Not normally a movie reviewer, I felt compelled to review this movie in the hopes of saving at least one person two hours of their life by dissuading them from watching this movie.
Don't be fooled by the A-listers in the trailer, there is nothing good about this movie. These are the three worst aspects (out of many) about this movie:
3 - The story is full of ridiculous characters who serve absolutely no purpose, except to be unnecessarily killed off in an attempt to further the pointless "plot".
2 - The script is so self-indulgent. The characters are forced to spout arrogant and self-serving lines that can only be included in an attempt to show off how smart the writer is. The script, in particular Robert De Niro's lines, is peppered with a mixture of obscure philosophical / historical references and unnecessary pop culture references. I can only imagine that the writer went to a private school or a brooding art school and used the script to evidence his or her superiority over the lowly audience member.
1 - What is is the bag. I'm not sure whether this was supposed to be a clever throwback to Se7en or the writer just lacked the creativity to think of an original thought (which I very much believe is the case), but it came across as cheap and lazy. Worst possible ending.
Don't be fooled by the A-listers in the trailer, there is nothing good about this movie. These are the three worst aspects (out of many) about this movie:
3 - The story is full of ridiculous characters who serve absolutely no purpose, except to be unnecessarily killed off in an attempt to further the pointless "plot".
2 - The script is so self-indulgent. The characters are forced to spout arrogant and self-serving lines that can only be included in an attempt to show off how smart the writer is. The script, in particular Robert De Niro's lines, is peppered with a mixture of obscure philosophical / historical references and unnecessary pop culture references. I can only imagine that the writer went to a private school or a brooding art school and used the script to evidence his or her superiority over the lowly audience member.
1 - What is is the bag. I'm not sure whether this was supposed to be a clever throwback to Se7en or the writer just lacked the creativity to think of an original thought (which I very much believe is the case), but it came across as cheap and lazy. Worst possible ending.