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movie review - Nimona

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is a movie about a knight whos act of knighthood is sabotaged by a violent act of terrorism that causes him to unwittingly kill the city's monarch. He loses an arm in the process and is imprisoned. So we've established a man-in-a-hole plot, and I'm here for it as the kids say. But a twist then occurs, and that is he's sprung from jail by a shape-shifting lunatic character who may likely be bent on the complete destruction of the city.

After that it's a blend of man-in-a-hole and copy buddy movie, skinned with visible and sexual minorities flavors as is our wont these days. I did quite enjoy the way the real story is teased out against the high-speed action and urgency, and I do indeed like a Chaotic Neutral character as our titular lunatic appears to be.

Recommended.