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Disappointing movie

posted 11 years ago by nils_menck2
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The name of Robert Downey Jr. always draws my attention but this movie was a disappointment!

1. This movie feels like it stole a lot from classics like "A Bronx Tale" or "Sleepers".
2. Channing T. and Shia L. just don't do it for me. Especially Tatum: all he does is getting or being undressed in almost every scene.
3. Some of the young and older versions of characters were terribly chosen. Robert D. and Shia L. is ok, but Rosario Dawson was no match at all (wether the age or the looking). I was very curious who would be the older Antonio and who did they come up with ... Eric Roberts! I am out of words ...
4. The "main actors" - Chazz P., Rosario D. and Robert D. - as seen on the posters, make promises to the audience the movie couldn't quite forfill, either because of very short screen time (Rosario D.) or because of a relative shallow performance (Robert D.). I don't want to sound blasphemic, but Robert Downey Jr has had way better movies and performances than this! The only characters I really liked in this whole movie were Cazz P. and Dianne Wiest!

To me this movie deserves 4 points out of 10!

[–] Zuider_Zee 11 years ago

You are generous. I gave it a two out of ten.

[–] Rena_Mahone 10 years ago

Indeed, Channing Tatum can't act, in fact they make him play the same role every single time.
I disagree about Shia, he did a good job, it's not his fault if the script is piss-poor material; same goes to Robert.
Yes, this movie is flawed and boring, it honestly deserves a 5 or a 4.

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