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This movie was not for John David Washington, they should have cast someone else. The acting was generally really bad, I felt nothing for the characters and I also didn't connect with the story. The Characters who are seemingly "in-love" had no chemistry between them. The camera work and editing were the biggest let down, some of the shots were out of focus....not artistically out of focus, like incompetent DP out of focus. Editing department should have cut those out. Some scenes were shot like it was a low budget student film. This movie was hard to watch because the overall quality was really poor.

Beckett is one not so special or memorable work .

So.

I'm sure there are people who genuinely like this movie, as pretty much no movie is ever bad or good to everyone, but I'd be skeptical of any review over 5. The whole premise makes little sense, there is absolutely no reason JDW would be able to defend himself, as his character has no background that would indicate it, and Greece looks like a slum, so there's no reason to watch for the cinematography. Can't really say much without revealing 'spoilers', so watch at your own risk. We watched because it starred Washington, but we're finding that he's not a particularly good actor, and the movies he picks aren't particularly good either. Haven't liked the last few he's been in. He's smart to be cashing in while he can, and I certainly don't blame him for working. This movie is unintentionally funny in spots, so it's not totally devoid of entertainment value.

I really can't understand how the producers didnt notice that the movie is so mediocre.

Washington was not as bad as reviewers suggested.

I was very excited to see Denzel's son John David Washington and Alicia Vikander in this film yet once it started it was obvious in the slow burning first 15 mins that this first time director needs more time to learn the craft and writing better scripts. Another netflix straight to video terrible film in almost all aspects except the lovely Greek scenery.

The chemistry does not work between Washington and Vikander and thankfully her part is very short lived and just a cameo or maybe she wanted a nice Greek holiday. The shots in the beginning are odd and trying to be artistic like cutting to her converse sneakers do not work and the editing is not very good and makes for strange moments rather than intimacy. It is almost like a bad euro romance film and then suddenly it turns into a Wanna be Jason Bourne on a low budget. Once the accident happens after 20 mins it just becomes hilarious and hard to digest that any of the main lead Washingtons actions have any merit whatsoever. There really is not enough back story of the political implications of the kidnapping to really care about the story or plot to push the action forward. The director is good with action sequences once things get started but with a script so shallow in any depth and confusing even when they finally explain the plot that you are left scratching your head why any of this is happening and who really cares. This is unfortunately a poor choice of a film for these leads and should have involved no name actors from EU. It is sad to see such a terrible script or maybe the back story was left in the editing room. It is a watchable film if you want to watch an endless scene of Washington being chased across all of Greece..and i mean literally ever village, country home, bus, train, bar and with pathetic fight action scenes that are non realistic action scenes and almost painful to watch. The best part is his jumping out of a 5th story garage on to a moving car below and not only lands on the roof - but then beats the driver with his own door and head. It is simply hilarious! At that point you just wonder what was the writer thinking when he wrote this script. And how did this get green lit and be acceptable to both main lead actors. Jason Nonsensical Beckett on a shoe budget. It might win Razzy awards.

4 stars for the Greek scenery and both main actors trying their best to make a mess out of terrible script. Kudos for giving a first time director a chance... from Tenet to low budget Jason Boring film.. .is shocking to see how Washington thought this was a good idea. Curious to see him in more films with better directors.

If you cut an hour from this movie it might actually be half-decent-okayish, but they didn't. The movie is so slow-paced it almost makes A Handmaids Tale look regular speed (kidding, nothing is as slow as AHT).

Acting is poor, you can guess the every step everyone takes, you never wonder who the bad guys are, and generally it is just not a good movie.

Only reason I sat thru it all was because of 7.4 rating on IMDb, so I kept hoping for something to happen; but I must have caught that rating early because when the movie was finally over, after what seemed like the entire period between when the first dinosaur lived until the last one died, the rating had changed to 5-something (which is still way too high).

4 stars (because 3 and below is meant for the stuff that makes you want to ditch you tv in the dumpster)

I am a big fan of the lead actor, but even John couldn't save this movie. It is not a horrible movie but it really could have been better, there's a lot that went wrong with plot and the acting. I could only finish the movie after laboring over two sit ins.

Nope. I had a surgery recently, little 3 inch scar. Couldn't move.. If you do this much damage to a person, they are immobile. Silly movie with victim that has you screaming at TV cause he's an idiot. Skip.

On the most part the acting was ok, just badly let down by the script, and especially the direction. I'm also thinking that Alicia Vikander did this as a favour, as she played little part in the proceedings. There was no chemistry between the two of them, to be honest, this was a really poor man's Borne. Shame as it clearly had a decent budget. Again, let down by the story, and ultimately, the direction.

The movie as a whole was sort of gripping and yet confusing.

What do you do when you are in a foreign country and people keep trying to kill you - but you're not sure why? That's the gist of the plot in one sentence, with no spoilers.

The first part, of him and his girlfriend touring around Greece is a bit slow, but this soon changes to scenes of pursuit and escape at a breakneck pace. The stamina of this guy is amazing, after a car crash, being shot and stabbed a few times and the (less than realistic) blind jump onto a moving car. Schwarzenegger and Stallone, you have found your successor.

But I kept being jarred out of the story by the soundtrack, which is most annoying. It has some screeching, a lot of drum sequences that sound like urban youth beating on garbage cans and plastic buckets, and the occasional orchestral swells that drown out the dialog. Sorry, but no Oscars for score or sound editing.

And the plot could have used a little clarification regarding the politics involved and the reasoning behind the incidents that we witness. I've seen it all, but I'm still not sure of who did what and why.

First 20-30 minutes is intriguing. The rest of the movie is David Washington running away from captors. The end.

So so acting, a poor script, and numerous unrealistic things happening throughout the film prevent this movie from being anything more then a one time watch action film. Not horrible, but far from a good movie. It kept my attention, but I wouldn't watch it again.

The acting was good and the plot had potential. It just seems kinda pointless though. The ending is a huge let down with no answers. Still not sure why they were even trying to kill the guy.

John Washington has been on a roll of late, with his turn in Tenet most recently showing what he's capable of as an actor. But no matter how great a performer you are, there's only so much you can do to carry a movie that isn't well executed, which brings me to the slosh-fest that is Beckett.

Heavily inspired by the political thrillers of the 60's or 70's, for instance the iconic and thrilling 1976's Marathon Man kept popping into my noggin' while watching this movie and by the way, if you haven't seen Marathon Man, feel free to turn off Beckett and go watch that masterpiece of film making instead.

Anyways the setup here is a basic thriller staple. A couple on vacation are having a gay old time until things inevitably go horribly wrong. When girlfriend Alice, played by a woefully underused Alicia Vikander (Ex-Machina, Lara Croft) dies in an accident, Beckett is left as the sole survivor. But what should've been a tragic but ordinary end to his time in Greece turns deadly, as Beckett is chased by a cop and his cronies who want him dead for reasons he needs to figure out, if he's to survive.

It's not the acting. Washington nails it as the ordinary man caught in an extraordinary situation. He's not an action hero, doesn't have a history in the military or is secretly some bad-ass spy. He's just a man scared out of his wits, who wants to get home safe but who is unwittingly caught up in a conspiracy not of his own making. As I said before Vikander is here and gone, but their short time on screen together worked well. Everyone else barely makes an impact.

It's also not the score, which evokes those old school thrillers I spoke about before (this movie also made me think if Kurt Russell's Breakdown, a more recent thriller that is also way better than this one) and it wasn't the story, which on paper is a solid synopsis for this kind of movie. No I'm laying blame for the complete lack of energy and tension needed to make this work at the feet of director and editorial department.

Scenes ran way too long sucking the tension and my interest out of the room and now that I think about it, maybe the screenplay need some polishing too as I sat through what seemed like multiple versions of the same thing over and over again. Beckett runs, someone chases him, Beckett gets away with/without help, Beckett is spotted by baddies, Beckett runs again. This nonsense went on for way too long without any new plot points or beats being added which had me reaching for my remote to hit the fast forward button. If someone is fast forwarding through a movie they never saw before because they just want the redundant moments to be over, you know you have a problem.

This one was a huge disappointment for me folks. I honestly thought I was getting a slick, tightly shot action thriller, full to the brim with interesting characters and fun twists. Instead I got a weak imitation of much better movies I've already seen and at nearly two hours, that's precious viewing time I'll never get back. I already named two movies far superior to this one. Here's a third, The Fugitive, now got watch any of those instead of Beckett and you can thank me later.

Score 4.5 out of 10.

John David Washington's performance is like always very uneven. He is not a good actor and can't play his part.

Honestly they is a few things wrong with this movie. I had to look up the date of the film twice as it wasn't clear whether this film was set in present times or in the past as the setting, clothing and scenes where very old. Just really poor work. If it was set in the past this could have been made clear from the start. Second the leads acting was very bad. Not really sure why anybody thought this kind of sub standard acting was okay. I'm sure it's not just the actor's fault but I guess also the directors and production team. At times it was very cringe and made even worse by the poor editing. I don't think Washington should act in these low budget foreign films as it clearly ruins his image. However the script overall was not bad and story line engaging.

A heavily influenced 70's euro 'thriller', which is shot with a natural, kubrickian asthetic.

All adding to the realism, which is does to be fair.

Its passable, but with a limited score, there is no pace or tension to drive the narrative along and JDW is given little to do and is therefore very bland.

Very poor writing but there were some nice action scenes.

This was so slow we thought it was going to start going backward. The first 25 minutes the star couldn't speak in unbroken sentences. Poorly acted on all fronts.