Surprised by the high rating

Rating: 5/10 (15 August 2017)

Over time, I'm realizing I want more out of movies these days...I want to leave the theater inspired, impressed, reached on some emotional level. Maybe I'm asking too much, but like a hit song, a top movie should reach in to you and linger there, tho I realize not every song or movie is gonna do that. This film had potential, but sadly didn't fire on all cylinders, enough of the time. I am genuinely surprised with the rating it has gained. I found the music at the start annoying, with it's little cut scenes all in time to the beat, and wanted more character development instead. It seemed to be trying too hard to be clever. Foxx made a good bad boy, and Spacey was good, but it was a little too contrived overall. The end scenes with the car chase/shooting were getting ridiculous, and it needed more thought put in to the whole thing. The problem these days is everything's been done to death, which makes it hard to put a new spin on an old theme, just like trying to stand out in the world of music. So I am picky, but you pay your money and want to get value for it. I would not recommend this film to anyone over 25, I'd say save your ticket money for something memorable.