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Boring wannabe pseudo film noir

posted 14 years ago by fp_ff_fp
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This movie revolves around a murder and it's a simple plot with just a few characters. The filmography is very neo-noir and comes across as trying too hard to elevate itself from it's mundane and boring screenplay into something that will leave you feeling like when you get a good reading about a murder mystery on a warm sunny day at the central park.

The acting was shallow and not at all good with very one dimensional chars with contrived plots.

Overall this movie reminded me of another boring cheesy neo noir viz. The Oxford Murder.

What a boring waste of my time.

Rating : 4/10

Edit : Another thing is Joseph Gordon L. I though he wasn't good here. Just an average actor. People are taking his performance in Inception which was good and backtracking it to his performance here and claiming this is spectacular. I completely disagree. I think his performance here was amateurish and felt like I was watching a high school play rather than something of substance and worthy of a movie.

[–] couchjoe27 14 years ago

4/10 is pretty high based on your review. Seems like you hated it.

...and your attempt to sound smart by saying it was "a simple plot" is counteracted by the fact that you don't know the meaning of, and incorrectly use, the word "filmography."

[–] fp_ff_fp 14 years ago

Thanks. I don't know why I typed filmography. It may've been one thing in mind, another thing written out. I actually meant cinematography or filming style type thing.

No, 4/10 is not at all high. Its a low score but I cannot rate this movie a 1 or 2 because those would be in the class of Gigli and Marci X type of movies. This movie is slightly better than those and hence a 4.

[–] Nunchaku-Man 14 years ago

I wouldn't have said his performance in Inception was anything special, so i'm not really sure you can backtrace anything to this.

Having said that, it's actually closer to classical noir, if you read any of the Raymond Chandler or Mickey Spillaine books, you can see quite alot of similarities.

[–] kooji_kabuto 14 years ago

That was a great impersonation of a pseudo film critic.

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