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Thug Life marches backward into the dusty vaults of outdated cinema. Thug Life doesn’t just miss the mark—it doesn’t even aim.
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Despite its promising premise and significant PR campaign, the film fails spectacularly to live up to any meaningful ideal.
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Thug Life feels like an extended director’s cut of a movie that should have ended during intermission.
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In an era when cinema increasingly attempts to dismantle regressive gender norms, Thug Life feels like a throwback to an earlier, darker time.
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Female characters in Thug Life are trapped in stereotypical roles: visual eye candy or emotional fodder for male arcs.
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Thug Life arrived with considerable hype and promotional backing but fails across the board—narrative, themes, gender portrayal, and execution.