False Premise

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2015)

It's incomprehensible to me why someone would give this Movie a 10/10 rating, and still not take a minute's Worth to at least try to view the standpoint of the leading character. A man devoid of compassion, stripped of personal Insight, and in general, human emotion, is supposed to portray the complex composition that is wrong and right? Within the constraints of this being a "it's wrong, so wrong, but somebody's gotta tell us how wrong it is" kind of story, and a "man gone wrong but just trying' to earn an honest dollar" the momentum of the story strands on the lack of complexity on the main character itself - shallow, Hollow, the only purpose being survival - and for what...? Dog eat dog? Survival of the fittest? With Gyllenhaal so obviously lacking in aspects hard to number, the farthest I would would be venturing is survival of the worst, which is hardly breaking News - which pretty much screams out the most troubling part of this Movie; WHY NOT GIVE THE MAIN CHARACTER A MOTIVE?? By deriving him of his chief motive as a human being, the Movie in itself looses focus, point, and, in the end meaning, for a tale of the blind leading the blind is in itself pretty Close to pointless. A disappointing 4/10 on my Count, a potentially good opportunity of giving an honest description of ethical boundaries gone to Waste.