"Brick" (2005) written/directed by Rian Johnson is a film made as a noir of the 40s which takes place in a modern day LA's high school. It is stylish, very dark, and even funny sometimes. Watching all the young actors playing noir archetypes "talking the talk and walking the walk" was amusing. I liked a lot Joseph Gordon-Levitt (after "Mysterious Skin" I promised myself to watch his new movies - he is very talented) as a loner private eye with a broken heart who set to find out the circumstances of his ex-girlfriend's murder. Grown-up Lucas Haas stars as a powerful drug lord who still lives with his mom. I had to watch the movie with the subtitles on - I had no idea what was told quite often. Not, like it prevented me from figuring out where the story was heading to way before the movie was over. Interesting - yes. Great - not so sure but it was fun to watch.
6.5/10
6.5/10