London, the financial capital of the world, those who have and those that want to have. Not the most original premise, perhaps, but hard to dispute. Strange, darker than most, thriller, refuses to skirt on the edges of predictable and bravely branches into the risky realm of macabre depravity masked as altruistic do-gooding. All of that is well, but the movie drags a bit too long and loses some of it punchy, edgy sharpness. That could be easily forgiven, but the unfortunate tendency to carelessly discard its leading characters is harder to understand. It all seems a bit rushed with the unintended effect of a smart idea that got mangled and mistreated. Still, worth viewing, but not for the faint of heart.
Review of I Came By
