{"id":29535,"date":"2022-02-22T22:27:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T03:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=29535"},"modified":"2022-02-22T22:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T03:27:41","slug":"vids-the-355-starring-jessica-chastain-and-penelope-cruz-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=29535","title":{"rendered":"Vids: The 355 Starring Jessica Chastain and Pen\u00e9lope Cruz Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have always been a big fan of the spy genre. Ja\"\"<\/a>mes Bond and Napoleon Solo were my role models; the fast cars, the great clothes and of course, the gadgets. Times changed and spy movies became more \u201crealistic\u201d, cutting back on the fantasy high tech gadgetry.  As much as I liked the laser in the watch and exploding fountain pens, I do find myself wanting to watch something a bit more grounded in reality. I think that is why I enjoyed the 355 so much.<\/p>\n

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Though the film touches on many of the tropes we associate with spy movies, there are a couple of times that I said out loud, \u201cI never saw that coming.\u201d The 355 is filled with plenty of chases, fight scenes and gun play; ticking<\/p>\n

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 off the boxes of what is needed in an action film. Speaking of the fight scenes I thought they were well choreographed and executed. In my opinion bad fight scenes can take away from a movie.<\/p>\n

The 355 might not be the best spy movie I have ever seen but it accomplishes its mission, it entertains. I enjoyed this film and as long as you aren\u2019t looking for one-liner catchphrases and violence for the sake of violence, you may enjoy it as well. I am hoping that there might be a sequel.<\/p>\n

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SYNOPSIS:<\/p>\n

When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, wild-card CIA agent Mason \u201cMace\u201d Brown (Jessica Chastain) joins forces with rival German agent Marie (Diane Kruger), former MI6 ally and cutting-edge computer specialist Khadijah (Lupita Nyong\u2019o), and skilled Colombian psychologist Graciela (Pen\u00e9lope Cruz) on a lethal mission to retrieve it. The unlikely team must also stay one step ahead of a mysterious woman, Lin Mi Sheng (Bingbing Fan), who is tracking their every move as the action rockets across the globe.<\/p>\n

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