen to be reunited with Rachel for X-Mas.   
   (Meanwhile, still waiting for them to write out Chad, though that seems   
   like it's being set up...)   
      
   GH - They kind of bungled one of the marquee storylines in this ep -   
   Willow manages to convince EVOL! Drew to allow daughter Scout to spend   
   Boxing Day with Alexis & co. but they end the epie before anyone can   
   profusely thank Willow for it (would have loved to see awful Kristina   
   eat crow over this!). Meanwhile, Ned's annoying kid finds the violin   
   that Ned & Sonny bought for Gio, and everyone guilts poor Gio into   
   playing it - but this was an effective scene nonetheless (it helps that   
   the actor actually plays violin).   
      
   What did you watch?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)