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Movie review: &#039;21 Bridges&#039; fails to develop characters with archetypal action-movie plot - Daily Bruin

Movie review: &#8217;21 Bridges&#8217; fails to develop characters with archetypal action-movie plot

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This post was updated Nov. 23 at 5 p.m. “21 Bridges” is the prototypical action movie: entertaining and shallow. People get shot. A male protagonist cares more about justice than his mental health.

https://dailybruin.com/2019/11/22/movie-review-21-bridges-fails-to-develop-characters-with-archetypal-action-movie-plot/

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Movie review: ’21 Bridges’ fails to develop characters with archetypal action-movie plot

By Mark McGreal

Nov. 22, 2019 8:25 p.m.