I wanted to like this movie but the actors and actresses and their poorly executed accents made it extremely difficult.
First off we have Thomas Jane who is supposed to be a Texas Ranger and as a born and raised Texan I have to say he not only tried way to hard but he would be called a faker and ran out of any dirt road Texas town speaking the way he does in this movie. Its the type of Texas accent that non-natives use to make fun of Texans. So to say he over does it is putting it mildly.
Now for John Malceviche it's like he does not even try to sound like anyone ever born anywhere in the UK. It makes me wonder if he ever bothered to listen to himself talk in this movie. Its a shame that not a single person even mentioned it to him. He sounds like someone from his own little world in this movie.
As for the other actors and actresses who were all born in or around the UK. Well I cant say any of them did much better here. I mean I'm by no means a sociolinguistics major but the smattering of over done, under done, an UK accents made this movie so annoyingly difficult to watch I was barely able to endure half the movie before I turned it off out of sheer frustration.
First off we have Thomas Jane who is supposed to be a Texas Ranger and as a born and raised Texan I have to say he not only tried way to hard but he would be called a faker and ran out of any dirt road Texas town speaking the way he does in this movie. Its the type of Texas accent that non-natives use to make fun of Texans. So to say he over does it is putting it mildly.
Now for John Malceviche it's like he does not even try to sound like anyone ever born anywhere in the UK. It makes me wonder if he ever bothered to listen to himself talk in this movie. Its a shame that not a single person even mentioned it to him. He sounds like someone from his own little world in this movie.
As for the other actors and actresses who were all born in or around the UK. Well I cant say any of them did much better here. I mean I'm by no means a sociolinguistics major but the smattering of over done, under done, an UK accents made this movie so annoyingly difficult to watch I was barely able to endure half the movie before I turned it off out of sheer frustration.