Dead on Arrival, this Exercise in Neo-Noir will Satisfy viewers who Love Their Style over Substance Thrillers.
Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins are Show-Up Stars that add a Bit of Bravado to the Show but really don't have enough Screen-Time to be Remarked upon.
The rest of the Pretty faced Actors try Their Best to do what They are Paid for but seem like Props most of the time, only there to be placed for some Interesting Camera Work and Lurk in the Shadows to form a Mysterious Template.
Overall, the Script is Nothing to Write Home about and can be unnecessarily Complicated or to be Cruel, Clunky. There are Twists and Turns for Typical Genre Flourishes, but in the End are only OK if You Care that much when it is all said and done.
Worth a Watch, but the Movie has been Trashed by most Reviewers and was thrown in the Gutter of Released Indifference and all but Abandoned after completion. Just don't Expect too much and it can be a Lurid Misfire that is Eye Friendly but Brain Befuddling. The kind of Slick Stuff that Brian DePalma was so Good at.
This doesn't reach to that Level of Enjoyment but it isn't for lack of Trying. An Effort that is Adequate but Not quite Acquired.
Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins are Show-Up Stars that add a Bit of Bravado to the Show but really don't have enough Screen-Time to be Remarked upon.
The rest of the Pretty faced Actors try Their Best to do what They are Paid for but seem like Props most of the time, only there to be placed for some Interesting Camera Work and Lurk in the Shadows to form a Mysterious Template.
Overall, the Script is Nothing to Write Home about and can be unnecessarily Complicated or to be Cruel, Clunky. There are Twists and Turns for Typical Genre Flourishes, but in the End are only OK if You Care that much when it is all said and done.
Worth a Watch, but the Movie has been Trashed by most Reviewers and was thrown in the Gutter of Released Indifference and all but Abandoned after completion. Just don't Expect too much and it can be a Lurid Misfire that is Eye Friendly but Brain Befuddling. The kind of Slick Stuff that Brian DePalma was so Good at.
This doesn't reach to that Level of Enjoyment but it isn't for lack of Trying. An Effort that is Adequate but Not quite Acquired.