Triple 9 Reviews

An average movie

Posted : 7 years, 6 months ago on 19 October 2016 06:59

With such an interesting director and above all such an all-star cast, it was not surprising that this movie had a pretty good buzz before it came out. However, when it was released, it didn’t make much waves after all. And, indeed, I’m afraid the whole thing didn’t really work. I mean, this star-studded cast (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot, Norman Reedus, Teresa Palmer, Clifton Collins Jr.) might actually have been part of the problem. Basically, very often, you got to see too many characters at the same time and no one of them got enough room to be properly developed. The victim was also the plot. Indeed, because the whole thing was so over-crowded, everything was rushed and, even if you got here and there some bits of information about the characters involved, at the end, you never get the opportunity to get close with any of them. Still, the whole thing definitely had some potential. You could feel that all the actors believed in this story and they all gave some solid performances (Kate Winslet seemed rather miscast as a Russian mob boss though) and I also liked the fact that there was no really good or bad guy in this story. To conclude, even though it sounded quite promising, it turned out to be rather half-baked but I still think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in John Hillcoat’s work.

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Triple 9 review

Posted : 8 years ago on 27 April 2016 04:49

My first thought when I saw what this was about was that this was a lot like Armored with Columbus Short and Matt Dillon. This one however has a lot of A listers. This has a pretty great director as well. John Hillcoat directed The Road with Viggo Mortensen as well as Lawless. This is Matt Cook's only credit so far. Ah very smart with the accents and such. Oh so the red is only in the beginning. I was hoping it would be a constant theme. Norman Reedus is playing the older brother for once. It's hard to believe he is almost freaking 50 years old. That's an interesting front for disguise. "Instagoogletweetface" hahaha. A little feel of Training Day now. Oh dang! So uncool. That's disturbing and definitely not something that would Americans feel comfortable living near. I was wondering if and who were all cops. Oh they're related. That is sure change some things up. Oh my I did not realize that was who Michael K. Williams would be playing. Damn that was a crazy shoot out. I mean was that really necessary? I guess so all things considered. I can't take Kate Winslet as the villain here very seriously. Whoa I did not see that coming! Well that was brutal. I had sort of a feeling that would happen. Uh oh that's not good. What the hell!? I definitely wasn't expecting that. The ending was decent, but it felt a little weak. This had a bit of The Departed and Sabotage mixed in with it. I honestly didn't see how or when something was going to happen. Despite the cast and the directing I felt the writing was a bit weak. Don't get me wrong it had some really great moments, but they were far and in between. There was also way too much going on with all the little sub-stories. It did have some great twists and turns though.

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