What’s Aged the Worst?
Runtime; implausible drive times; burned evidence; unaddressed implied assault; wig ponytail
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- At about 126 minutes the film is a little fat, especially the middle stretch with Kate Mara; about 110 minutes would be ideal.
- Kate Mara's Kentucky accent is praised, though it softens as the film goes on.
- The travel is implausible: a 10-hour drive from Philadelphia to Kentucky while bleeding, and about 26 hours from Tennessee to Bozeman while the most wanted man alive.
- Burning the evidence that could clear Swagger is questioned; a counterpoint says he baited them, knowing the removed firing pins would clear him.
- The film hints that something terrible happened to Kate Mara's character while held by the henchman, then never acknowledges it beyond her shooting him repeatedly.
- Wahlberg's ponytail is too long and looks like a wig; either grow it or skip it.
- Cutting off the ponytail is read as symbolic of returning to military readiness.
- No aged-worst item is offered; this participant loves a ponytail and disagrees. — Shea Serrano