Release: Sgt. Rock

 

Sgt. Rock

Genre: Action/War/Superhero

Director: Jalmari Helander

Writers: APJ & Jimmy Ellis

Based on DC Comics characters

Cast: Alan Ritchson, Emma MAckey, Yura Borisov, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Mark Rowley, Fred Hechinger, Martin Sensmeier, Damon Herriman, Albrecht Schuch, Felix Kammerer, Lars Eidinger, Jean Dujardin

Budget: $110,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $166,300,007

Foreign Box Office: $140,551,774

Total Profit: $91,848,399

Reaction: After the rough box office results the studio had in Season 33, it is obviously a positive to start Season 34 off with a decent hit.

"Like its titular hero, Sgt. Rock is unrelenting, banged-up, and proudly old-school. While the mix of Nazi occultism, squad camaraderie, and grindhouse-style war action can be thrilling, the film often leans too heavily on genre tropes at times. The Easy Company ensemble is fun but lightly sketched, and the supernatural Nazi villain plot feels a beat too close to Hellboy meets Overlord territory. That said, Ritchson’s stoic magnetism and Emma Mackey’s grounded intensity anchor the chaos, and the film’s final battle is satisfyingly unhinged." - Rita Lomax, The Onion A.V. Club Midwestern Digest 

"Sgt. Rock is a solid war action movie that is carried by the performances of likable characters. Alan Ritchson's name joins that elite action squad (Stallone/Arnold/Statham) you almost always know what you're going to get from him at this point. My main beef with the film is it relies too heavily on a 'we've seen this before' plot and an undercooked villain performance. Despite us knowing what's going to happen, its a satisfyingly entertaining comic book film." - Dexter Quinn, Cinematic Observer Newsletter

"Sgt. Rock is a pulpy thrill ride that fuses WWII grit with supernatural comic-book flair, and while it occasionally stumbles into bombast, it hits more often than it misses. Alan Ritchson is perfectly cast as the granite-faced hero, commanding Easy Company with brutal efficiency and stoic charm. Director Jalmari Helander keeps the action hard-hitting and brisk, staging explosive set pieces with gusto, especially a mid-film train assault that’s pure cinematic testosterone. The film’s mythological leanings - centered on the Spear of Destiny - are well-executed if a bit familiar, and the final act feels slightly overlong. Still, it’s a confident, brawny war comic come to life, and sometimes, that’s enough." - Vince DeSalvo, Empire State Tribune

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence, action, and thematic elements