Nothing worth caring about

Rating: 5/10 (7 February 2007)

One of the most important things in a film is its characters. However, it is often the case that these characters are all boring, or generally dislike-able, which makes it difficult at least for me to get into it. This problem can be ignored if there is a strong story, or at least poignant and interesting dialogue thrown in to give a level of respect to the character. The paramount example of this would be Pulp Fiction. This film has NOTHING of the sort I just mentioned.
Another redeeming factor in a crime/caper flick can be exciting action sequences... again this film doesn't have any. Furthermore, the star power this movie had going into it is painfully unused. Freeman and Kingsley are a waste, and Willis does nothing to help. Hartnett is as annoying as ever, but I will say Lucy Liu was cool in it - maybe because she had the only likable character.
My guess would be this film was misdirected, because it does have a good story... it's just not paced and revealed correctly. There is a good plot twist, but it's timing is in a flashback and at a point in watching it where there there is just nothing to care about; If the film stopped trying to be a Tarantino and just told the events in chronological order, like movies used to be, it would have been good.