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Casting of Ethan Hawke ruined the movie


He's a fabulous actor but if they'd cast someone lesser known it would've have made it SO obvious that he was the killer.

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Yeah true, it was too Obvious, the way he acts in the first half you know it's him all along...

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The bizarre premise that somehow Dull Paino morphs into Heathen Auk; and somehow Quebec City morphs into Montreal were sort of hard to swallow.


If the first scenes about Paul Dano had been written out, this would have been a much better film. There was all sorts of killer's backstory that was inserted throughout the film; why bother inserting one small amount in scene 1 showing someone who obviously was not and never would resemble Ethan Hawke drinking beer cans dating from the 80s? Bad move. Add an "i" and you get a bad movie.

4/10 for plot and product. Add +1 for views of Anjelina's breasts and +1/2 for her acting.

Spock! Form an away team! You, me, Bones, Scotty and umm... Ensign Smith!

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