An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by Joe Carnahan and was starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, even if it still felt too much like another cheap Netflix action flick, it was still a decent watch though. At the end of the day, it was about a team of cops spending the whole night counting some drugs money in some garage and not really much more than that. I mean, I do like minimalistic movies but, in this case, the material was just too slight. On top of that, concerning the directing, there were some decent action scenes but, to be honest, it was all fairly unremarkable and I have seen better work from Carnahan (by the way, I actually completely forgot that he already worked with Affleck 20 years ago with ‘Smokin' Aces’). Furthermore, to make something like this work, you then need some really strong characters. Unfortunately, even though there was indeed a really cool cast involved (Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sasha Calle, Kyle Chandler, Scott Adkins), their characters turned out to be rather poorly developed after all. I still liked the concept though and, for once, the twist at the end was actually pretty good and didn’t ruin the whole thing, on the contrary. And, above all, it was pretty awesome to see Matt Damon and Ben Affleck once again headlining a movie together. Indeed, while the rest of the cast was unfortunately rather wasted playing some half-baked characters, the two BFFs both had some juicy parts and they were both quite entertaining. Like their respective characters, these two guys have known each other for more than 30 years and it gave a fine extra layer to their performances. It also helped that they played the most interesting characters of the bunch. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was nothing really mind-blowing, it is still worth a look, at least, if you like the genre.