This is one of those cases of a film having a better trailer than the film actually is. Maybe it was just me but that trailer pulled me in and I was really looking forward to check this film out. Overriding feeling is disappointment because this film should have been better considering the great actors involved, interesting story and good directing.
Denzel Washington is just doing what Denzel does best, thats not really a shocker to anyone alive. He is the rock/centre of the film and yeah he is good. What else am I meant to say ? However sadly for me this film has set it in stone that I really really don't like Rami Malek. I'm sorry he was the worst past of the film for me, I don't think it was all his fault , maybe he was miscast in this role. He is just so plain, dull and just has this one tone of arrogance/self confidence that doesn't always work. (I never thought he deserved his Oscar and ever since then he has done nothing thats impressed me........worried about No Time to Die now). On the flip side probably the one actor that will get the most hate, I actually think was brilliant and the best part of the film. Jared Leto. Yes is he over the top and yes he does get type cast now as playing the creepy guy......however I'd argue at least he is good at it. The film for me at that point was coasting and dull until he became a more prominent role, it got better from then on.
The main problem I have with the film is the fact that there is no major investigative work done. Its just a few questions asked here and there, all of a sudden they jump on Leto's character. Which we all know isn't the killer in the end. I would have liked it if Washington and Malek joined up more and there was longer to flesh out there characters and relationship. Maybe just reveal Leto in the final act or right at the end or the true killer. I was expecting something more like Zodiac or the mini series True Detective ??
Overall I'd give it a 65% out of 100 or a 6.5 out of 10. Its ok. I feel that Malek was majorly miscast in the film, needed someone with a bigger screen presence to go along with Washington. The story was interesting but told in a really loose and weird way that never really explained much. Plus at the end tried to answer every little detail of the few pieces of information we had, it didn't need to do that. Leto was the best part for me. Just disappointment because there is the ingredients for a really really great film here. Sadly this was made instead.
Denzel Washington is just doing what Denzel does best, thats not really a shocker to anyone alive. He is the rock/centre of the film and yeah he is good. What else am I meant to say ? However sadly for me this film has set it in stone that I really really don't like Rami Malek. I'm sorry he was the worst past of the film for me, I don't think it was all his fault , maybe he was miscast in this role. He is just so plain, dull and just has this one tone of arrogance/self confidence that doesn't always work. (I never thought he deserved his Oscar and ever since then he has done nothing thats impressed me........worried about No Time to Die now). On the flip side probably the one actor that will get the most hate, I actually think was brilliant and the best part of the film. Jared Leto. Yes is he over the top and yes he does get type cast now as playing the creepy guy......however I'd argue at least he is good at it. The film for me at that point was coasting and dull until he became a more prominent role, it got better from then on.
The main problem I have with the film is the fact that there is no major investigative work done. Its just a few questions asked here and there, all of a sudden they jump on Leto's character. Which we all know isn't the killer in the end. I would have liked it if Washington and Malek joined up more and there was longer to flesh out there characters and relationship. Maybe just reveal Leto in the final act or right at the end or the true killer. I was expecting something more like Zodiac or the mini series True Detective ??
Overall I'd give it a 65% out of 100 or a 6.5 out of 10. Its ok. I feel that Malek was majorly miscast in the film, needed someone with a bigger screen presence to go along with Washington. The story was interesting but told in a really loose and weird way that never really explained much. Plus at the end tried to answer every little detail of the few pieces of information we had, it didn't need to do that. Leto was the best part for me. Just disappointment because there is the ingredients for a really really great film here. Sadly this was made instead.