Review of Paydirt

Paydirt (2020)
3/10
It's Dirt Allright!
7 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This is badly written with a disjointed story, mostly bad performances and worse dialogue. Nicknames like The Brit, The Babe, The Badass, The Brawn, The Brains make me think the writer stopped reading the dictionary after the letter B.

The story is about a crew of criminals whose leader The Brit played by Luke Goss is released after 5 years in jail. There is a lot of cartel money that went missing years ago and The Brit and his crew want it as does the cartel boss. A disgraced sheriff Tucker played by Val Kilmer wants to stop them. There are also some corrupt ex-DEA agents and the obligatory twist that means and adds nothing in this case.

The effects in this movie are terrible especially the little puffs of smoke indicating gunshots and blood spray that indicates someone has been shot. The dubbing of Val Kilmer sounds absolutely nothing like him. It is understandable though given the health issues and throat operations he had.

The terrible dialogue, references to influencers, and other pop culture phenomenon mixed with some nudity and vulgarity seem to be there to make the movie appealing but if anything they make it more appalling then anything else. Overall Kilmer and Goss both deserve better projects. A 2.5 to 3 out of 10. Not worth the time to watch it.
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