10 Recent Movies That Let You Down INSTANTLY
3. Fountain of Youth
The question with any new Guy Ritchie movie is thus - will it be the good, engaged type of Guy Ritchie, or the naffly by-the-numbers, gun-for-hire Guy Ritchie?
And his latest globetrotting action flick for Apple, Fountain of Youth, lets you know the answer in basically record time. It's the latter, to be clear.
Within minutes it's apparent we're saddled with a fundamentally miscast John Krasinski as a plucky, quip-happy art thief, while an opening vehicular chase sequence is shot anonymously without any of Ritchie's expected stylistic nous.
It all feels a bit Poundland Indiana Jones, even Poundland National Treasure, if not for the fact that it was funded by Apple to the eye-watering tune of $180 million.
The first 10 minutes of the movie confirm that this is a lethargic star vehicle with none of the zest or charm of Ritchie's better works. At that point if you stick with it to the end, that's on you.