Worst spectacle of overacting...

Rating: 1/10 (21 June 2015)

I was so excited this over-hyped clunker of a thriller premiered on HBO (and most happy did not pay for movie theater ticket or OnDemand). There wasn't a performance in this film that wasn't overacted or forced...I am assuming that the actors were attempting to make the connection that the female lead was portrayed in caricature in children's books, hence the wooden, almost comical performances, or caricatures, of the roles they were playing in terms of plot development. I hated the actors for knowingly portraying the characters of what could have been an engaging, enthralling story in such a fashion...it almost came off like a comic book version of the story (e.g. Sin City). The delivery of lines gave the movement of the story a rapid-fire, "thump-thump" pace that distracted from the overall flow of the storytelling. If you want to see an effective homage to noir done right, rent "Basic Instinct" and stick this mess on the shelf to collect dust with the other poor thrillers (thinking of several David Caruso bombs of the 90's).