Clean Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but, since it was starring Adrien Brody, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Apparently, it was some kind of passion project for Brody since, not only he was playing the lead but he also wrote it, produced it and even composed the soundtrack. Well, I wish it was worth his investment but, unfortunately, even if it wasn't a complete waste of time, it wasn't far from it. Basically, it was some kind of cheap knock-off of 'John Wick' and you might argue that I'm not a huge fan of the Keanu Reeves franchise but this movie pretty much displayed what would be the end-result if you would remove the fancy elaborate fight scenes. There were in fact a few action scenes, they were definitely not impressive but, in contrary to 'John Wick', I don't think they were the main point though but what was the exactly the point then? Seriously, they started with 45 mins during which so very little happened. Basically, it was all very grim and gloom, focusing on some lonely guy who seemed nice enough but it was pretty obvious that he had a trouble past (it does sound pretty generic, doesn't it?). If it wasn't supposed to be an action flick, what was it then supposed to be, a character study? I'm not sure but, even if it was the case, the guy was not interesting enough. I shouldn't forget to mention that this movie featured one of the weirdest child death I have seen in a movie. I mean, sure, the guy was an addict but what happened exactly? The kid obviously didn't prep the shot so it was ready in the closet. But then, it would mean that her father left it like this without making sure it was properly locked away which seemed really unlikely. Seriously, it would be like leaving a loaded gun in a open drawer and there is no way he would do something like this. Anyway, to conclude, even if it wasn't a complete disaster, it was still pretty weak though and I don't think it is really worth a look.