Director:
Eran
Creevy
Year:
2013
Language:
English
Length:
1
hr and 39 mins (99 minutes)
Staring:
James
McAvoy, Mark Strong, Johnny Harris, David Morrissey, Daniel Kaluuya,
Andrea Riseborough, Elyes Gabel.
Plot:
Ex-criminal
Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London after his son gets
involved in a heist-gone-wrong and winds up dead. He teams up with
detective Max Lewinsky to find the people responsible and bring them
to justice. But, what they find turns out to be a little over there
heads and they get more than they bargained for.
Review:
I
have gone into this film without any actual prior knowledge... Again.
Oh, except James Macavoy's in it (whom I'm saw in Macbeth on 21-3 and
is beautiful , so...) and Mark Strong who is soooo badass in
everything ever so I was expecting it to be good no matter... I
wasn't disappointed, as such, but it wasn't at all as good as I was
hoping for.
Don't
get me wrong, the action scenes are exciting and fun and so well
executed, they really are. They pick the film up and kick it all up a
hole notch, each and every time. It's just the rest of it thats...
meh. The story line is thin, sloppy, weak and soooo slow. Though, how
sexy is James when he smokes? Damn.
There
is a point towards the end,probably just beyond the halfway point –
when Jacob saves Max, or maybe just after that actually, after the
hospital? Is it bad I don't remember? - when even the storyline picks
up its slack a little and catches up. Maybe it's because the film
actually loses a good majority of its initial dramatised story line
and just goes for the intense action sequences and play around with
small sessions of back and forth and setup? Who knows, either way, it
gets better.
Oh,
and, as ever Mark is a terrific villain! And that bit with the
grandma was hilarious and very clever. Also, they whole frienemies
dynamic was so funny and cute!
Quotes:
…
Yeah... it's not really what I'd call a quotable film.
Overall
Rating: 3/5
