Sleepless Reviews

Since this movie was a big flop when it was released, I had somer rather low expectations but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even if the damned thing was not a total disaster, it was still seriously weak though. Eventually, the main issue was that they managed to deliver a story which was at the same time really derivative but also rather convoluted. The opening scene was a perfect example and displayed right from the start what was wrong with the whole thing. Indeed, it was a typical heist involving some big drug stash, nothing really new or exciting, but what was Vincent Downs's actual agenda? And who were these thugs that showed up afterwards trying to shoot him down? Eventually, the movie never really recovered from this weak opening and, in fact, I never really had the feeling that the whole thing ever really took off. Coming back on how unnecessarily convoluted this tale was, why were there 2 big bosses involved? I mean, Scoot McNairy and Dermot Mulroney were both not bad but one of them would have been probably enough. Concerning the main character, Jamie Foxx is a really charismatic actor but there is nothing he really could do to make his character really interesting, I’m afraid. Indeed, a major focus of this movie was to play with the idea that Vincent Downs might be a dirty cop but it never worked because the outcome was just so damned predictable. On the other hand, it was just obvious that David Harbour’s character was actually corrupt and, as a result, it made Bryant (played by the lovely Michelle Monaghan) look like a complete idiot for not figuring this out on her own. Anyway, to conclude, even if it could have been worse, pretty much nothing really worked with this movie and it is obviously not worth a look.