Backlash

I think the vitriol over this film is largely a consequence of people getting good and tired of Johnny Depp (FINALLY!). But in its way it's no worse than any similar international intrigue/spy/heist movie. The only serious problem imo is the way Depp seems to think the only way to play an action scene is buffoonish. He thinks every film he does is a comedy, even when it's entirely inappropriate.

But really, despite plot issues and so forth, how is this any worse than Charade, The Bourne Identity, Knight and Day, any Bond movie, etc.? They're all silly entertainments centred around exotic locations and some kind of mcguffin that draws competing armed factions in as antagonists. Not much to choose one from the next.


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