Top 10 Worst movies of all times candidate

Rating: 1/10 (25 August 2010)

Awful. That is exactly what describes this film. I think the main problem with this movie is its desperate attempt to be meaningful, to be some sort of saga. It never is. Why ? Because it moves so slow, and because it is so predictable, and because many of the scenes are just so ridiculous and because the acting is at times so horrible. Imagine being around someone who is ALWAYS reflecting, and always melancholic, it makes you...run ! The lack of humor adds to the dark mood it creates, there is no one in this film to lighten things up. The bank robbery and subsequent shootout are breathtaking, due to really bad dialogue, incoherent action, and thousands of bullets flying without one hitting its target, and without the apparent need to reload. Of course detective Hanna manages to down one of the gangsters who, after apparently taking a head shot, but where is the blood, goes down slowly and controlled, probably because he has a hostage in his arms. The famous coffee scene...did anybody notice that McCauley uttered the exact same words earlier in the movie, in an earlier futile attempt to be meaningful ? Saying the exact same thing twice annihilates its effect. A lot of the violence simply does not make any sense, such as the prostitute being killed in the beginning, what is the point here ? There is something wrong with every single scene in this movie, it is either too slow, the cops are acting too stupid, the action is not credible, and the characters are simply never believable. The lesson to be learned: if you want to create depth, do not ever show it, but show the opposite. Heavy dialogue must be used only very very seldom, this increases its effect by a factor of one million.