Smooth

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2008)

Yet another one of those hypercool crime movies, this one's variation is that it actually has a good plot, apart from something happens somewhere and then all the story lines intertwine. They still decided to keep the whole talking in one-liners thing though, and it's not working out here. Neither does the obligatory pseudo-philosophy. I can't say it's all that poorly written, but it just seems really out of place for some reason. Perhaps I'm just sick of directors trying to be Tarantino and having people talk in a way nobody talks. Then again, it could be the unconvincing delivery, Josh Hartnett is no well, he's not much of anyone. When Morgan Freeman gets his podium for a pointless monologue, it just sucks less. No need to be negative though, this movie is still quite good. The pace is pretty smooth, for once I even enjoyed the camera going everywhere because it fit the atmosphere. And as I said, the plot is really good and not that easy to figure out, which surprised me. It's one of the better attempts.