Watch anything good yesterday May 16?

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“The Marine 5: Battleground” stars former WWE champion Mike “The Miz” Mizanin as the fearless heroic former marine in this film franchise that originally began with John Cena in the title role. This time our hero Jake Carter (Mizanin) is a rookie EMS on his first day on the job. Two guys have gunned down the leader of a biker gang and called 911 to treat a gunshot wound. Their location is the parking structure for a closed amusement park. Jake and partner arrive to help but the vengeful biker gagng are hot on their heels. Two thirds of the action takes place within the parking structure then moves out into the amusement park so that provides plenty of hairy situations and backgrounds. When his partner is shot in the head, Jake the marine is out to take down the entire biker gang. Standard action fare that moves along at a swift pace. “Dark Phoenix” is the latest entry in the “X-Men” franchise and was a disastrous box failure being the biggest flop of 2019 losing $133 million for the studio. That is odd because it is no better or worse that the other “X-Men” origins movies. Those are the ones set in the past during their formative years meaning James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender play young versions of Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellan). No young Wolverine. This entry focuses on Jean Grey and what her origin was and how she came into Xavier’s care. On an assignment to save space shuttle astronauts, Jean sucks in a mysterious galactic force which affects her mind and gives her greater power than all the X-Men combined. Some superpower aliens want to control her for their own means. All hell breaks loose meaning endless noisy special effects action sequences. The movie does end without an end because “Dark Phoenix” was meant to be the first part of a trilogy but that was sunk when Disney bought Marvel. How did you amuse yourself?