Terminal (2018)

Directed by: Vaughn Stein | 95 minutes | crime, drama | Actors: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers, Max Irons, Katarina Cas, Nick Moran, Les Loveday, Jourdan Dunn, Matthew Lewis, Thomas Turgoose, Jay Simpson, Benjamin Griffin, Robert Goodman

Margot Robbie is working hard on the road. In fact: this actress has now tapped together a highway with name recognition. Unfortunately, the road surface is not equally solid everywhere. ‘Terminal’ can be translated as a piece of bad road surface. It’s like driving from the Netherlands into Belgium…

In ‘Terminal’, two hitmen are hired by a mysterious employer. The job doesn’t sound very appealing. In fact, it’s more like a disguised suicide mission! Yet there is interest in this job, because it is financially very interesting. So far, so good. Then the duo has to deal with a strange femme fatale. This lady becomes involved and intertwined with the assignment of the two professional killers.

It’s clear from the start that director Vaughn Stein is a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino. Like his idol, he puts a lot of emphasis on the dialogues. Unfortunately, the words Stein puts in the cast’s mouth aren’t as shrewd as Tarantino’s. It quickly results in a rather tiring viewing experience.

Film is a visual medium and not intended to fire quasi-funny dialogues at the viewer for long. One Tarantino is enough. Who is waiting for a clone or copy? According to Stein, apparently a lot of people. The cast apparently thought the same. Unfortunately, this view did not produce a nice movie. The conversations come across as artificial and become irritating. They try too hard to be funny and that actually backfires.

The names of the cast members are impressive, but unfortunately their performances are not on the same level. Robbie is always fun to watch, but even she can’t beat this movie with her charisma. Pegg and Myers can also do little with their comic talent to save this movie. Unfortunate. ‘Terminal’ is a failed film that could have been more.