THE MOVIE SCORECARD/ Mile 22: A movie review

(If you aren't interested in small talk, skip to the movie review below.)
Last month we enjoyed the celebration of the marriage of my nephew Max and his lovely bride, Emily. We spent some time in Vegas and in the old hometown of Spanish Fork, UT. I just love visiting with family, friends, and old acquaintances. While visiting with my 'Hansen' cousins, they expressed dismay that I had ceased my little movie reviews on social media. So, they've inspired me to resume sharing my thoughts on the many movies we see. Typically, we catch a movie every Friday afternoon. This is the perfect time to attend a flick; theaters are mostly empty, quiet, and nicely air conditioned. It is the perfect way to start the weekend! By attending as many films as we do, we see mostly entertaining ones, but of course there is the occasional stinker. Please don't confuse me with a 'real' movie critic. I'm really not interested in whether a movie is artsy, relevant to the times, or is of high literary value. I really only have one rule: "Don't bore me." That's it, keep me entertained, keep my attention, then I'm good. The Scorecard for my movie reviews will be baseball related and as follows: (Why baseball related? Because baseball is the best sport ever invented and it gives me an excuse to talk about it)
K (Strikeout): Terrible movie, boring, not worth the price of admission.
Base Hit: A serviceable film, mildly entertaining, but not recommended.
Double: Solid film, would hesitatingly recommend to others, still worth seeing.
Triple: Great movie, highly recommended, thoroughly entertaining!
Home Run: Fantastic film, a definite must see, could watch over and over!
Grand Slam: A classic, not a film you'll soon forget. Would receive serious consideration to join my Top 100 list.......... That's it, here we go........

Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg

When Mark Wahlberg and director, Peter Berg, have teamed up in the past (Lone Survivor and Patriot's Day) they've produced movie magic. Not so much with Mile 22, an incoherent, savagely violent  debacle. Thank goodness, this sensory overloaded dud had a running time of only 94 ice pick to the retina minutes. I knew it was bad when we were walking out and Kar asked, " Where do we go to get our money back?" Then Ally remarked, "That movie gave me a headache behind my eye-sockets, I'm sick" Not exactly ringing endorsements. I guess we should have paid heed to it's 'R' rating, which is this case would be 'R' for Ridiculously Repugnant! We love Marky Mark, but not even his ample biceps could rescue this spectacularly awful spy yarn. This is one of those films that come out every August that sometimes is a hit, sometimes a miss. This one struck out badly. The good news is, there will be another movie next week!
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See you next week..............................