Welcome to the 70's!

Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2016)

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This is a review made by StoneDraim... and that means that if you want to read a probably different kind of review, keep reading....
This is my personal experience, my personal point of view/perspective and my personal opinion... and my opinion is just one of like 7 billions in this world.
I had high expectations on this movie. Ryan Gosling and Russel Crowe in a criminal detective story that oozes all the little things that made the 70's the 70's. I have to bow down to the fact that the production and acting is in place, almost perfectly. After the end, the expectations missed the target. Yes, I am disappointed. There is humour, there is class, there is a solid performed story and acting. I just think that the total crew behind this film should have twisted something into this movie, for them to discover. Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozi had a story to tell, and wrote it well. Shane Black had the heavy army of actors to switch on to the picture. Can a director with great cast fail even so? Yes. Did Shane Black that? No. He delivered, plain and simple. Could have squeezed the cast much more. Some scenes is little light in comparison to the depth of the story. David Buckley and John Ottman has done a tremendous job regarding the music! Throwing in Kiss and other known stars to be discovered throughout the movie. Entertaining!
To the point. Was the movie bad? No. It could have been a lot better. Now I am settling with a good movie, for my entertainment perspective.
Over to the movie as a product: - The production : Very well made and is top notch speaking of the time the story is related to. Music, commercials, clothes... everything is in place. Very well made, indeed! Splendid! - The actors : Splendid! (One word that I use now and then.) - Entertainment : The high class of subtle humour and situations becoming both extreme and odd (a detective having his 13 year old girl as a tail?) creates entertainment. - Age : 15. Nudity, sex and violence. (And Ryan Gosling speaking to a gigantic bumble bee.)
6,4 out of 10. (The final rate is based most on my own entertainment of the movie. Short elucidation of the rating: 7 Well made movie. Proper entertainment. 6 Nice production. Good movie.)