"Wrath Of Man" is a tale of revenge, more 70s action than grindhouse but with some interesting additions.

Director Ryan Kruger who seems to have financed and done a lot of the film on his own, overdoes some of the clichés but doesn't pull back on the body horror or general visceral nature of the proceeding which is admirable.

"Cliff Walkers", the follow up of Zhang Yimou to his magical realism historical epic "Shadow" is interesting idea with less CG but a much more straightforward storyline set after the invasion of China by Japan during World War II. While the story is very much from the Chinese perspective, it does allow an interesting mode of thought in how the Chinese saw their captors.

The essence of choice in survival situations comes down to individuality and how one reflects in that moment in time. Although on a grander scale with a different interaction of actors, Joe Penna's "Stowaway" starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick and Daniel Dae Kim follows the same ideal of what path would one choose.

Director Quentin Dupieux who has always formulated in idea of the wrong way people end up in their story despite their correct course (Fest Track interviewed his actors at Sundance for his film "Wrong") reflects in a more minimalist structure in "Keep An Eye Out" but with no less frolic and disdain.

What "Crisis" really is about is the opioid crisis from the three angles that it needs to be seen from to get a helicopter perspective. The first is from the research and commerce side which Oldman is embroiled with. The second is Armie Hammer as an undercover agent working in enforcement for the DEA trying to trap some dealers by posing as one. The third is a mother played by Evangeline Lilly who undergoes a trauma which brings her in a way into the orbit of Hammer's op, albeit peripherally

Here the idea of a person of Mauritania (alas "The Mauritanian"), which actually is a country on the Northwest Coast of Africa next to Algiers, is accused of being one of the masterminds behind direct phone connections to Osama Bin Laden through a sat phone (and, by extension, to the 9/11 attacks).

While the film wants to have harks to "Sicario" and "Scarface" in certain ways, especially with the inclusion of Steven Bauer (from "Scarface") as the father, it is the imbalances of an independent production that come through (though it does the best with what it has).

Like their previous collaboration with "Captain Phillips", Hanks and director Paul Greengrass try to keep the action and journey as grounded as possible. With the exception of a few massive overhead CG shots, it keeps with them on the trail or over a fire. The movie has scope but it plays in intimate terms.