The Mandalorian 2.4 Review - 5 Ups And 2 Downs From Chapter 12
Downs...
2. The Repetitive Action Sequences
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Chapter 12 was another action-heavy instalment of The Mandalorian, but apart from the TIE chase previously mentioned the action sequences on the whole felt disappointing.
Granted, there are only so many ways of filming a bunch of shootouts, but everything felt markedly more static in this week's episode compared to what we've gotten used to. There's lots of ducking and pot-shots and the process repeats itself over and over until the closing act.
It would've been nice to see our heroes utilising a selection of weapons, potentially, as opposed to just the ordinary blaster pistols. Nothing too major, but some more variety definitely couldn't have hurt.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
