You just saw me but thankful next time you won't

Rating: 2/10 (31 August 2013)

You just saw me but thankful next time you won't
Before I die, I know I will look back at the various times that I wasted. This will be a low light.
*CONTAINS SPOILERS*
I understand the concept of "suspension of disbelief", but this movie has abused any semblance of that concept.
The direction, production, and acting short comings are too numerous to address, but let me highlight a few.
Not since The Blues Brothers (1980) has a director asked the viewers to believe in the incompetence of the Federal Police to such a point. They were constantly misdirected (the old "capture one of their walkie-talkies and imitate their boss to give them misleading instructions" bit... I was waiting for them to cue the Benny Hill theme).
Casting Mark Raffulo as an FBI agent is preposterous. In the history of the agency I don't believe there has ever been a FBI agent allowed to come to work with such disregard for a barber's work. Let's be honest, they mostly resemble Ty Burrell at best. I think they were confused, and understood James Garner was an FBI agent in The Rockford Files.
Mélanie Laurent (also known as France's answer to a modern day version of Michelle Pfeiffer; a cutesy, short blonde actress with a flat line acting ability) again provides a forgettable performance.
The movie score lead me to believe I was watching a Starsky and Hutch episode at times.
Sadly I understand that a sequel is already being planned. This is a clear indication of the sad state of modern cinema.
As former NFL coach Dennis Green once said, "The great thing about America is that everybody has a right to an opinion. The other great thing is you don't have to listen to it." I wish I would have taken that advice. Unfortunately I didn't, I listened to others' opinions, namely others' here at IMDb. How this movie received a rating so high I can only assume, but in future should know better.
At the final scene, Laurent and Raffulo are at the infamous Pont De Arts where people lock locks to the bridge and throw the key in the Seine River as symbol of keeping an eternal secret.
I wish they, along with the makers of this movie would have been so kind to us, and kept this a secret from us all.