A disappointing movie

Indeed, it must be one of the most disappointing movies I have ever seen. There is a great cast (Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci) and, according to the ratings in IMDB, it is supposed to be some kind of masterpiece (7.8/10). Unfortunately, instead of a masterpiece, it was rather a somewhat convoluted and midly entertaining neo-noir flick. I mean, the directing was decent, all the actors give some decent performances as well but the story was just really far-fetched, with no substance whatsoever. It just goes nowehere and they try to sell it to the audience with some nice shots and fancy dialogs but I didn't buy it. I do believe that the whole thing had some potential and it was not a bad movie but there are far better movies out there with convoluted plots. The point is that before making such an impossible plot, before hand, you need an outline, it has to go somewhere (for example, check 'Usual Suspects' or 'Memento'). This flick is just pure style but style is not enough, I'm afraid. To conclude, if you don't expect a masterpiece like I did, you may end up enjoying more than I did and it still worth a look somehow but it is definitely nothing great.

6/10