After that, Playing God gets complicated. That's about as much as can be told without spoiling some nice plot twists, as the FBI, rival gangs, quirky hit men and double-crosses enter the picture. Several times we are not sure who will do what, or what their motives are. That makes the movie more unusual and more fun. It may also keep it from being a big hit.
Many viewers prefer their movies and characters pat and predictable.
Boy, this picture moves along well, and it's not because of constant violence or jerky, fast editing. Director Andy Wilson and writer Mark Haskell Smith keep the scenes to the point, snappy and interesting, then move on. The whole film is only 93 minutes, a length that would improve many overblown movies. One bloody middle-European gangster is named Vlad, as in Vlad the Impaler, the original Dracula. Smith's script comes up with plenty of punchy, clever lines that, aside from entertainment value, add information about the characters.