Five ex-Special Forces soldiers band together one last time to rob the money of a cocaine cartel boss in South America, where everything can go wrong.
While watching the opening sequence, I thought, “Netflix hit the nail again!” The moment I started to get to know the characters, I thought, “I hope the cliches stop here.” As the story started unfolding, the pit of cliches got full before half-way.
Really shame. The photography is infallible. Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal are brilliant actors, yet none get the opportunity to develop their characters fully. J.C. Chandor, an equally brilliant director who was behind the camera of great films such as Margin Call (2011), All is Lost (2013), and A Most Violent Year (2014), delivers a film this time that does not have one memorable shot. The same applies to editing, where no sequence has anything unique or something to discuss.
All these are minor, though. The main problem is the script. I don’t know how many times I’ve said it before, but I know how many times I’m going to say it – countless!
“You can’t fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.” — Howard Hawks.
Besides the action’s inconsistencies and the undeveloped characters, the biggest blow is the dialogue. It is extremely poorly written, and the shocking part is that the aforementioned A-list actors were OK with it. It is beyond me, so I’m gonna leave it there.
Should you decide to watch it, I hope you enjoy it.
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Solidarity for all the innocent lives who suffer the atrocities of war!
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