This film all about a former police officer, now drug dealer attempting to earn 'redemption' for his wasted life by trying to find a missing kid. He does this by teaming up with a black prostitute who's apparently 'hip to the ways of the street' (the box's description of her, not mine) and together they speed round the corrupt city together... searching, threatening, murdering and even stopping for bit o'hanky-panky when they can find the time. Well, you do remember what her profession was, didn't you? Girl's gotta make a living.
So, a common theme for a movie, albeit this one was produced on a budget that wouldn't even refuel John Travolta's jet. The acting is generally fine and I didn't see the 'big twist' coming as to who the Big Bad is, but there's too much useless dialogue here which slows the movie down to a snail's pace, as the main character (who's high as a kite throughout most of the length) regularly burbles out speeches containing famous quotes about his 'life's journey' which I suppose are meant to be 'profound' or 'illuminating'.
Sadly, these regular bouts of pretentious self-aggrandisement are neither, and just appear as if the writers are trying to give this puffed-up bore more depth than they can actually handle. There's a reason why these hacks are penning indie films and not being asked to scribe any big-budget features.
Another reason could be the ending when (Spoiler Alert) our main character finds the missing kid along with a handful of others cooped up in various cages in an old warehouse. What do you think happens in the very next scene? Why, he just dumps the kid back at the parents, who react in the most underwhelming of ways to their child's return after MONTHS of captivity. Where are the press? THe police? Isn't it a good idea if he goes to the hospital? None of that matters apparently, and neither do we ever discover what happens with the rest of the rescued children. KInda important, doncha think?
Sloppy. Very sloppy. And no, I won't let it off for the hook for forgetting these key plot points, as this is pretty basic stuff. Aside from that this is just an aggressively average genre flick, which you may watch until the end but certainly won't want to revisit.
In completed unrelated news, I have a DVD for sale. Let's start the bidding at 1p, shall we? Any takers? 4/10.
So, a common theme for a movie, albeit this one was produced on a budget that wouldn't even refuel John Travolta's jet. The acting is generally fine and I didn't see the 'big twist' coming as to who the Big Bad is, but there's too much useless dialogue here which slows the movie down to a snail's pace, as the main character (who's high as a kite throughout most of the length) regularly burbles out speeches containing famous quotes about his 'life's journey' which I suppose are meant to be 'profound' or 'illuminating'.
Sadly, these regular bouts of pretentious self-aggrandisement are neither, and just appear as if the writers are trying to give this puffed-up bore more depth than they can actually handle. There's a reason why these hacks are penning indie films and not being asked to scribe any big-budget features.
Another reason could be the ending when (Spoiler Alert) our main character finds the missing kid along with a handful of others cooped up in various cages in an old warehouse. What do you think happens in the very next scene? Why, he just dumps the kid back at the parents, who react in the most underwhelming of ways to their child's return after MONTHS of captivity. Where are the press? THe police? Isn't it a good idea if he goes to the hospital? None of that matters apparently, and neither do we ever discover what happens with the rest of the rescued children. KInda important, doncha think?
Sloppy. Very sloppy. And no, I won't let it off for the hook for forgetting these key plot points, as this is pretty basic stuff. Aside from that this is just an aggressively average genre flick, which you may watch until the end but certainly won't want to revisit.
In completed unrelated news, I have a DVD for sale. Let's start the bidding at 1p, shall we? Any takers? 4/10.