Action Movie! Where's the action?

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2011)

There are only a few scenes that would meet the traditional description of "Action". The rest of the movie is slow and actually somewhat boring. Ryan Gosling, and most of the other actors must have been paid by the word, and the director was under a budget constraint, because in numerous scenes the dialog is limited to unemotional stares with maybe a hint of a sentence here and there. Even in the scenes with Carey Mulligan, you're not sure if Gosling likes her, is indifferent, just wants to have lunch, or what.. I guess the moviegoer had to fill in most of the blanks. I would not recommend this movie unless you're tired and want to catch some "Zzzz..." at the theater.