Review of Plastic

Plastic (I) (2014)
7/10
Hollyoaks does movies
12 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Non Brits may not get the reference in the heading, Hollyoaks is a tacky teen soap in the UK (where Emma Rigby from this movie started out.) This movie appeared very much like one of the many late night Hollyoaks extras they make every now and then. I really wanted to like it, and to be fair it was entertaining enough. A decent cast featuring, amongst others, Will Poulter (known by me at least from the Narnia movies) and Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones (and Lily's brother.)) Also, not too shabby a storyline with a bit of everything thrown in.

Most of the flaws in the movie could be overlooked for the sake of easy entertainment, but for me however, it fell flat, very flat, towards the end. For a start, all the 'gangsters' suddenly lost any credibility they had by acting like complete novices, putting themselves in a ridiculous situation with no backup or security. Next was the portrayal of British police, complete bumbling fools. The 'interview' with the jewellery shop 'manager,' the way they pathetically handled the situation at the gunfight, and even at the end scene. Honestly, if real British police were half as bad as this I'd go rob a jewellery store tomorrow! Oh and I have to say, all those bullets, it took all that time for the bad guys to go down... then they all get back up? Wow, who let that idea pass?

It felt to me like they had blown the budget on a few decent actors and some flights to Miami and ended up needing to wrap it up quick before money ran out. Shame really, it could have been so much better!
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