Nacho Vigalondo wrote and directed this exceptionally imaginative high-wire act, about a young woman who notices that every time she has an alcoholic binge, a monster attacks Seoul. The movie doesn’t retreat into metaphor but stays wild and imaginative. Free Fire: A wild exercise in cinematic excess that amounts to a seemingly endless shootout in a Boston warehouse over an arms deal gone bad. Directed by British cult filmmaker Ben Wheatley, it’s a comic, ultraviolent salute to 1970s genre films. Richard Gere gets a strong and unusual showcase as a small-time hustler trying to crack into the big time, by putting over a deal involving American big business and the Israeli government. Gemma Arterton and Sam Clafin are co-workers who become romantic, while making a British propaganda movie before the United States has entered World War II. [...] the film succeeds with a smart script, and positive outlook for humanity in tough times that resonates in 2017.