Rhythm Section: A Movie That Can't Quite find It's Rhythm

The Rhythm Section stars Blake Lively, Jude Law, and Sterling K. Brown. Blake’s character had her family die in a plane crash caused by a terrorist and wants revenge. This movie is from Eon Productions, which has produced every single James Bond movie. Was this their attempt at a James Bond style movie starring a female lead? This movie is based on a book and the author also wrote the screenplay.

At a runtime of 109 minutes, The Rhythm Section feels like it’s three hours long. The pacing is terrible. There are too many long drawn out scenes that don't advance the story along. The plot is predictable. There are two characters introduced that interact with Blake Lively throughout most of the movie, one played by Jude Law, and the other by Sterling K. Brown. They are both being setup to be the potential villain of the movie. It's pretty obvious when they reveal who it is.

One redeeming quality of The Rhythm Section is that while Blake Lively is being trained by a former MI6 agent to go after her family's killer, she herself is inexperienced. Most attempts to get information or stop a killer are failures or she does the job very sloppy. But it makes sense because she is still highly untrained. This movie seems like an attempt to make a female driven James Bond like movie but it fails. 🍔