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The overall writing and character beats are quite bad and I seriously wonder what Denzel Washington was thinking when he agreed to do this film. This movie perfectly fits the atrocious run that Mark Wahlberg is on adding to the awful string of Contraband, Broken City and Pain & Gain. They took an intriguing concept of two undercover agents working not knowing either is the law and turned it in to a mindless and moronic mess. This thing screams "bad over-the-top film" at every turn. The ending is as dumb as any I've seen in years. The two leads exhibit nothing but crazed luck and a genuine lack of intelligence throughout the entire running time. Two points for Denzel's always glorious screen presence, one point for some good one liners and one point for the Paula Patton nude scene. That's all this movie has to offer.
The whole story and the rhythm of the characters are so terrible, I really don't understand what Denzel Washington was thinking when he took the scene. Mark Wahlberg's brutal performance in this play and his virtues in "Prohibited Goods", "Broken City" and "Giving and Gaining". They spoiled the idea of “two undercover agents committing crimes together without knowing each other's identity” which was originally quite interesting, and turned it into a large collection of stupidity and brain damage. It's such a bad thing full of exaggerated performances. The end of the film is the second most I have seen in recent years. The two protagonists fully demonstrated what shit luck is and lack of IQ throughout the film. Two stars can be regarded as Denzel's consistently glorious screen image, one star for a few fairly playful lines, and one star for Paula Patton's nude scenes. This movie is just such a thing.
Comment 1:
by rabiddog67 »Sun Aug 4 2013 11:12:33
IMDb member since October 2001
It still opened at number one for all your whining. And it is a good action film. not meant to be Shakespeare as it is adapted from a Comic book.
You post so many complaints at the box office, is it still the first? (I don't know how to translate this sentence. Actually...) This is obviously a good action movie. A comic-changing movie do you expect it to be as deep as Shakespeare's work?
Comment 2:
by chapterstudios-382-670768 »Sun Aug 4 2013 11:27:09
IMDb member since May 2012
Why is it no one can criticize an action movie without someone pulling "its not supposed to be a world changing Shakespearian deep movie" card? The
how an evaluation action movie on the old people have to put 'do not expect that to change the world like Shakespeare Works' this matter? Who can not mention it!
Comment 3:
by magerk4 »Sun Aug 4 2013 15:49:21
IMDb member since August 2003
Notice how no one ever said that about Die Hard or Terminator 2. A great movie is a great movie, doesn't matter if it's a cartoon , an action flick or grossout comedy. And a piece of crap is a piece of crap.
Back upstairs,
no one seems to have said this to Die Hard or Terminator 2. It can be seen that a good movie is a good movie, whether it is a cartoon, an action movie or a vulgar comedy. This also confirms that rubbish is rubbish and has not gone away.
Comment 4:
by Shastra »Thu Aug 8 2013 13:42:38
IMDb member since April 2005
If T2 and Die Hard came out in 2013 they would be criticized too. We live in cynical and jaded times. And thanks to the boom in internet, ever dick and harry is a critic now.
If you think this movie is piece of crap i doubt you have ever seen an actual'piece of crap'. But please continue to exaggerate.
If Terminator 2 and Die Hard are also released in 2013, they will still be criticized. We are now living in another era of cynical and passive boredom. Thanks to the Internet for making every idiot a critic.
If you think this movie is rubbish, I suspect you have never seen real rubbish, so please continue to exaggerate.
Comment 5:
by pieginodino »Thu Aug 8 2013 19:04:24
IMDb member since June 2005
Please. This thing isn't even as good as any ten minutes of T2 or Die Hard.
Please ask for it, please, this thing is not there yet The ten-minute plot of Terminator 2 and Die Hard is beautiful.
Comment 6:
by Shastra »Fri Aug 9 2013 12:13:36
IMDb member since April 2005
And thanks for missing the point of my post.
Back upstairs
thank you miss the focus of my expressed.
So when you look at the highlights of movie reviews, you will always comment.
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