pocket full of clichés

Rating: 6/10 (4 February 2007)

I watched this movie due to the great rating it got on IMDb, but alas, I was sadly let down....In a world of predictable circumstances( except for the infertility thing, that was actually creative) where illegal immigrants are a big problem, and where a suicide product is being sold to the public; Theo, the main character, gets thrown into the fisher gang to help a girl get out of the country. At parts, I thought that it was a great movie, but it seemed to me that it only picked up, not really in action wise, towards the end of the movie. The characters were shallow, and most of the dialogue was contrived to a point that seemed inorganic. During the movie, it looked like the story would start and stop, lagging in the forgettable parts and picking up in parts that finally portrayed a humanistic appeal. Also, the background music was mainly opera music, that, to me, gave every scene with that music in it, a cheesy feel to it. As I watched the movie I thought Harrison's Flowers was a better movie than this. All in all, I have to admit it had good parts, but the story often amounted to a five point rating.