If you haven’t seen this film get up off your ever-expanding arse, go out right now and see it. Don’t bother about work, real life, traffic or any of the other silly concerns that may occur to you. Go see the film, then come back if you like and tell me what you thought.
If you didn’t enjoy it thoroughly, I reserve the right to ridicule you ceaselessly until I die.
It’s a hell of a good try at a modern noir film. The patter is right, the attitude is right, the characterizations are right. It’s got dumb gangsters, a hotten totten moll, a bad good guy and plenty of smart ass dialogue. The only things missing are the atmospheric qualities of the best old flicks: the geometric photography and the moody lighting.
It could be better. It could leave more to the imagination. It could be less obvious in places.
Suspend your new millenial oh-so-clever sensibilities and enjoy it you jaded wankers.