Extremely refreshing. I feel like every cliché dumb fun movie that was slapped together is heralded as refreshing and it's kind of tiresome. 65 for example just wasn't a very good movie and had no substance or drive, but it's a big dinosaur vehicle so everyone said this is what we need, this is refreshing. No, this movie is refreshing. This whole movie is full of tropes and predictable plot points and yadda yadda, but it's really the small details that hint to me that this isn't just another 65. It's clearly a movie that was made with so much love and passion. It's just fun as hell and designed to be fun without the obvious corporate hand looming over each artistic decision. It's the little details. Like I said, it's a trope movie, but there's also tons of little tiny subversions of tropes that makes the story feel more human. There's no dramatic third act breakup between Hutch and his wife, they feel like a real couple trying to reconnect after drifting apart. The russian tough guys at the tattoo shop don't take the bait and decide to let Hutch go because they believe that he is indeed dangerous because they aren't npcs in a spider-man game. Just small things like that make this feel more human. The fight scenes were literally perfect. The last big set fight in particular was what bumped this from a 7 to an 8. It just looks like they put so much care into that scene. From a production stand point, a directing stand point and an acting stand point. They literally casted 3 of the most wholesome, least problematic celebrities for this movie. Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd and the RZA. What a trio. They don't look like they're just in it for a pay day, they look like they're in it for the love of the craft. Because I just KNOW that RZA had the time of his life getting to live out his action star fantasy and that thought brings me joy. Since I usually talk about music and cinematography in my reviews, here's my quick thoughts on that to wrap up the review. The soundtrack picks were top notch and the camera movement during action sequences was great. The score was serviceable and the colour grading looked really bad and grey. That's probably my biggest complaint is how dull the visuals are outside of the snappy action shots. 8/10. A truly refreshing movie.