If I hadn't watched Mr. Inbetween first, I'd never have kept watching this. The show is great, this is just ok. I already liked Ray's character so I kept watching. It's hard to look past the fact that Ray would never agree to do a documentary. But once you can get past that as a necessary story device, it's decent enough. I'm just glad it was well enough liked that it led to the series. I'd rate it 5.5 if I could. Spoilers below.
----------------------- Kinda stupid how the documentary guy asks Ray to be less violent. The movie is a guys road trip with a minor crime element. They looked like they had fun making it. Calling him a magician at this point seems like an overstatement. Just seems like a guy who does his job well (besides agreeing to commit crimes on video with a human witness who would profit from releasing the video). In the show he lives up to that title well enough, proving notably more skilled than others around him in the same line of work.
----------------------- Kinda stupid how the documentary guy asks Ray to be less violent. The movie is a guys road trip with a minor crime element. They looked like they had fun making it. Calling him a magician at this point seems like an overstatement. Just seems like a guy who does his job well (besides agreeing to commit crimes on video with a human witness who would profit from releasing the video). In the show he lives up to that title well enough, proving notably more skilled than others around him in the same line of work.