Disappointing with no development - saved by Jennifer Lawrence

Rating: 2/10 (6 January 2014)

For a film that is just over two hours long, I thought it had lasted at least 3. The film found a steady level early on and continued at it throughout, no ups and downs, just a steady drone of a film. A tenth of the cinema walked out within the first 45 minutes.
As you would expect, there is a twist at the end, but it was so plain and simple that it was a disappointment. There was so much potential put in a elaborate and clever plot twist in - whilst I know this is not a take on the U.K. TV series "Hustle", I was hoping for at least a fraction of that genius and cunning.
The acting is good, some of the best you can see, Jennifer Lawrence was phenomenal and it was great to see Christian Bale as such a character. Sadly the writing and directing was poor.
5 out of 10. Without Jennifer Lawrence's performance it would have been 4.