An average movie

It is again one of those movies that I wanted to see for many years for some rather obscure reasons. I guess it had to with the fact that Mike Figgis had released before ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ which was a terrific movie and by far his best directing effort. Eventually, I thought it was a decent flick with a very nice mood and some decent performances by a nice cast (Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na Wen, Robert Downey Jr., Thomas Haden Church, Saffron Burrows). Indeed, there was a time when Wesley Snipes was actually a dramatic actor, and not a bad one, and it is a pity he decided to focus on his underwhelming action flicks (most of them turned out to be direct-to-DVD releases eventually). Coming back to our main feature, I really liked the chemistry he had with Nastassja Kinski but the rest of the movie was not really strong I’m afraid. For example, there was a strong performance by Robert Downey Jr. (who was a total mess at the time by way) but it felt rather like a distraction. To conclude, even though it is far from being a strong feature, I still think it is a decent drama and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Mike Figgis’ work.

6/10