Has its moments but is slow
27 September 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Two rival fixers.

That's all I knew.

It starts fine.

The problem is, the wolves are quiet, nondescript fixers. A fixer is boring. Efficient, thorough, quiet, boring.

So there was not a lot really happening, especially (!) as they are so alike.

Underplayed coolness and reactions were fine. Clooney and Pitt acting what I exoected, good. But too slow and gooey a script, and not much happening, and what happened was pretty predictable.

That door of that restaurant that the kid ran out of - nah, not buying it that it wasn't locked. They didn't show it as an emergency exit. The slow-mo of the somersault was too long and did not fit the style of the movie imo.

The redeeming factor was the kid, he was fun, and real, and top-notch-acted. Assoon as he starts talking I was invested again.

All the twists were meh, the visit with the father a mystery and the ending lame.

But there are much worse movies out there, so it's okay. I was entertained, not greatly, but okay-ly.
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