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Information
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 94 min.
- Director
- Joe Carnahan
- Genres
- Comedy, Thriller
- Rating *
- 6.5
- Votes *
- 19,533
- Checks
- 708
- Favs
- 28
- Dislikes
- 14
- Favs/checks
- 4.0% (1:25)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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mbkeene
One of the best movies I've seen this year. The final scene is a bit too predictable, but it's also extremely satisfying after the madness we've experienced with our protagonist.
Also: best use of narration in a long time. 9 years 4 months ago -
senorroboto
There are definitely things to like about this movie: its unhinged heightened world is a Los Angeles where anything can happen, its soundtrack is good, the cinematography is done well, it's often funny.
At the same time, it couldn't be more obvious that it was created by a middle-aged white guy. Such lackluster portrayals of women and minorities. Hot exes are dumb, vapid bitches, Russians are scary, the only black women in the film are basically coke whores who sing a song about
. The only black male speaking role is a bouncer who grants a jovial respect to the white male protagonist. Let's be honest, white guys just want a black dude to tell them they're cool. Total wish fulfillment.
Also as mbkeene noted, the ending is telegraphed from about 1/3 of the way into the movie, in addition to a lot of literal and figurative Chekhov's guns that are a bit convenient.
Is it good? sometimes. Is it skeevy? often. Is it worth watching? Maybe, its frenetic energy has a way of feeling fresh even if a lot of the content is stale. It's....interesting. 8 years 7 months ago