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This week, we discuss Malcolm & Marie, Snowfall, Upload and Outside the Wire. Malcolm & Marie. Photo courtesy of Netflix
By Jonathan Limehouse and Bethany Lane
February 11, 2021
Welcome to the latest installment of “What’s good on TV,” in which two of QCity Metro’s young staff members and television fans suggest and review shows and movies that feature Black actors, directors, writers and showrunners.
Read their recaps, opinions and what to expect next from the shows and films that reflect Black culture.
Finally, take our survey at the bottom of the page to tell us what shows most interest you.
Disclaimer: Recaps may include mild spoilers.
A passing fancy
published : 22 Jan 2021 at 04:00 Anthony Mackie as android officer Leo. (Photo: NETFLIX)
A dystopian near future warzone, robots and AI, Russian terrorists, action-packed firefights with tons of bullets and explosions. The story of a drone pilot who has to team up with an android officer in a top secret mission in order to save the world from a nuclear attack. Judging by its premise, the latest futuristic war film Outside The Wire seems to have all the ingredients good sci-fi action movies should have. And while it s setting the scene for what we can expect, that s not always necessarily a good thing as Outside The Wire feels like a middling effort with an ineffective gimmick and undercooked script.
Exactly how long have we been expecting robots to take over the world? According to Wikipedia, L. Frank Baum introduced his readers to Tik-Tok, the first mechanical man assuming a
Movie Review – Outside the Wire (2021)
SYNOPSIS:
In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.
Netflix has made it abundantly clear they’re hoping to capitalise on the present theatrical exodus that’s likely to reach far into 2021, compensating for the ongoing tentpole drought with a deluge of splashy, lavishly budgeted high-concept genre films.
But hopefully the streamer’s 2021 slate won’t begin as it means to go on, because their new sci-fi action romp
Outside the Wire is a flavourless bowl of cinematic tapioca brought to the small screen with total anonymity by journeyman director Mikael Håfström (