This movie was Horrible! should not have been made

Rating: 1/10 (4 March 2007)

how do i start? there's so much to say. first of all every piece of dialogue was unnatural and forced. good actors with bad acting. it attempted to by witty, clever, and hip, but failed. its weak canned attempts to be humorous was stiff and unoriginal and just made the movie unrealistic and corny. so once the "cleverness" of the whole plot came to a head it didn't hit you hard cuz there was no real build up to it (i could see it coming a mile away regardless of how bad they try to confuse you). i know they thought switching the mood along with the last minute uncoverings would make this original and different but it really just didn't work. in a good mystery they keep you on your seat as they reveal things, this tried to keep you confused until it reveals it at the last minute for a big mind blowing twist. it didn't work because the bulk of the movie fails for lack of overall quality and the pressure of the big ending builds to a disappointingly lame head. if the movie was more realistic the few violent scenes in it would have been more powerful (something that blood and gore cant do on its own) instead they seemed out of place in a corny movie, where they were supposed to be some of the saving grace when the realism was sacrificed for the sad clichéd humor and super villain crap. this movie was a pot of gumbo that didn't end up stewing well, maybe because its gumbo from applebees or denny's (corprorate money maker) instead of some homemade from the soul mix (independant). i'm just saying that it is a big budget movie that attempts to look original, entertaining, unformulaic, and fresh but it ends up being the opposite of all those. its get shorty 3 mixed with some the unusual suspects, with a dash of horse manure. i was watching it as a movie to pass some time, and i still feel like my time was wasted. smart film consumers please watch with caution or avoid.