Talking, talking and talking

Rating: 1/10 (19 December 2009)

I don't call it fun, because the movie was too slow paced. It begins good, the opening scene arouses attention, but then talking, talking and talking. It is weird, isn't it? Many people say it is fun, fun and fun and also fast paced. May be, they forget Die Hards, Mission Impossibles etc. at that moment. I believe that comparing original movies and remakes are a bit wrong, so I won't do that, but I want to say that as a note, the original film was excellent and real fun from the beginning till the end. In addition, it was very flowing, because it did not consist of talking like this movie. And its great (and unusual) final had the last word. This remake is not even an action movie, because there is no action except the expected car chase scene which takes place very late. Then, the movie livens up a bit, but that's all. Edward Norton is interesting, there is Jason Statham who is the man of action movies and more, but none of them can save the movie, because as mentioned, not only it is slow paced, but also it is not a stylish picture, just OK in terms of direction. Such movies sell themselves as action movies, thrill rides, but they are not. If you call a scene that they drive a car for test before the heist as action, then it changes. The chase scene was fun, but there are much better car chases, it does not raise the bar. Just a fun car chase, but before, you have to watch the uninteresting conversations between Wahlberg and Theron to see this chase. By the way, they get closer of course later. A soap bubble movie.