The more complicated, the better...

Rating: Null/10 (8 December 2006)

Nope, it doesn't work this way. This movie has an incredibly complicated plot, so convoluted I couldn't figure it out with all the help in the world, but I don't even care what it was all about. There probably was some logic somewhere, but when everything has to be literally explained through voice-over in the end, there must be something wrong.
A well-made con movie can be a perfect time-waster, like KISS KISS BANG BANG, but that one had smart dialog, amazing chemistry between the leads, credible romance and a plot that DID make sense, qualities not to be found in this film. For starters, what's with the main character of Slevin, a completely annoying wise-ass, played by the ever more annoying Josh Hartnett, and what about the dialog? None of it is funny, or in the least interesting, or plot-related. Cut out ninety percent and you won't miss a thing. Cut out ninety percent, and this movie wouldn't have seen the light of day in the first place.
It's painful to see Bruce Willis in such a ridiculous role like this, as a silent assassin, a man of few words, who ghouls around through every frame. I want the wise-cracking Bruce Willis back. I don't want to see him as some kind of set piece for a wise-ass punk like John McDuigan masquerading as a director. Stanley Tucci is given absolutely nothing to do with a lousy part as some New York detective, with a hard-on for Slevin for no obvious reasons. Since when do con movies gotta have frustrated cops with grudges? A waste of time. Convoluted, stupid, smart-ass nonsense
Camera Obscura --- 3/10