I was curious about this one, because Halle sometimes finds a quality (fine, just monster’s ball, but there’s now a possibility of tots) and Willis is the shit. I was way off. Way. Off. The plot was ridiculous. The acting was lame from all but Giovanni.
It started out all right. The story was a bit lame, but they were willing to preach about how the lack of journalism has led us to an unpopular war. That got annoying as hell. But luckily, they got bored of that about twenty minutes in and decided instead to create an elaborate and preposterous set of plot points to aim for.
Mainly, it’s Halle trying to solve the murder of her friend. It’s so simple it almost hurts. The characters play into everything too perfectly. Giovanni’s creepy as all hell, but Halle and Bruce are just pathetic. I guess the acting isn’t so bad, but their characters are superficial and predictable.
And toward the end, the best part, the twist ending. It was a twist. I didn’t necessarily see it coming. This was mainly because very few cues, or thought, were put into the story up until that point. Vague flashbacks with her as an adult and some blond chick that we’re supposed to know were enough for the screenwriters I guess. Plus, the twist ending relied on Giovanni being one notch below omnipotent.
So, if you can buy into the journalistic commentary, the shitty storyline that falls apart because of shallow characters, and some sort of demigod assumption that fills out the end. If you’d like to watch a good movie, with actual suspense and thought toward third person omniscient, rent rope.
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