- Sensibility: A slew of issues drive the story to near nonsense: shooting during a hostage situation, blowing up buildings as a get-away device, a method for setting off fire alarms,
a lack of safe-cracking abilities, action with a bullet wound, a strange choice for a hostage negotiator, escaping a surrounded building, a choice with some hard-drives, and an outrageously granted freedom.
- Cinematography: There are some lighting mistakes, particularly a scene near the end where the shot is oddly dark during the day, and there are a few cgi inconsistencies during
car chases, a falling safe, and fire.
- Energy: It starts off interesting, but the charm of the glib humor schtick and recklessness wear off fairly fast. The story reaches becomes so far-fetched that it makes the
viewing experience feel laborious.
- Narrative: it's fun and has funny dialogue, but not much else. Conceptually the story is very poor. A bad stickup turns into a man-hunt, but the man-hunt has so few moments of sensibility that it makes for a tough watch. We see way too much of the crime boss interactions, when their involvement turns out to be completely moot.
The man-hunt drags on too long, and the involvement of the therapist is a particularly big weakness, as it introduces a slew of plot holes. In addition, Matt Damon's character Rory, could have
been a point of serious intrigue throughout the film, but he is given too little meaningful content throughout the film and is too aloof.
- T-Points: The film received one bonus point for a bit around a man in the back of a stolen armored vehicle.
It's a fun watch at the start, but it drags on too long and has to keep stretching the suspension of disbelief to keep the story going.
Number of Watches: 1
