Checkmate (2015)
If you’re the type of person who likes to have a movie on for background noise as you’re doing something else, like a jigsaw puzzle, your grocery list, cleaning the refrigerator, etc. then you’ll want to add Checkmate to your list. It has so much in it to keep you mildly interested, and it’s very noisy so you’ll be able to understand what’s going on when your head is turned away for a minute. To its credit, everyone involved in the movie seems to know it’s incredibly cheesy, and they milk it for all its worth.
In one parallel storyline, Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones are playing an intense game of chess. In another, there’s a bank robbery, complete with mistakes, hostages, and cops surrounding the parking lot. In a third, there’s a kid dying in the hospital, and when his father turns to a priest (Sean Astin), it turns out the priest has a gun in the confessional. These stories are all supposed to tie in, but I doubt anyone took this movie seriously enough to find out if they do.
In all honesty, this movie is terrible. But there are some people who like to watch terrible movies. To each his own, as they say.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to language and violence, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
More Danny Glover movies here!
In one parallel storyline, Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones are playing an intense game of chess. In another, there’s a bank robbery, complete with mistakes, hostages, and cops surrounding the parking lot. In a third, there’s a kid dying in the hospital, and when his father turns to a priest (Sean Astin), it turns out the priest has a gun in the confessional. These stories are all supposed to tie in, but I doubt anyone took this movie seriously enough to find out if they do.
In all honesty, this movie is terrible. But there are some people who like to watch terrible movies. To each his own, as they say.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to language and violence, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
More Danny Glover movies here!