Interesting but unsatisfying.

Rating: 5/10 (25 July 2011)

This is a quick moving film, jumping from anecdote to anecdote as we see Yuri expand his empire, taking bigger risks as he does so.
The acting is OK, Cage is understated in the lead and the rest of the cast have little to do.
The story is very dark and cynical, you could see it as the absolute pinnacle of capitalism laid bare, no morals just money.
There are some nice flashes of humour in Yuri's escapes from the police.
I found the film a bit hard to get into, the situations are bizarre but not really funny, the characters aren't interesting and the narration is unemotional.
The ending is better than I expected, very cynical.
It is almost a good film but there is something missing that makes it feel too clinical.