Corrective Measures
Release date: 2022-04-29
Votes: 107
Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure
Set in San Tiburon, the world's most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary and home to the world's most treacherous superpowered criminals, where tensions among the inmates and staff heighten, leading to anarchy that engulfs the prison and order is turned upside down.
Reviews
tmdb28039023
I know I shouldn’t expect anything other than bitter, unwitting irony of a movie wherein Bruce Willis plays a character named after and apparently inspired by Freakazoid supervillain The Lobe — Julius Loeb, aka "The Lobe," is said to have a "super brain," an instance of retroactive tastelessness —, but Corrective Measures actually strives to perform below expectations. The plot, such as it is, takes place in a prison for super-powered criminals. The prison is called "San Tiburon," which translates to "Saint Shark." I’m bummed that, in a movie so top-heavy with exposition, they never find the time to explain when and how a fish was canonized. San Tib, as it is known, holds a bunch of Suicide Squad rejects including but not limited to The Conductor (Tom Cavanagh), Payback (Dan Payne), and Diego Díaz. The first two are thinly-veiled parodies of Electro and The Punisher. The third is a Jean Grey wannabe with an Aerith and Bob name. And we also have a Meaningful Name (Loeb=Lobe). This stuff is not all that terrible; in fact, it’s how you have fun with names — not randomly, like "San Tiburon," but with a specific target in mind, even if it’s an obvious one. My problem is that the movie doesn’t go full farce, so that when something really stupid happens, it sticks out like a sore thumb, especially when nobody but the audience seems to notice it. Consider the «Nullies,» a term used to refer to both something «in the lights, the water, food [the inmates] eat» and an ankle bracelet; as the name implies, Nullies nullify the supervillains’ superpowers. This is all well and good, except that the whole concept of Nullies appears to be based on the honor system; that is, it works as long as the inmates agree to uphold it — this, of course, raises the question, why do the inmates uphold it? None of this is ever made explicit, but what other possible conclusion can we arrive at in light of certain events? Events such as The Conductor cracks open his ankle Nullie with a modified fork (i.e., one with all but one tine broken off). I mean, a f---ing fork! Never mind that I don’t think you get metal cutlery in jail, it’s still a f---ing fork. Later on it’s supposed to be a big surprise that whatever the stuff is in the "lights, water, and food" accomplishes nothing (The Lobe: "I haven't eaten that prison shit since my parole." Huh? What do you mean, "parole"? What the hell are you still doing in prison, then?), but the Overseer (Michael Rooker) should have known, regardless of whether or not he truly is "an idiot," that something was up the moment The Conductor was able to use his powers sans difficulty. All things considered, it doesn’t take a "super brain" to know that even parody needs some sort of structure — a method to the madness, so to speak; after all, can’t break the rules if there aren’t any to break in the first place.
Movie Recommendation
Bartkowiak2021-07-28After his brother dies in a car crash, a disgraced MMA fighter takes over the family nightclub — and soon learns his sibling's death wasn’t an accident.More...
Some Kind of Hate2015-05-02When troubled teen Lincoln is subjected to severe bullying, he accidentally conjures the vengeful ghost of Moira Karp. Once a teenage girl pushed to suicide, Moira is now an unstoppable force on a mission of gruesome retribution. But when she goes too far, Lincoln must prevent her from spiraling out of control.More...
The Minute You Wake Up Dead2022-11-04A stockbroker in a small southern town gets embroiled in an insurance scam with a next-door neighbor that leads to multiple murders when a host of other people want in on the plot. Sheriff Thurmond Fowler, the by-the-book town sheriff for over four decades, works earnestly to try and unravel the town’s mystery and winds up getting more than he bargained for.More...
Desperate Measures1998-01-30San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.More...
Restore Point2023-09-09It’s 2041 and the gaps in social and economic inequality have left the world on the brink. A breakthrough in science has given humanity the ability to bring victims of a violent crime back to life by backing up their brain every 2 days. This allows an ambitious, young detective the opportunity to solve a case of a murdered couple when the restoration team is able to bring one of them back.More...
Blackout2022-10-12A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, and quickly finds himself on the run in a locked down hospital with the Cartel on his tail.More...
The Beta Test2021-10-15An engaged Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, infidelity, and digital data.More...
Master Gardener2023-05-19Narvel Roth is a meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.More...
Archive2020-08-132038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.More...
22 Bullets2010-03-23A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.More...
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol2022-11-18On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.More...
G202025-04-10After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.More...
Just Like Heaven2005-09-16Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.More...
Emancipation2022-12-02Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.More...
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent2022-04-20Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.More...
Lift2024-01-10An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.More...
IF2024-05-08After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their kids.More...
Gabriel's Inferno2020-05-29An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the impossible--forgiveness and love.More...
Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021-11-18When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.More...
Joker: Folie à Deux2024-10-01While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.More...
Similar Movies
Daredevil vs. Spider-...
2003-02-11Spider-Man and Daredevil team up to fight Kingpin.Spider-Man
2002-05-01After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...Spider-Man 3
2007-05-01The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.Constantine
2005-02-08John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.Men in Black
1997-07-02After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.Men in Black II
2002-07-03Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.Tales from the Crypt:...
1995-01-13Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.Tank Girl
1995-03-31After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.Asterix in Britain
1986-12-03One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.Asterix Conquers Amer...
1994-09-29When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!The Twelve Tasks of A...
1976-06-26Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".Asterix the Gaul
1967-12-20In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.Mystery Men
1999-08-06When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.The Phantom
1996-06-06The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.Asterix and Cleopatra...
1968-12-19Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.Elektra
2005-01-13Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.Batman: Gotham by Gas...
2018-01-12In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper.Panji Tengkorak
2025-08-28Panji, who sold his soul to black magic to avenge his wife's death, intended to end his life, but found his body now shackled by black magic that controlled his soul. After wandering aimlessly, Panji met an old warrior who asked for his help to chase a bandit who had seized a sacred heirloom that was said to be able to eliminate the power of black magic. Panji accepted the offer that dragged him into a long war between two kingdoms and revealed the reality of his dark past.Ghost Rider
2007-01-15In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.