A good movie

Like most of us, following the impressive 'In Bruges', I had high hopes for Martin McDonagh's follow-up but, somehow, it didn't make much waves when it was released. Eventually, it was a decent flick with some great stuff but, unfortunately, it didn't really convince me though. In the opening scenes, you actually have two characters talking about overkill and it would actually be the best way to describe this movie. Indeed, while 'In Bruges' was dealing with about 3 characters and was therefore really focused, this movie had an all-star cast with about 10 characters at least and while it might sound great on paper, it didn't work out so well, I'm afraid. I mean, sure, some of those guys were great, especially Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson, and some bits here and there were really neat but the whole thing was actually pretty aimless, some characters could or should have been removed (why Abbie Cornish and Olga Kurylenko even bothered showing up is beyond me) and the whole plot about the dog was seriously tedious. Basically, it is a movie about nothing really in particular and you either dig the concept or you don't. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was an enjoyable feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10