King of the Middle of the Road

Rating: 4/10 (25 May 2008)

This movies features some good performances, some serious over-acting and, by a few, some poor performances. It suffers from some unbelievable plot points (the neighbor of a randomly selected person who just happens to owe money to both mob bosses, is used to coming over to his place without knocking, works in the morgue, knows the main detective, has a friend at Good Kat's hotel AND gets the second lead to fall in love with her in just a few days? -- just not plausible, particularly given the 'this feels really pasted on at the last minute happy ending' with Lui and Hartnett's characters.
The movie also works too hard to copy way too many films without really finding its own grove and style. It had enough elements to make a decent movie but apparently the filmmakers don't have the courage of some of their own character's convictions.