A great entertaining buddy cop film

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2016)

I heard good reviews for this film so I went see it and I was very entertained by this fun movie. The premise sees two different personal investigators on the hunt for a girl who has gone missing. Russel crowe and ryan gosling are the two pi's in this film and they are both great in this film. They have such good chemistry on screen together and even though it's pretty cliché you buy there friendship on screen. Also both of them are interesting and funny characters in there own right which helps boost this film. Also goslings daughter in this film is amazing, she gives a performance way beyond her years by providing some great humour and drama so I hope to see her in more things in the future. Unfortunately, everybody else in this film is wasted. All the villains are boring and have absolutely no character to them even though seeing keith David is always cool. Kim basinger is only in this film for a few scenes which is such a waste of her talent. The story is a bit convoluted but it works because it is always moving, the story keeps evolving and you are on this journey with the two guys and its pure fun. The script is really good with all the witty banter between the two being funny and when it needs to be the film hits the drama levels well. The style has some great action scenes that were filmed very well. Also the 1970s feel really works for the stylistic nature of the film. But, I do feel like the film has a few pacing issues especially in the first 30 mins and is probably a tiny bit too long. But I really enjoyed this film and think it is definitely worth a watch.