What was Soderbergh thinking? What possible benefit could fish-eye lens offer besides being annoying?
This is certainly one of Soderbergh's worst films. How did he miss fixing some of the many flaws in the scenes and dialogue from the convoluted and boring screenplay written by Solomon? It felt like some scenes were edited by a Ninja blender... dialogue that was either all over the place or insignificant - and unrealistic.
It struggled identifying itself as a gangster flick, a gentrification movie, whistleblowing collusion within the automobile industry, or a heist caper. It stays stale and predictable throughout the entire 115 min slowly paced and dragged out runtime.
If this wasn't for the star-studded cast - who performed very well, I'd say it was a failed B-grade film put together by an amateur writer and director. If you had told me this was directed by the Ocean's franchise director and written by the Men in Black and Now You See me writer, I'd call you a liar. If you told me it was written and directed the Teletubbies filmmakers, I'd believe you. What a waste of such a great cast. It's a very generous 5/10 from me.
This is certainly one of Soderbergh's worst films. How did he miss fixing some of the many flaws in the scenes and dialogue from the convoluted and boring screenplay written by Solomon? It felt like some scenes were edited by a Ninja blender... dialogue that was either all over the place or insignificant - and unrealistic.
It struggled identifying itself as a gangster flick, a gentrification movie, whistleblowing collusion within the automobile industry, or a heist caper. It stays stale and predictable throughout the entire 115 min slowly paced and dragged out runtime.
If this wasn't for the star-studded cast - who performed very well, I'd say it was a failed B-grade film put together by an amateur writer and director. If you had told me this was directed by the Ocean's franchise director and written by the Men in Black and Now You See me writer, I'd call you a liar. If you told me it was written and directed the Teletubbies filmmakers, I'd believe you. What a waste of such a great cast. It's a very generous 5/10 from me.