Millions of viewers and a great disappointment.  And it was supposed to be Jessica Alba’s great comeback

Millions of viewers and a great disappointment. And it was supposed to be Jessica Alba’s great comeback

Recently, Netflix has been flooded with films with excellent casts that attract a lot of viewers. One of the latest offerings is “Veteran” with Jessica Alba in the lead role, who was supposed to return to the screens in a big way thanks to this film. However, this did not happen and the production is assessed very critically. It is similar in Poland, where the film about a commando gave way to a local production that is perceived by many as the Polish equivalent of a global hit.

Jessica Alba’s adventure with the world of film began when she was a 12-year-old girl. It was then that she played in a school play for the first time, and nine months later she already had her agent. She was a real star of the 90s and 00s, when she played in productions such as “Honey”, “Sin City” and “Oko”.

Jessica Alba was the idol of many teenagers. As she matured, she focused on developing the company. And the last film with her participation receives poor reviews

However, over time, she increasingly gave up on working on film sets in favor of creating her own lifestyle business. Currently, she plays in productions sporadically. In 2019, she appeared in the film “Killers Anonymous” and the series “LA’s Finest” and took a long break. She returned to the film set only recently, because the latest film with her participation, entitled “Veteran,” is available on Netflix since June 21.

The American star plays a former commando who decides to take over her father’s bar after his sudden death. “She quickly clashes with a brutal gang that corners everyone in her town,” we read in the production description. However, reviews and comments are very critical. We can find many entries on the Internet in which users leave no stone unturned in the film.

This is one of the most boring movies I’ve seen this year, and also the stupidest so far. Proof that Netflix’s speed option is useful – wrote one X user.

On the site, the film received only 4.6 stars out of ten, and on the Polish portal “Weteranka” was rated by 1,150 users at the time of writing the article, and its rating is only 4.1 stars. But this in no way diminishes the popularity of the production. According to data provided by Netflix, in its first weekend of screening it attracted as many as 25.7 million viewers, who streamed the film for over 45 million hours.

In Poland, the film with Jessica Alba overtook the Polish “hit”. However, it is not a masterpiece either

The production is also eagerly watched in Poland, but unlike the global ranking, “Weteranka” took the second place as the most frequently watched films. In first place was “Inheritance” with Gabriela Muskała and Maciej Stuhr, which tells the story of an eccentric inventor who dies in unexplained circumstances, and his family fights for the inheritance of his rich uncle.

As many people point out, the film is also not impressive and, what’s more, it is disturbingly reminiscent of “Knives Out” with Daniel Craig in the main role. : “If you’ve watched ‘Knives Out’, nothing in ‘The Inheritance’ will surprise you. The problem would be much smaller if the crime story had something to defend itself.”

Therefore, it is neither a gripping crime story, nor a family film, nor a suspenseful drama, nor a picture with a complicated story – he adds later.

Source: Gazeta

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