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Lou Reviews
The movie has one of those twists that need to build suspense which isn’t written properly.
An atmospheric blend of survival thriller & crime mystery. Well worth a watch for Allison Janney's badass performance, Lou is Bear Grylls meets Jason Bourne with a dollop of TAKEN’s Bryan Mills.
This is another serviceable Netflix actioner that will do the trick for a late night watch, yet won’t be something on your mind the following morning.
Lou Adell (Allison Janney) is a cross between a typical Liam Neeson hero and Rambo.
It's very simply a sturdy, exciting little film, refreshingly female-centric and nicely atmospheric.
A mediocre action movie in a cohesive setting, with a helpless cast of actors and a story that really surprises no one. [Full review in Spanish]
It may be formulaic and predictable, but action thriller Lou still makes for a fun watch, thanks in large part to the considerable talents of its leading lady.
Predictable, absurd and, in the end, disappointing survivalist 80s action pic.
Lou proves that they’re willing to bring women of a certain age into the fold. And there’s nothing wrong with that, if the women in question are as high-value as Janney is, in even the silliest material.
What Lou turns into is a thrilling hunt, with Janney leading the charge as a pissed off lady, morphing into a cathartic expression of rage and action.
“Lou” is both eminently familiar and unlike anything you’ve ever seen, meaning you’ve witnessed parts of it before but never together in this type of packaging. It packs a mighty punch and delivers an ending that will completely blow your socks off.
Low-nutrition thriller babble, but it’s often fun, and it has Allison Janney, for Pete’s sake.
It makes this sort of film so frustrating to watch, because the ingredients for an enjoyable thrill ride are all set up wonderfully. That it all stumbles and falls apart at the midpoint suggests a production that failed to trust the material.
Janney is particularly strong, and while I won’t say I needed to see her channeling her inner Liam Neeson, now that I’ve done so, I’m quite glad this bit of absurd strangeness has miraculously happened.
Stagnant direction trips up an otherwise decent woman of war, played with intensity by Allison Janney.
A pulse-pounding, twist-laden chase film that can’t be faulted for following a formula,
Marshall-Green can’t do much with his cut-and-paste psycho-soldier role. Faring better are Janney and Smollett, who become female action buddies. They’re fun to watch even as the movie falls apart around them.
Does the film rely on a convoluted backstory to make some of its points? Sure, but there’s still enough going on to make this a suitably fun movie to watch as a slightly above-average streaming original.
A film like this can succeed in ambiance but still fail if the actors aren't up to the job, which in this case requires emotional as well as physical performances.
Women Can Be Violent Too, you know. Of course you know. That assertion has been made by a variety of feminist film narratives, which Lou mimics with some righteousness, but never quite refreshes or reinvigorates.