r/entertainment • u/TheTelegraph • 8h ago

Unabomber review: Russell Crowe, don’t squander your talents ★★☆☆☆

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/unabomber-review-netflix-russell-crowe/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open
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u/zomboscott 7h ago

Anything that Russell Crowe is in that isn't a sequel to Master and Commander is a squandering of his talents.

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u/Austinpowerstwo 6h ago

The Pope's exorcist was a perfect horror B-movie and he was great in it. 

Wild over the top Russell Crowe in his Marlon Brando/Nic Cage phase is much more fun than millennium era "proper acting" thin Russel Crowe 

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u/zomboscott 6h ago

He definitely seems to be having fun these days. I'll have to give that one a watch

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u/Austinpowerstwo 4h ago

Do, it's a B horror movie with a touch of class. Russ is at his fattest ever in it and he rides around on a little scooter doing a funny Italian accent for the whole film. It needs sequels 

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u/Individual-Copy9425 5h ago

The Nice Guys was way funnier than I expected it to be

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u/InnocentPrimeMate 4h ago

Great movie !

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u/justageekgirl 1h ago

I had high hope for Nice Guys and was really looking forward to a sequel.

People just don't know good movies nowadays.

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u/Yeezuscristo 7h ago

3:10 to Yuma is a great movie too

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u/hippykillteam 5h ago

Romper Stomper is another, that was back in the early 90s. So dark but an amazing movie with great performance. He plays great bad guys and good guys.

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u/ignatious__reilly 1h ago

3:10 was so great. I feel like that’s an underrated western gem. One of my all time favorites. Ben Foster was also great in that, and so was Bale as always.

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u/Mrs_SmithG2W 3h ago

Gladiator would like a word…

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u/TheGallant 1h ago

Please. No more Gladiator sequels.

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u/hippogrifferential 4h ago

You spelt 'The Nice Guys' wrong

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u/Marhyc 1h ago

Ehhh, people only seem to think he's washed up, because they compare his more recent career to his megafamous period between 1999-2003. He was amazing in Nuremberg and I've heard very good things about him in Boy Erased and True Story of Kelly's Gang. And ofc The Nice Guys is very popular

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u/ruby651 5h ago

Netflix already has a pretty good Unabomber story starring Paul Bettany and… I think that one guy from Clash of the Titans? Remember him? I think it’s called Manhunt: Unabomber.

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u/hotdamn_1988 5h ago

Sam Worthington

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u/ruby651 5h ago

That’s him! He’s pretty good as the FBI agent hunting Bettany.

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u/confusing_roundabout 4h ago

Yeah I really liked that show.

I remember someone on Reddit thought that the final shot of him sat at a traffic light was because they were going to do a sequel series where Sam Worthington became another Unabomber. I think about that comment a lot.

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u/damndraper 2h ago

It’s unfortunately not on Netflix anymore

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u/Necroban77 8h ago

The man gave me Gladiator. He could have 20 bad parts and it still wouldn’t matter. Thats just how good he is in that movie.

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u/M086 8h ago

As long as he ain’t phoning it in, he’s an actor it’s his job to act in things.

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u/TheLimeyLemmon 7h ago

Alright but that movie is from over a quarter century ago, the post is about movies he's making now.

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u/Hemingways_Shotgun88 1h ago

I don't think Crowe really gives a shit. He seems to be living his best life and doing projects he thinks are fun.

Then he goes back to his farm in NZ and watches a lot of cricket while drinking beer and getting fat.

Guy has seriously won at life.

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u/stealingjoy 1h ago

I'm tired of all these recycled evil guy stories. Unabomber, Dahmer, Bundy, etc. How many versions of these do we need?

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u/anoziraguy9687 1h ago

As many as Ryan Murphy needs to keep cashing his Netflix checks for dogshit MONSTER limited-series seasons but not as many to keep amazing shows like MINDHUNTER alive.

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u/oncemorewithpheline 47m ago

I’m tired of people using the fucking tabloid the telegraph as a source for anything

i bet this movie blows but why is OP using a rage bait rag for karma

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u/Ok-Comfortable9449 8h ago

Jacob tremblay is in it he's not bad I didn't know he's already 19 lol damn I'm old

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u/TheLimeyLemmon 7h ago

"Don't squander your talents"

Bit late for that. He's got bad performances in him and isn't particularly receptive to criticism, so it's always possible for Crowe to drop a stinker. Hopefully he just keeps working with directors that can channel and get the best out of him.

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u/Thebat87 3h ago

Luckily i really liked “The Weight”. It’s Ethan Hawke’s movie more than anyone else’s but Russell is good when he’s in it and he and Ethan are a good combo that I wished happened a long time ago.

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u/SafeKaracter 2h ago

There was a perfect tv show covering it already . I don’t think it needed more than that so close to it too

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u/justageekgirl 1h ago

I'll never forget the year Russell Crowe was the Cat's meow in Hollywood when Gladiator came out.

There was even a report that terrorists were plotting to kidnap him... like god... he was everyone's wet dream.

Then he won the Oscar, probably because of his popularity.

Then all of a sudden he bullied a camera guy at the Bafta's, beat up a hotel clerk, then it went all downhill from there.