Ewwwwwwwww.....Just a Horrible Flm, an absolute creative failure!

i understand why most didnt like it
but it worked for me
i liked the unpredictable ending
and i am very picky with movies....

The more the movie rambled on and on the more and more I disliked it.

When it got to the point where Rami’s character was digging holes, I completely lost it. Nobody, but NOBODY would keep digging after it became obvious they were being made a fool of, but he KEEPS DIGGING, not just one more hole, but several.

WTF?

We were all laughing at the ridiculousness of it.

We often agree, but this time not so much. I enjoyed the film a lot while watching, and even more so the day after while thinking about it.

It's something of a wolf in sheep's clothing in that it masquerades as a catch-the-killer film, when in reality it's more of a character study, and holds a mirror to the real world. Not all crimes are solved, and rarely are they solved in the grand fashion we usually see in crime films.

This movie was about how things aren't always what they seem, people don't always live up to their reputation, and that the obvious answer isn't always true. It was the slow descent of a young cop who makes the mistakes of following in the footsteps of a failed cop. He didn't listen to the advice of those who knew better, and it caught up to him.

If you went into this expecting a film about a detective trying to catch a serial killer, I understand why you were disappointed, because that's not what this film is.

For me, the film came together beautifully after the interrogation. Jared Leto did exactly what one would expect of him, but one only expects it once the film is over and you realize who and what he really was. Rami Malek's descent into madness mirrored that of Denzel's, but of course we didn't know that until the end. I loved the way it all dovetailed together at the end, and we realized that we never met the killer, the crimes went unsolved, after which it became obvious that we weren't there to meet a killer or solve a crime, we were there to witness the sad interplay of three flawed human beings.

Agreed.

This "Se7en" wannabe ended at 2; in fact, calling this movie 'mediocre' is a compliment.

What really irks me is that I feel that this movie had great potential but at the end it all went down the toilet.

On one hand, Denzel acting in full auto-pilot mode.

On the other hand, Rami: he was the miscast of the year. I loved his Freddie Mercury but his cop felt as authentic as the "Village People" policeman.

I think this one is going to score really high in my list of 2021 bad movies.

I had the opposite reaction. The first 30 to 60 minutes irritated me. The pacing and editing was really choppy.

Then after the first hour, I felt the film found its pace a bit and I became more involved. Maybe it was Leto coming in.

I say this was just an average film. Not bad, but nothing extraordinary.