An average movie

It has been a while since I wanted to check this flick and I was really glad when I finally had the opportunity. Unfortunately,  to be honest, the whole thing turned out to actually slightly disappointing. Still, it doesn't mean the movie wasn't any good. Indeed, they gave us a pretty good cast, I really liked the directing, the set-dressing and the costumes and they managed very well to give a genuine feeling of this time period. Furthermore, I really enjoyed the flashback involving George Reeves and this movie featured one of the best performances by Ben Affleck. Unfortunately, the detective story didn't work very well and the sub-plot involving the detective’s son and ex-wife was actually even worse. It is pretty obvious that the whole thing was inspired by 'Chinatown' but, unfortunately, it never reached the level of this classic. To put it simply, the story was never really fascinating as it was only the story of an actor who got famous but didn't enjoy what he did, nothing less but nothing more than that either. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was a very well made neo-noir flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.