Friday’s openings: Action, action and same old action

Action — sometimes with intentional comedy, maybe at times with unintentional comedy — seems to be on tap for Friday's movie menu, at least according to the national release schedule. The projected openings are:

"Bloodshot": Vin Diesel plays a soldier — a dead soldier — who has been reanimated and programmed to kill whomever his programmers dictate. Hmmmmm, sounds a bit familiar, eh? 

"The Hunt": A dozen people wake up in a strange place, knowing nothing about where they are or what's happening to them — until the hunt begins. Talk about familiar. Maybe "The Purge" meets "The Naked Prey"?

"My Spy": Dave Bautista plays an undercover CIA operative who becomes the protector of a 9-year-old girl. That's three for three in familiarity, folks.

As usual, I'll update when the area theaters finalize their bookings.