It's like John Hughes made an ultra-violent action movie

Rating: 6/10 (3 April 2012)

Between the cheesy font used for the titles and the heavy-handed song placement, this film really is sort of like John Hughes made an ultra-violent action movie.
There's as much here to like as there is to groan over, but there's no denying that it is an amusement-park-ride of a film with lots of fun and action-packed sequences, albeit with two of the most taciturn leading roles since "The Artist." Carey Mulligan is horribly under-utilized in a role that needed someone just a touch more haggard to be believable; explaining that she's two years younger than her husband thinks she is helps, but doesn't solve the problem. Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman make a great tough-guy duo: I'd much rather see a prequel with them than the inevitable sequel with Gosling's character.