By Jonathan Klotz | Published
Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend, having made his name in Westerns, proved himself as a rogue cop in Dirty Harry, and then stepped behind the camera for a third stint as an award-winning director. . At age 94, his career may be over, but he’s had another directorial success. Judge No. 2A gritty legal thriller that has received rave reviews. The problem is that Warner Bros., the studio he worked with for 60 years, denied the film a wide release, and now, promoting its December 20 arrival on Max, is calling it a “Max Original.” is forced to advertise as
Clint Eastwood’s last film
Clint Eastwood’s last movie is better than the original. Max has some good originals, from Flight attendant To Penguinbut they are series, and when it comes to movies, Warner Bros. has never had a hit Max original. That explains why they suddenly rebranded. Judge No. 2. That’s what they did with the most recent one. Salem’s lot The remake, which was supposed to be in theaters before the studio shelved it and dumped it on Max after Stephen King called them out.
The fact is that Judge No. 2 The “theatrical run” could then be taken as a win for Clint Eastwood, but those quotes are doing some heavy lifting, as the film debuted in just 35 theaters and grossed less than $300,000. Warner Bros. didn’t report numbers for the opening weekend, forcing everyone to rely on third-party sources for that estimate. Despite the lack of a marketing campaign and the ability of most of America to see it, the thriller was at least critically acclaimed, earning a 92 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The type of film Hollywood stopped making.
Judge No. 2 Nicholas Hoult plays Justin Kemp, a recovering alcoholic called for jury duty who begins to realize he may have committed murder. Clint Eastwood assembles a stacked cast, including Toni Collette as the district attorney pursuing the case for political reasons and Chris Messina as the public defender defending Gabriel Basso’s James Seth over his head. . The supporting cast includes Kiefer Sutherland, JK Simmons, Leslie Bibb, and Zoe Deitch.
Flooding theaters in a world of superheroes and VFX spectacle, Clint Eastwood takes an old-school adult drama from a unique perspective, and maybe too quiet and too cool to garner attention on social media. Considerable, but that doesn’t mean it should be thrown away. Maximum single good thing abOutside of the streaming release date Judge No. 2 It’s December 20th, right before Christmas, and the perfect time to watch the holidays.
Warner Bros. are the alienating directors.
Warner Bros. has been making news for years for all the wrong reasons, starting in 2020 when it actively feuded with Christopher Nolan over its release. Tenetwhich hit theaters during the COVID pandemic but destroyed years of goodwill, brought one of the biggest directors in history to Universal, who moved on. Oppenheimer. Then, hit the studio Batgirl And Coyote vs AcmeTwo full movies, instead of releasing them on Max, explaining why Stephen King worked so hard to save them. Salem’s lot. Judge No. 2Clint Eastwood’s eventual final film, should have been a celebration, not a long line of bad behavior.
Macho crythe last film Clint Eastwood starred in, may have been a box office disappointment, but in just the past 10 years, he’s also racked up award winners. American Sniper, Sillyand Richard JewellHe had a better hit record during that time than Robert Zemeckis, who somehow managed to get a wide release for his experimental film. Here That’s when Warner Bros. threw it away. Judge No. 2. For an industry that complains about a dearth of movie stars, the way an American icon has been treated at the end of his career is proof that every year there are fewer and fewer creators. Why want to work in a studio system?
Starting December 20th, you can watch. Judge No. 2 On Macs, the streaming service was retained. The Sopranos Looks again.
