Netflix’s ‘Thunder Force’ Almost Lives Up To It’s Terrible Name
Thunder because they are overweight, Force is what you do to make it to the end of this awful movie
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) and Octavia Spencer (The Help, Hidden Figures) are red-hot in the early 20’s in Hollywood. Both are A-list leading actresses on their own. Put them together in a superhero movie and you should have an instant billion dollar franchise…
This must have been the thought process of Netflix executives when they had a dump-truck filled with money driven to both McCarthy and Spencer’s mansions to star in this motion picture adaptation of a yo-mama-so-fat joke.
In March of 1983, a massive pulse of interstellar cosmic-rays struck the earth and its population. These cosmic rays triggered a genetic transformation in a select few, unleashing unimaginable superpowers. Unfortunately, these superpowers were only unlocked in rare individuals, who were genetically predisposed to be sociopaths. These new super humans came to be known as… Miscreants. — Lydia Berman played by Melissa McCarthy
No complaints about the backstory of the main plot.
The execution leaves a lot to be desired. This is not a good movie.
The backstory of the characters is a rip off of Batman with a dash of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone to make it a buddy movie. Miscreants kill Emily Stanton’s (Octavia) parents. She devotes her life to getting revenge on the mutants. Like Batman, but different enough so DC comics can’t sue.
Before going full Batman, Slayer shirt wearing Oliva Berman (McCarthy) saves Emily Stanton (Octavia) from getting beat up in school. The two instantly become best friends but drift apart as time goes on.
A high-school reunion reunites the duo years later. Octavia’s character is now invisible Batman and McCarthy’s character becomes her Tammy character, but with super strength. But not before Octavia’s massive eyeballs bug out at McCarthy lifting something while farting.
Eventually they get their curve-accentuating superhero costumes. McCarthy doesn’t want to take off her Slayer shirt to put the costume on.
Octavia: “Take off your shirt!”
McCarthy: “No!” (Proceeded by three minute, self-degrading tirade about what the Slayer shirt means to her)
Octavia: “Take off your shirt!”
McCarthy: “Okay…”
McCarthy taking off the Slayer shirt ends the most exciting conflict in the movie.
This movie is terrible on multiple levels.
Lots of cruel weight and looks related jokes of the fart-and-dick variety that should have stayed in the previous century.
Given a multi-million dollar budget, someone should have come up with better powers than super-strength and being invisible. This movie was made in 2020, not 1920. Even back then those superpowers were lame.
Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are Hollywood-ugly actresses. They’re not believable playing ugly people because they’re not ugly. Using the two of the best actresses in Hollywood for this was a waste.
Jason Bateman’s character adds nothing to the story but allows him to reprise the smug douchebag David Hogan character from Hogan’s Family he played 30 years ago. Bateman plays a psychopath with crab hands as a super-power who’s trying to bang McCarthy’s character. By default he’s the best thing in this movie.
This is another miss from the husband-wife team of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone. The Happy Time Murders was the last decent thing they did. It’s no wonder McCarthy plays Tammy again, it was written by the same dude.
Netflix was hoping for a lighthearted Batman. They got Batman but it was Batman and Robin.
Hard pass. You have better things to do with your life. This movie might be a cult classic just because it’s The Room awful with no one being in on the joke.
Thunder Force sucks.
