James Franco is great - movie not so great

Rating: 4/10 (15 August 2008)

James Franco actually puts in a full comedic performance in a movie short on acting. I'm not sure what Seth Rogen does but it's not acting - more like interior monologues. The third dope fiend called Red can't & doesn't act at all. I wanted to like this movie - I liked Superbad & Knocked Up but this was too cartoonish - the action sequences were too unrealistic. Red gets shot several times & he is still alive at the end of the movie. I loved seeing Rosie Perez & Gary Cole as the bad guys but they didn't have much to do. As I said the only socially redeeming quality of this movie is James Franco's acting. This might be one of those movies where the DVD with all it's extra features might be better than the movie itself.