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With: Sylvester Stallone, Javon Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, Moises Arias, Martin Starr, Sophia Tatum, Jared Odrick, Henry G. Sanders, Shameik Moore
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Written by: Bragi F. Schut
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Directed by: Julius Avery
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 for strong violence and strong language
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Running Time: 102
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Date: 08/26/2022
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Hero Tolerance
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
An anti-origin superhero movie that tells the other end of the story, Samaritan still feels somewhat familiar, and it's hampered by an uninteresting villain, the kind who seethes and smashes TVs when he doesn't like the news. But it gives Sylvester Stallone his best role since Creed, as the crusty, withdrawn "Joe," who lumbers around with a hoodie pulled over his scarred face, and fishes broken appliances out of the trash to fix them. Young Sam (Javon 'Wanna' Walton), a neighbor across the street, thinks Joe is really Samaritan, a superhero that disappeared years earlier during a destructive battle with superfoe Nemesis. Meanwhile, bad guy Cyrus (Pilou Asbæk) prepares to don the Nemesis mantle himself, and, with his loyal crew, take over the city. Director Julius Avery (Son of a Gun, Overlord) does a smashing job depicting a dystopian urban landscape ruled by violence and lawlessness, a place in which hope is perhaps more important than might. Dascha Polanco, Sophia Tatum, Moises Arias, and Martin Starr also appear.
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