Half a great movie?

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2018)

Strong performances can't save this movie, which is excellent for the first hour then nosedives rapidly.
There's a definite farce element in the second half of the film and this may be deliberate, but it didn't work for me. And this main text of Forgiveness etc just doesn't sit well. The final chumminess between Hayes and Dixon for example was particularly toe-curling for me .And the black woman who is imprisoned simply to punish/leverage Hayes? Shes' very forgiving too. As is the guy who was beaten and thrown out of a window. His secretary/assistant didn't seem to mind being punched in the face either.
Just a bit of silly plot really. Shame, could have been really great.