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Could have done with some editing and a scenario change (SPOILERS)

posted 7 years ago by filmcritic-16538
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SPOILERS.

The conspiracy thriller aspect is very clever, i don't like Jude Law, but he was good in this movie, his character was hardcore, he could have kept with the deal that he made with Emily near the end, but because she almost ruined his life and he lost his job because of her, he decided to be nasty back, not only that - someone was killed and someone needed to go to jail for it, and he wasn't going to allow the two women to get away with murder.

I don't want to talk about lesbians, so i'll make this brief, that scenario wasn't believable, the story would have been better with them just being partners in crime instead of lovers, it was only mentioned and shown briefly at the end, so at least it didn't ruin the entire movie.

Like someone else on this board said - Anyone could have played the role that Channing Tatum played, but don't blame the actor, they only gave him little to work with, what else was he supposed to do?

[–] macoliveira 7 years ago

I think it was well made. We only suspect that she is lying when he does. The whole time I thought it was all a quest against the great pharmaceuticals selling anti-depressants on tv. There was money involved, a vulnerable person involved, a doctor who needed money involved in some shady drug study. I serious though the movie was heading on that direction until he started to suspect Emily's intentions.
I must say that I agree on the subject that make them lovers was not believable but a nice surprise. To make Emily an evil genious it was nice. Good movie.