Glimpses of Genius, but not nearly enough...

Rating: 5/10 (5 May 2012)

When watching this film it left me incredibly frustrated.
Ryan Gosling was fine, the way his character worked was great! Quirky but nice on the outside, but on the inside something quite different. It's a shame that all the other characters had little to no depth to them at all. Everyone of these characters felt boring and rough, with nothing to make them stand out; Even the love interest who spends a lot of time on screen.
The plot was poor. One heist leading to some brutal killings; that was all! The film spent so much of it building up only to tie up the movie in around 20 minutes! This was such as shame seeing as the striking and stylish ending scenes were actually pretty good, they just had no real plot behind them, making them seem like cheap thrill rather than anything deeper
Keeping it short, this film had potential. Great cinematographery, Stylish colour grading and a unique main character. Unfortunately it failed for all the reasons above. I heard Quentin Tarantino gave it his own very special 'Nice try' award, and that around sums it up.