It feels like the Russo Brothers are the only filmmakers to actively benefit from the Marvel Studios system, and The Electric State definitively proves that. Their outrageously overpriced clunker is a real low point in their post-MCU career, as it misguidedly tries to convince the audience that an algorithmic approach to storytelling works. What makes it so disastrous is that a movie with a similar premise (a sci-fi spectacle about technology rooted in nostalgia) has worked before, as Ready Player Oneproved, directed by the guy the Russos are clearly so inspired by, Steven Spielberg. While far from his best work, Ready Player One is worth going back to for no other reason than it proves that Spielberg is still the undisputed master of the blockbuster form.
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