A poor effort........

Rating: 2/10 (3 January 2014)

Not sure what this film was supposed to be. Whatever it was, it failed in every respect - lots of talking and swearing, and very little action left me feeling bored and frustrated. There was nothing wrong with the acting - Bradley Cooper is making a career of playing idiots and he again did well here, playing an odious FBI imbecile particularly well. Christian Bale also did a good job as the unkempt, unclean and slimy Rosenfeld. The female leads also did a good job. The problem is that I was never sure whether this was a comedy or a gangster movie; it had elements of both without falling into either category and therefore failed to engage my attention for very long. As for the dialogue, it was mostly banal and meaningless. Shame to see such good actors wasted on this garbage.