Great acting, sub par plot

Rating: 4/10 (23 April 2011)

Given the cast, the reviews and the hype, I was expecting more, lot more. There is no arc to the story. The main character is at the mercy of his "controllers" all the way to the end. The plot is one-dimensional (they're apart, they're together, they're apart, etc. etc.) with no hooks or twists. It tries to be cute: Who are these guys? Angels? Devils? None of the above? Not interested. Damon, Blunt, Slattery and Stamp are excellent and essentially carried this film as far as it has gone. I'm disturbed that reviewers that I respect found this to be a better than average film. I hate to think that this caliber of plot meets or even exceeds our current standards. I gave it two extra stars simply for the quality of the acting.