Terminal

 Terminal 2018

• Director: Vaughn Stein
• Based on book: no
• Cast: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers, Max Irons, Katarina Cas, Matthew Lewis
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Margot Robbie – The Suicide Squad, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I Tonya, The Wolf of Wall Street, About Time
• Simon Pegg – Ready Player One, Absolutely Anything, The World’s End, Paul, Hot Fuzz, Doctor Who, Shaun of the Dead, 24 Hour Party People
• Dexter Fletcher – Cockneys vs Zombies, Misfits, Bonekickers, Topsy-Turvey, Jude
• Mike Meyers – Bohemian Rhapsody, Inglourious Basterds
• Max Irons – Woman in Gold
• Matthew Lewis – Harry Potter
• Why? Simon Pegg
• Seen: 13 July 2022      

       A deserted train station in the middle of the night. Bill (Pegg) is waiting for a train but he isn’t going anywhere. The custodian (Meyers) suggests that he go to the all-night café. There he finds the friendly but nosy and astute waitress Annie (Robbie) who tries to figure out how he’s dying because he obviously is.

       What we soon see is that she is an ace assassin, and her plan is to get two rival assassins (Fletcher and Irons) to kill each other so that she can take over from the boss.

       It’s like a British parody of Pulp Fiction without quite so much blood. It’s funny, absurd, surrealistic, stylish, and very entertaining. 

4* of 5