Great acting, even better story

Rating: 9/10 (16 August 2019)

Jack Nicholson is an incredible actor his portrayal of a typical anti hero detective from the noir era is perfect. That's the first thing that I love about this movie. Nicholson is a bad guy with a good heart determined to uncover the corruption relating to the drought in LA. He uses threatening techniques to find details and figure out why he was tricked and what is going on. Along with Nicholson's spectacular acting the plot of the movie follows his perfection in stride. Watching Noah cross grab his granddaughter out of the car after her mother was shot is defeating enough, but knowing that our hero is unable to do anything about it is even worse. Throughout the movie Nicholson shines a light on the rich and power controlling the water in Los Angeles only to be stopped short in the end because the rich are too powerful. It's sad and symbolic at the same time, sometimes in life we can experience a problem but there's nothing in our power that we can do. It's a gritty and realistic story that lets audiences know things won't always work out, and that with enough money comes influence, and influence allows people to do what they want.