The Rhythm Section (2019)

[Drunk Monk]

Ya know, I get invited to several screeners every weekend.  Most are way out of my wheelhouse.  For example, this morning I got invited to the new Sponge Bob movie.  Not something I could review for KFM, nor would I even want to.  The conditions for attending screeners are simple - don't publish anything prior to embargo date but publish something within a week of the premiere.  Failure to do so boots you off the list.  We've been on good graces with the promo reps for years and are on a first name basis with most of them.  The only trick is the quick turnaround - For this, I saw the screener last night, have to write it up today, and get it uploaded tomorrow to publish Friday.  That's no big really - I can write quickly and set up all my groundwork a few days ahead.  For Bird of Prey next week, the screener is Wednesday so we'll have to be even quicker, but that's a comic movie so I can get Patrick to do a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of back story.  

This is obviously an actioner so no great stretch to review.  Like with Deadpool 2, I thought I had an angle.  ON the set of Into the Badlands, I befriended Lewis Tan who played Shatterstar.  We email each other - he calls me 'bro' in that martial way and deeply desires coverage, so getting an interview with him would be a cake walk.  Well, you've all seen that movie by now.  Shatterstar dies in like 5 mins.  Imagine my disappointment.

The Rhythm Section was being filmed when I was in Dublin 

They are filming a movie with Blake Lively next to st Stephens green - tech said it will be called rhythm section. Didn't feel like standing in the rain to see Blake. They have a stage light the size of a minivan suspended by a 40ft crane in front of a nice hotel facing St Stephen's Green.  But it's just making a mess of foot traffic.  No sign of cameras or actors.  

If you follow that thread, some chicanery ensued (see http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...1#pid27051) but I've been keeping my eye on the project ever since, eagerly awaiting its premiere.  I really wanted to see that scene they were filming.  I figured it would give me a nostalgic flashback of my few days spent in Dublin on my own.  What a wonderful adventure that was.  The building, being next to St. Stephens Green, was distinctive.  I remember right well, and there's even pix on my facebook album should I forget.

Well, you know what happened.  You can guess.  The credits confirmed filming in Dublin, but the Dublin scene was cut.  

Having a sad now.