Terrible

Rating: 2/10 (25 May 2005)

I saw this movie at a press screening and thought it was terrible. So much of this movie is unbelievable, I don't know where to start, including Pitt and Jolie in their parts. I guess they looked great, but chemistry? It's all superficial and forced.
The script is a mess. You never get a sense of who these two people or their motivations are. We never get to know them, so when the story gets going and people start trying to kill each other, it feels pointless. I like violence when it's properly motivated, but because the story is so badly laid out, the violence here feels superfluous and ugly. The film is smug and thinks it's really funny to have the characters make jokes as they kill people, as if it's some kind of clever action comedy. These lame comedy moments make the film feel worse than empty: it feels evil. There is a truly disgusting moment of violence between Pitt and Jolie as they beat each other up.
The only thing I liked was Vince Vaughn, who was hilarious in a supporting role. It was as if he were in a completely different movie. Somebody needs to give him a lead role.