I watched this movie on a streaming service after 30 minutes of surfing through several of them looking for something to watch. Finally I saw this and said what the hell, if I don't pick something soon it'll be my bed time. And it had an interesting cast so...
The movie is basically a boring half hour lead up to an hour long shootout where everyone apparently showed up that night with cases of ammunition because no one ever runs out and people are shot multiple times but hang in there until they arrive at the page in the script with their actual death scene. You're never sure anyone is dead until it's made glaringly clear that they're dead because the characters are all like the energizer bunny, they just keep going. The only guy I was sure wasn't going to get up again was the one who's head was run over with a van.
And I saw the twist ending coming a mile away and I hate that in a movie. There's only one female in the movie...gee, do you think that signifies something important??
Another thing was that besides Armie Hammer all the actors, including Cillian Murphy and Brie Larson seemed like they were sleep walking through their roles, no one put in a lot of effort on this one. And the characters were also so similar it was hard to tell some of them apart, they were all cookie cutter hoods. And that was another thing that made Brie Larson's character stand out as in; she's there for a specific reason, could it be....a plot twist??
All in all this movie was mildly entertaining but barely. I didn't bemoan the fact that I spent an hour and a half of my life on it but it was close, very close. If you've been rooting around looking for something to watch forever and are about to give up...give it a shot. That's about as strong a recommendation as I can give...
The movie is basically a boring half hour lead up to an hour long shootout where everyone apparently showed up that night with cases of ammunition because no one ever runs out and people are shot multiple times but hang in there until they arrive at the page in the script with their actual death scene. You're never sure anyone is dead until it's made glaringly clear that they're dead because the characters are all like the energizer bunny, they just keep going. The only guy I was sure wasn't going to get up again was the one who's head was run over with a van.
And I saw the twist ending coming a mile away and I hate that in a movie. There's only one female in the movie...gee, do you think that signifies something important??
Another thing was that besides Armie Hammer all the actors, including Cillian Murphy and Brie Larson seemed like they were sleep walking through their roles, no one put in a lot of effort on this one. And the characters were also so similar it was hard to tell some of them apart, they were all cookie cutter hoods. And that was another thing that made Brie Larson's character stand out as in; she's there for a specific reason, could it be....a plot twist??
All in all this movie was mildly entertaining but barely. I didn't bemoan the fact that I spent an hour and a half of my life on it but it was close, very close. If you've been rooting around looking for something to watch forever and are about to give up...give it a shot. That's about as strong a recommendation as I can give...