Author: Stefan Pape
Ah the corrupt cop narrative. A sub-genre with an impressive success rate, so often featuring a flawed antihero in the lead role, as we watch on as those employed to protect us, instead seek to destroy. This paves the way for Baran bo Odar’s unrelenting thriller Sleepless to thrive – and yet here’s a slice of contemporary cinema that adheres too stringently to the tropes of the genre at hand. Fast paced, certainly, but not actually going in any palpable direction.
Jamie Foxx plays the aforementioned cop Vincent Downs, patrolling the streets of Las Vegas, both preventing and committing crimes alongside his partner Sean (T.I.). The pair become unwittingly embroiled in the dark criminal underbelly of the Nevada city, after they steal some drugs – inadvertently doing so from a feared, notorious crime family, resulting in the unhinged Rob Novak (Scoot McNairy) getting mercilessly involved, as well as the affluent,...
Ah the corrupt cop narrative. A sub-genre with an impressive success rate, so often featuring a flawed antihero in the lead role, as we watch on as those employed to protect us, instead seek to destroy. This paves the way for Baran bo Odar’s unrelenting thriller Sleepless to thrive – and yet here’s a slice of contemporary cinema that adheres too stringently to the tropes of the genre at hand. Fast paced, certainly, but not actually going in any palpable direction.
Jamie Foxx plays the aforementioned cop Vincent Downs, patrolling the streets of Las Vegas, both preventing and committing crimes alongside his partner Sean (T.I.). The pair become unwittingly embroiled in the dark criminal underbelly of the Nevada city, after they steal some drugs – inadvertently doing so from a feared, notorious crime family, resulting in the unhinged Rob Novak (Scoot McNairy) getting mercilessly involved, as well as the affluent,...
- 5/4/2017
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Someday, when you least expect it, you’ll hear someone singing the praises of Sleepless. Not now, but once it inevitably enters syndication rotations on TBS or Fxx. That’s where this dad-thriller is destined to find glory – playing in the background during chores or between naps. In a theater, Baran bo Odar’s darkened kidnapping thriller charges forward like a billion other Taken wannabes before it. But without investment or attentive demand? You can come in-and-out of this Sleepless Night remake without being weighed down by the heavy generics that plod with sluggish commitment. That’s not meant to be a backhanded compliment, just a realistic assessment and expectation-setter.
Jamie Foxx stars as Vincent Downs, a dirty Vegas cop who gets tangled-up with the wrong underworld bosses. His partner, Sean Cass (T.I.), hears of a 25 kilo drug shipment coming in, so the two pull an off-hours smash-and-grab heist. Unfortunately,...
Jamie Foxx stars as Vincent Downs, a dirty Vegas cop who gets tangled-up with the wrong underworld bosses. His partner, Sean Cass (T.I.), hears of a 25 kilo drug shipment coming in, so the two pull an off-hours smash-and-grab heist. Unfortunately,...
- 1/13/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
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