Roger Moore

Comes off as an unsatisfying blend of edgy and archaic, a satiric comedy that shortchanges the laughs as it falls just short of making its point.

While what Alvarado puts on the screen is too polished and intriguing — at least in terms of possibilties — to dismiss, there’s no getting around the lightweight, incomplete and in the end inconsequential feel of Lost Chapters.

Two and a half hours of re-set, sentimental rehashes, re-learning web slinging, big fights and flashbacks and fan and franchise service “managed” by director Destin Daniel Cretton, “Brand New Day” may earn hundreds of millions. Yet it never rises above “content.”

Aside from a hilariously droll cameo by John McEnroe, no player scores and pretty much nothing funny lands. Settling for cute and falling short of that adds up to a crying shame.

From its used-to-death title to the jokes to the “messaging” about knowing your heart’s desire when you connect with her, “72 Hours” adds up to maybe the laziest movie of director Tim Story’s career.

As gimmicks go, cranking out a formulaic ’70s thriller with no dialogue, with set-piece scenes cut to songs from the era by David Bowie, Donna Summer, The Moody Blues, Bill Withers, Sniff-n Tears and Fleetwood Mac works for me.

Humor is subjective, the epitome of “to each his/her own” in terms of taste. But I can’t recall a recent caper comedy that’s made me laugh as hard as A Family of Bastards.

I like the cinematic approach of the filming and editing, catching close-ups, cutting to musicians for solos and the like.

The acting isn’t bad, as such messes go. And to be fair, “Rosemary’s Baby” was a LONG time ago, even if “Devil’s Due,” “Blessed” and “Deliver Us” aren’t. Maybe some potential viewers won’t know the worn out tropes of such films.

You have to be pretty far removed from your own humanity to not be touched by the desperate, often otherwise doomed refugees. And it’s easy to be inspired by the story of youth brought up to “do the right” and moral thing deciding to save lives and alleviate suffering, no matter what governments, haters and social media trolls think of you.