Dummy bullets

Rating: 3/10 (17 July 2009)

Mediocre, disappointing, dull.... as others have noted here there isn't much to cheer about here.
I wanted a film that was at least as good as Brad Pitt's outing in the Assassination of Jesse James and with Depp and Mann one expects something special.
Cruelly disappointed. Sure, I get the point that it's not a pure 100% accurate biography, that is reflects the Depression, but it just doesn't gel: we are never engrossed in the film, we are left as outsiders, and strangers at that.
Despite good production values and an OK cast the plotting is weak at best and it seems the film could have been at least 30% shorter without skipping a beat. Like Zodiac it is too long, unlike Zodiac the pacing is too much the same-o same-o throughout.
Probably the most disappointing film I've seen all year given those involved...