An average movie

Even if I didn’t have some really high expectations regarding this flick, since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, the damned thing turned out to be pretty weak, I’m afraid. Basically, it was one of these cheap-ass Euro thrillers with a terribly generic and predictable plot. I mean, the tale of a couple in financial trouble finding a bag full of drug money had been done so many times before and I’m afraid this movie didn’t do anything original or interesting with the genre. At least, James Franco and Kate Hudson did make a cute couple together but, to be honest, you wonder why this story was actually about an American couple and I guess the main reason was probably because it would be then easier to sell this movie this way. Eventually, the only interesting character was probably the one played by Omar Sy but the guy showed up only during a few scenes. Still, even if this character had some potential, he remained terribly one-note as he was constantly repeating some similar supposedly deep speeches to make him sound really wise. On top of that, it was rather ridiculous that they tried to make us believe that a supposedly important French drug lord would deliver himself a stash of drugs and, again, it was rather unlikely that he would kill someone who wronged him himself with only a few henchmen to assist him. Anyway, to conclude, the whole thing was rather boring, it looked really cheap and thoroughly unconvincing and I don’t think it is worth a look, except maybe if you have a weak spot for the actors involved.

5/10