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Title: Misconduct (2016)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Josh Duhamel | ... | Ben Cahill | |
| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Arthur Denning | |
| Al Pacino | ... | Charles Abrams | |
| Alice Eve | ... | Charlotte Cahill | |
| Malin Akerman | ... | Emily Hynes | |
| Lee Byung-hun | ... | The Accountant (as Byung Hun Lee) | |
| Julia Stiles | ... | Jane Clemente | |
| Glen Powell | ... | Doug Fields | |
| Marcus Lyle Brown | ... | Joe Bilson | |
| Leah McKendrick | ... | Amy | |
| Chris Marquette | ... | Giffords (as Christopher Marquette) | |
| Skye P. Marshall | ... | Hatty | |
| Gregory Alan Williams | ... | Richard Hill | |
| Jason Gibson | ... | Graham | |
| Nathan Moore | ... | Lawrence (as Nathan J. Moore) | |
An ambitious young lawyer is approached by an ex-lover who offers him all the evidence he needs to form a legal case against her husband, a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company. The lawyer starts the legal proceedings and continues begins an affair with the woman. The lawyer's boss and the executive settle the case without going to court. The lawyer finds the woman dead in her apartment, and it appears someone is trying blackmail the executive. The lawyer leaves the body in the apartment, but a mysterious stranger moves the body to his house moments before the police raid. The stranger was employed by the lawyer's boss, to kill the lawyer's wife for the murder of the woman, because the lawyer's boss works for the executive. The lawyer kills the stranger, and he and his wife agree not to tell anyone about all the people they murdered.
When first seeing the cast of Josh Duhamel, Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins, among others, one would expect an intense thriller, yet "Misconduct" is an arbitrary endeavor that has seriously crippling pace and lacking any suspense. It may look nice at first, potentially promising a wit exchange, yet it's painfully slow and honestly a shallow display of crime drama.
Ben (Josh Duhamel) is contacted by her unstable ex-girlfriend who has secret files about her billionaire boss. He takes this chance without knowing that he'll walk on a series of increasingly dangerous conspiracy. The line-up is riddled with famous names, yet their performance is inconsistent. Duhamel looks decent for a leading role, although he doesn't have the poise or sense of urgency when the moments call for it.
The chemistry between him and veterans like Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins is also shaky. There are some good thrilling moments, yet there are also times when they look ironically silly as though impersonating plot from Law and Order. Female characters share the same fate of incompatibility. Julie Stiles as the operator only appears too cocky for the tough female stereotype.
Meanwhile, Malin Akerman and Alice Eve are seemingly trapped in love triangle gig, and not a good one at that. Its attempt to showcase debauchery is appreciated, yet there's barely any passion involved here. Byung-hun Lee makes a supporting role, and it's quite intriguing when he makes an entrance, yet his character feels underutilized and only serves as a glorified henchman. When they interact it creates a tangled web of a plot.
It does have clear cinematography and direction to portray vices such as greed and lust, yet it shifts significantly slow between unintentionally detached characters that ultimately become mundane and restricting.