My wife and I stumbled on this slight-looking movie on our streaming device (Amazon), and stayed up too late because we got so caught up in the story. Only when we reached the credits did we realize it was based on an Elmore Leonard story. With John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey, Tim Robbins, and Jennifer Anniston and other fine actors in the cast, how can you go wrong?
Although the story has its share of humor (mainly handled by Mark Boone Junior as a Nazi) and suspense (will Bey, Robbins, and the treacherous Melanie, played by Isla Fisher, succeed in killing or maiming Anniston's character?), it's not as crazy or violent as, say, "Fargo" or "The Professional" (the Gary Oldman/Natalie Portman movie). I love those two movies, but they don't set some kind of new standard of excess that every movie has to meet. Not every director is the Coen brothers; not every actor is Gary Oldman. If you're so jaded you can't appreciate "Life of Crime," stop going to see action movies!
I gave the movie a "7" because for me a movie has to be a serious drama or a comedy you can watch many times before it can earn an 8 or 9. A solid 7 is a good rating for a story whose purpose is entertainment.
Although the story has its share of humor (mainly handled by Mark Boone Junior as a Nazi) and suspense (will Bey, Robbins, and the treacherous Melanie, played by Isla Fisher, succeed in killing or maiming Anniston's character?), it's not as crazy or violent as, say, "Fargo" or "The Professional" (the Gary Oldman/Natalie Portman movie). I love those two movies, but they don't set some kind of new standard of excess that every movie has to meet. Not every director is the Coen brothers; not every actor is Gary Oldman. If you're so jaded you can't appreciate "Life of Crime," stop going to see action movies!
I gave the movie a "7" because for me a movie has to be a serious drama or a comedy you can watch many times before it can earn an 8 or 9. A solid 7 is a good rating for a story whose purpose is entertainment.