The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 11 Round 4)

Ooof. I'll be honest, this was not a good round of films for the studio, so let's get it over with. Here's The Roundup....

3. Police Story: The Return
I was surprised not only to see a new Police Story film, but I'm also surprised to see it make a profit to be honest. But there you have it. It was smartly cast and the studio made a good decision keeping it mid-budget.

2. Jamie Dornan
Jamie Dornan is quietly on his way to a memorable season. He holds his own in Police Story, not that he's asked to do too much. And now he's been announced as a member of the cast of the historical film Radisson, which is surely set to be a high-profile release. Will he make it to three films this season?

1. DC Comics Universe
Vixen doesn't sound particularly interesting to me as a film-goer, although it is interesting to see other writers start to write DC films. Hopefully they can come close to matching the quality we've come to expect in the Universe from writers APJ (Green Arrow, Batman: Caped Crusader), Chad Taylor (The Booster Gold Series), D.R. Cobb (The Question Series), Dominic Wilkins (Metamorpho) and Mo Buck (Captain Atom). The announcement of a Batman character appearing in Martian Manhunter is also very intriguing. Could this mean Batman showing up in the next Justice League film?

3. Metascores
This round has to have one of the lowest average Metascores in the studio's history, with a whopping average of 25.

2. The Devil in the White City
This film should have been great. But it is frustrating that the film's story lines never came together, like it frankly should have. You can pull off parallel story lines like this in television and books, but on the big screen we really need to see one story - that's kind of the point of a movie in the first place. So honestly, it's hard to even consider this to be a movie in the first place.

1. Metal Gear Solid 2
I needed multiple attempts to get through this one. It was WAY too long, featured a truly dull performances, and rarely made sense due to the overuse of techinical details that had no bearing on the overall story. It somehow managed to make money, but if a third film is going to make any money it's going to have to be better than this.