Very cool, but empty and unfulfilling

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2012)

I can't tell you how excited I was to see this, took me weeks to finally get the time off work, when I finally had a day to myself, I drove to the cinema and found it had been cancelled, the showings were over, so I waited another few weeks, finally I rented it on blu ray, remember this is all build up and hype, I had to wait AGES to finally see it, so I put it on, immediately the mood, the lighting, the sound and the soundtrack gave me goosebumps, it was wonderfully cinematic, something we don't get much of these days, but that wore a little thin as the movie went on. I began to realise that this beautifully made film had such a simple story to it that I'd actually become bored, although well cast, well directed, and just stunning like I said, this film became a little tedious, I was sadly disappointed, I hoped this would be taxi driver for a modern age, thinking about it, the story did have a somewhat taxi driver-esque feel to it, with the main characters loneliness, people in need and hurting people to make sure they're safe, however I just didn't connect with this film in the way I'd hoped I would. It's well worth a watch in the right conditions, but I don't see what all the fuss was about, having watched it