An Off-duty cop, Will (Forest Whitaker), walks into a robbery in a diner owned by the mob. Oh, oh, this can't be good.
And, it wasn't good. None of it. We have Michael Chiklis sporting a Cockney accent and to be truthful it wasn't half bad, but the acting all around needed help. Simply grimacing a face does not really show anger. The hostages didn't show the expected fear and looked ridiculous with phony crying and tears. Give me a break. It was like everyone was in rehearsal before the actual shooting. Nothing was believable.
Okay, let me back up some. Ray Liotta as the Man in the Suit, and Forest Whitaker as Will, the cop, who stepped into it, were the only ones who performed to what we expected of these stars. The problem was they weren't the main guys and had limited screen time. Bummer. Common as Jeff Porter, the on-scene police captain was okay, but he didn't have much to work with.
You have to ask yourself why would crooks knock over a diner owned by the mob? Isn't that like a group suicide? Hmmmm . Well, there is something that we are not told until more than half-way thru. Then it kind of made sense.
There are twists in here and they are the only things that held me because every time I thought of shutting this down, another twist came into play and I had to see it through thinking this would get better. Fooled every time.
To be fair, some of the minor players did okay (maybe they should have been the stars?). HA ! (3/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Drug use: Yes, briefly. Language: Yes.
And, it wasn't good. None of it. We have Michael Chiklis sporting a Cockney accent and to be truthful it wasn't half bad, but the acting all around needed help. Simply grimacing a face does not really show anger. The hostages didn't show the expected fear and looked ridiculous with phony crying and tears. Give me a break. It was like everyone was in rehearsal before the actual shooting. Nothing was believable.
Okay, let me back up some. Ray Liotta as the Man in the Suit, and Forest Whitaker as Will, the cop, who stepped into it, were the only ones who performed to what we expected of these stars. The problem was they weren't the main guys and had limited screen time. Bummer. Common as Jeff Porter, the on-scene police captain was okay, but he didn't have much to work with.
You have to ask yourself why would crooks knock over a diner owned by the mob? Isn't that like a group suicide? Hmmmm . Well, there is something that we are not told until more than half-way thru. Then it kind of made sense.
There are twists in here and they are the only things that held me because every time I thought of shutting this down, another twist came into play and I had to see it through thinking this would get better. Fooled every time.
To be fair, some of the minor players did okay (maybe they should have been the stars?). HA ! (3/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Drug use: Yes, briefly. Language: Yes.