The Roundup with Jeff Stockton (Season 35 Round 6)

 

 

 Roud 6 got the second half of the season off to an okay start. Here's The Roundup....

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2. Vultures

Writer Clive Steinbeck seems to have figured out the formula for Rob Zombie grindhouse horror based on this and Bigfoot. While Vultures didn't reinvent the wheel it was entertaining from start to finish.

1. Tom Clancy-verse

While Ghost Recon wasn't quite the hit that Splinter Cell or Rainbow Six was, it at least shows that Tom Clancy adaptations are still completely viable (and lucrative).

3. The Friend Zone

The studio reaction hit the nail on the head for this one. It wasn't a Fantasy/Comedy - it was a Fantasy/Romantic Comedy. Either way I think the film missed out on a lot of the potential comedy (and romance) of the concept. 

2. Ghost Recon

Jon Hamm really is no Tom Cruise. Hamm may be younger than Cruise, but he feels too old and inactive to headline a film like this. It didn't deliver the action goods nearly enough for me.

1. Box Office

Ghost Recon's box office helped things a little bit, but not a lot.