The Doorman movie review by Movie Review Mom

MOVIE TITLE: Doorman (2020) In Theaters October 9, 2020

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour, 37 minutes

Movie Review Mom GRADE: B

IN A NUTSHELL:

Doorman (2020) is an action thriller starring the gorgeous Ruby Rose, not to be confused with the 2018 film The Doorman.

It’s currently in theaters in a limited release, but is ALSO already on video-on-demand! Yay! No waiting! If you’re looking for something new to watch and are interested in action, you just might like this one, although it’s not really that great. It’s not necessarily anything we haven’t already seen before, but it’ll give you some of the same vibes you get from a Bruce Willis Die Hard movie, peppered with female empowerment.

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

A little girl swears a couple of times, including an F-bomb. Her dad hears the first bit of profanity and says, “How many times do I have to tell you: Words!”
Profanity in Spanish. (I speak Spanish, so no subtitles were given or needed.)
A lot of shooting and fighting
Blood splatters with violence
Talk of the death of a mother
High body count, gruesome deaths
Some subtitles when French is spoken.
Talk of an affair

THEMES:

PTSD
Family
Single parenting
Believe in yourself
Caring for others
Courage

THINGS I LIKED:

I really like Ruby Rose. Long before I ever knew about her, I created a video game character to look just like her! ha ha True story! Did you know she can sing too? I think I first saw her in the movie Pitch Perfect 3 where she was the sexy leader of a girl band. In this movie, she’s not dolled up and looks more “boyed up”, like a the soldier she is. There were rumors that Katie Holmes was going to be the leading lady in The Doorman, but I’ve never seen her do the heavy action that this role demanded. Ruby Rose, on the other hand, was believable. I never saw her in the CW’s Batwoman: The Complete First Season (DVD), although she announced she’s not returning for Season 2. Batwoman made TV history as the first scripted live-action series to feature a lesbian superhero.
Jean Reno plays the villain, something he’s great at in many movies he does.
The movie starts off with a big action scene. No sense waiting around! The movie has almost non-stop action.
Some cool scene transitions.
There’s an interesting moment when Morse Code is used. So few people know how to communicate that way nowadays. I started learning Morse Code when I got my Ham Radio Technician’s license. I found a YouTube video that teaches ham operators how to learn Morse code that you might want to check out. It’s designed like a course with short lessons in each video. I’m still working on it!