Saturday, March 1, 2025

Movies I Have Seen - March 2025 (1 movie)

 


(2 Movies) 


Luther. 2023 (British), Starring 


  • Idris Elba as John Luther, a brilliant but disgraced former Detective Chief Inspector who escapes prison to pursue Robey.
  • Cynthia Erivo as Odette Raine, the current head of the Serious and Serial Crime Unit (SSCU), hunting down Luther and Robey.
  • Dermot Crowley as Martin Schenk, the retired former head of the SSCU and Luther's former boss.
  • Andy Serkis as David Robey, a wealthy and psychopathic millionaire turned high body count serial killer, who uses surveillance technology to manipulate and kill civilians.
  • Thomas Coombes as Archie Woodward, Raine's subordinate in the SSCU and one of Robey's blackmail victims.
  • Hattie Morahan as Corinne Aldrich, the mother of Robey victim Callum Aldrich.
  • Lauryn Ajufo as Anya Raine, Odette's teenage daughter.
  • Vincent Regan as Dennis McCabe, a criminal associate of Luther who helps him escape
  • Henry Hereford as Brian Lee, one of Robey's blackmail victims.

In addition, Einar Kuusk as Arkady Kachimov, Robey's right-hand man, and Tara Fitzgerald in an uncredited role as Georgette, Robey's ex-wife and victim.


Netflix, March 1, 2025, Guanajuato, MX. Soundtrack: "



Trivia: Languages - English, Estonian and Portuguese. 

Anachronisms: 

There is no ferry route between Norway and UK. The now defunct route connecting Newcastle in England with Stavanger, Bergen, and Haugesund in Norway shut down in 2008. But there is plans to reopen a route in 2026.


Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I. 2023, Starring 


  • Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an IMF agent and leader of an operatives team.
  • Hayley Atwell as Grace, a thief and Ethan's new ally. Christopher McQuarrie described Atwell's character as a "destructive force of nature", while Atwell explained that her character's loyalties are "somewhat ambiguous".[8][9]
  • Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell, an IMF computer technician, Ethan's best friend, and a member of his team.
  • Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, an IMF technical field agent, Ethan's friend and a member of his team.
    • Pegg also voices the Entity, a powerful rogue sentient AI who can manipulate cyberspace, allowing it to control global defense intelligence and financial networks, who enlists Gabriel as a liaison while world powers compete to control it.
  • Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust, a disavowed MI6 agent who allied with Ethan's team during Rogue Nation (2015) and Fallout (2018).
  • Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis, a black-market arms dealer and broker who goes by the alias "White Widow". Alanna is the daughter of Max, a deceased arms dealer originally portrayed by Vanessa Redgrave from the first film.
  • Esai Morales as Gabriel, a liaison assassin and Ethan's adversary who appears to be working with the Entity, an all-powerful AI system, to rule the world. He and Ethan had a fateful encounter with each other prior to Ethan's becoming an IMF agent.[10]
  • Pom Klementieff as Paris, a French assassin who works for Gabriel.[11]
  • Mariela Garriga as Marie, a woman from Ethan and Gabriel's past, seen only in brief flashbacks.[12]
  • Henry Czerny as Eugene Kittridge, the former director of the IMF and current director of the CIA last seen in Mission: Impossible (1996).
  • Shea Whigham as Jasper Briggs, a US Intelligence agent assigned to hunting Ethan and his team.[13]
  • Cary Elwes as Denlinger, the Director of National Intelligence.[14]
  • Greg Tarzan Davis as Degas, a US Intelligence agent and Briggs's partner assigned to track down Ethan and his team.
  • Frederick Schmidt as Zola Mitsopolis, Alanna's brother.[15]

Additionally, Charles ParnellRob DelaneyIndira Varma and Mark Gatiss appear as heads of US Intelligence agencies, representing NROJSOCDIA and NSA, respectively.[16][10] Marcin DorociÅ„ski and Ivan Ivashkin appear as the captain and the second-in-command of the Sevastopol submarine, respectively.


Netflix, March 3, 2025. Soundtrack: "