A good movie

Honestly, there is no real reason why I should have enjoyed this flick but I did. Apparently, it didn’t do well at the box-office but it is hardly surprising in this age when the box-office is dominated by blockbusters made of sequels and super-hero flicks. The point is that the plot is really preposterous and nothing original whatsoever but there was such a charismatic cast (Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo) and Robert Redford and James Gandolfini definitely gave some solid performances. In my opinion, it was a step-down from ‘The Contender’ which was a strong political drama directed by Rod Lurie but it was still fairly entertaining. I think the main issue with this flick was that there was an obvious lack of ambition here and it pretty much followed the formula of the genre but didn’t add anything really new or intriguing. Personally, I above all enjoyed Robert Redford. I mean, the guy is such a fine actor and, even though at 65 years old, he might be a little too old for such shenanigans, he sure delivered the goods and it is thanks to him that the flick mostly worked. To conclude, even though it is nothing really amazing, it thought it was pretty good and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Robert Redford’s work.

7/10