A good movie

After experimenting for about a decade with motion-capture with some rather mixed results (I wonder how he felt after James Cameron reached such a massive success with 'Avatar'), Robert Zemeckis was back with a good old live action feature and I was therefore really curious about the damned thing. On top of that, Roger Ebert really loved this flick so it sounded like a very interesting feature. Eventually, I did like it but I don't think that Zemeckis was the right director for this material. I mean, it was quite a strong story and, at the center, you had a really impressive Denzel Washington who gave definitely here one of his best performances but, somehow, it didn’t completely grab me. I mean, it was some very dark material and I don't think that the guy behind such movies like 'Romancing the Stone', 'Back to the Future' and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' was really the best choice. I understand where he was getting at but it took rather damned long to get there. Furthermore, the whole sub-plot involving Kelly Reilly was rather weak and she was there only to make sure that the main character had someone to talk to. To conclude, it didn’t really blow me away but even so, it is still a strong drama with a Denzel Washington on top of his game and, therefore, it is still definitely worth a look.

7/10