Paradox Effect

Disappointing.

First, let's discuss the title. At no point is there an actual paradox of any sort or any related "effects" of said nonexistent paradox.

I've been "in love" with Olga for several years. I don't know if she is no longer being offered good roles or if she is making really poor choices but this one is bad either way.

Harvey Keitel used to be pretty cool. His zenith was obviously as Winston, aka the Wolf in Pulp Fiction. This role is both minor and lame. How far has his career fallen that he would consider taking this role in such a stupidly written movie?

One of his many poorly written lines goes something like "in life you are given three choices. Two are made for you." Pure stupidity. If the choice has been made for you, it isn't a choice. Never mind that what follows is both stupid and unnecessary, the statement is idiotic to begin with.

All around, this movie fails on so many levels. I'm not sure why I even give it 5 stars.

Mother and Cop work together to get out of a sticky situation and under the threat of a mob leader.

Personally, I don't like when a script puts character in a position and their reaction is to be "incompetent". But sometimes it is realistic, and understandable. But it feels like this movie is consistently taking this line, which becomes frustrating after a point.

Not to mention the so-called "reasoning" behind the lead's pairing making little sense, as we have a father already in pain immediately subjecting someone else to the same suffering.. defies logic (and taking over half the film to get there).

The chain of events and execution of the premise leave a LOT to be desired.. I didn't enjoy this at all. Can't really recommend it.

Ok, I didn't fall asleep, but this was painful to watch. Another reviewer said it felt long despite being 88 minutes and I have to say, I was convinced this was 2 hours or more.

I'm American and tend to only like American films, but I saw The Courier a year or two ago and Olga was great and the film was far better than it should have been. Gary Oldman brought his game and I thought Harvey would do the same here.

The plot was weak and I found it hard to care about any of it or the people involved and of course, everybody was stupid and made the wrong choice leading to the overall mess that this movie was.

No idea what the budget was, but this movie was so bad, Matt Damon couldn't have saved it.

Paradox Effect was a pleasant surprise. I didn't have a movie to watch and after scrolling through a number of films that I didn't want to watch, I thought I'd give it a go. I didn't know what to expect. The story kept me going and twist locked me in. I really like this film and wanted it to be longer.

There is never enough Harvey Keitel in any movie but loved to see him every time. The action was exciting and Olga Kurylenko is so underrated, she is beautiful and a fantastic actress.

The director made some stylish choices and the movie looked great. Im pleased I made the choice and watched the movie.

I'm used to her kicking ass and being a strong character in this film. She was trying to act strong but she was just awful. The script is awful. The actors were awful. Harvey Keitel was terrible and the premises foolish because she's like this reform junkie and all of a sudden by the end of the show, she's like shooting weapons and, jumping over cars like someone said knocking out the bad guys I mean just ridiculous The last few movies she has been awful and however cartel is like his day has come and gone. A little girl in this movie cannot act her way out of a paper bag.

And the black kid with the African accent is like trying to be tough guy drug dealer not buying it . And the cop Interpol undercover cop is really bad. I mean he shouldn't give up his day job.