Mini-Review: A funny, self-parodying flick that shows its pedigree (lots of great absurd humor from the Clone High/Cloudy with Meatballs guys). Tatum's great, somehow (I never would have known). "You're reporting to Jump Street. 37 Jump Street! Wait, no, that doesn't sound right."
Mini-Review: It's a true throwback to the originals, as it's pure slapstick and idiocy from beginning to end, but it actually works. The no-holds-barred joke explosion won me over, and while it's got more than its fair share of groaners, it's not the disaster it looked like it could have been.
Mini-Review: Cage rocks, but everything else is pretty bad. The action's dark, shaky and hard to see, and there's no reason to care about the plot. It's a modern B-movie.
Mini-Review: Not spectacular by any means, as the beginning and end are not as compelling and drag a little bit compared to the meat of the story, but it's a very good adaptation of some very good source material.
Mini-Review: Not much of note here, either good or bad.
Mini-Review: Nothing in the film can be considered "great," but fans of the books will find something to love. I'm especially a fan of the film's relative lack of on-screen violence; it's a strong way of emphasizing just how wrong the Games are. It doesn't glorify its horrible topic, but humanizes it.