A fairy tale for Will Smith, in which the Negro is not he, but he himself can treat certain segments of the population as blacks, not consider them people and make racist jokes in their direction. This is the deconstruction of a popular movie motif in the States. Although this in itself, as well as the presence of black humor are not cons. Cons of another:
- This McGuffin movie is the laziest type of story. Everyone needs a magic wand, for which every dog in the area begins to wet his neighbors with packs. Such a plot is very easy to write, a win-win option for lazy writers.
What happens in the film is internally contradictory. So, everyone wants to get a magic wand to conjure up any benefits. But at the same time, it is explicitly stated that almost no one can use it, one in a million people, and this is well-known information even for orcs and homeless people. To profit, the bandits need at the same time their trusted light, which will work for them. They don't have one. This is a joint of the same level as in District 9, mollusks, removed from the ship unarmed, sold people weapons that do not work in the hands of people.
- Too many repetitive dialogues about the same thing, sucked out of a finger dislike of a cop for a partner, baseless accusations. Too many deliberately cinematic twists per square meter: cops are suddenly notorious scoundrels, an elf is suddenly not autistic, Ward is suddenly a lighthouse, Jacoby is suddenly an Orcian chosen one.
- The scene of Jacobi’s death and resurrection is completely unnecessary, it was added only so that the orcs could get off of him and in the end recognize him as blood, although his resurrection is not his merit. That is, the authors drew the arch of the character not from his actions, he deserved his elevation not because he did something on the plot, but because he did it for him in a specially inserted scene.
- In the end, Smith's character somehow rubs the Fed's elf that there was no wand, and he accepts this version. It was directly shown that the special services took the staff in the container, the elf should already know this, and instead he somehow calmly listens to the excuse version and accepts it. If he's just playing along, why would he bring such a suite to the wounded? Let them write a fake report later.
- And racism. The movie doesn’t know what it wants to say. Ward pushes his daughter to talk about tolerance, pours in the station that orcs do not need to puke, then treats his partner like a dog, yelling that he is not a friend and does not need him at all. The same goes for everyone else. So the authors wanted to make a campaign or still put pressure on pity?
This is Smith’s best film in years. After the disgusting "After Era" and "Suicide Squad," I didn't expect anything from him at all and thought he was a rolling actor, but here he is in the right place. The main component of the film is the communication of two cops in a non-standard situation - he played well. With its shoals, the film gives pleasure, because its world is original, there is a good action and it is finally not a fucking 12+, but a picture without shackles of censorship.