Utterly devoid of charisma, comedy, and originality.
This isn't just your average popcorn blockbuster. This is way, way worse.
From the opening shots of this planecrash of a film it is transparently clear that F. Gary Gray is more interested in making you remember his other, much better heist film, The Italian Job.
Ripping himself off, we jump from nearly a shot-for-shot recreation of the opening heist from The Italian Job into a series of situations so unbelievably contrived and cookie-cutter that you'll be stuck with an undying sense of Deju Vu as you watch recycled action and plot points from any of a dozen other films joylessly slapped onto a story so disjointed and uninteresting you'll find yourself begging for it to end.
Played by actors clearly filming with stand-ins and against CGI backgrounds more at home in a mid-2000's educational film than a multimillion dollar action film; characters with no motivation or personality mime their way through a by-the-numbers plane heist / hijacking which culminates in one of the least engaging finales you will ever see.
From the opening shots of this planecrash of a film it is transparently clear that F. Gary Gray is more interested in making you remember his other, much better heist film, The Italian Job.
Ripping himself off, we jump from nearly a shot-for-shot recreation of the opening heist from The Italian Job into a series of situations so unbelievably contrived and cookie-cutter that you'll be stuck with an undying sense of Deju Vu as you watch recycled action and plot points from any of a dozen other films joylessly slapped onto a story so disjointed and uninteresting you'll find yourself begging for it to end.
Played by actors clearly filming with stand-ins and against CGI backgrounds more at home in a mid-2000's educational film than a multimillion dollar action film; characters with no motivation or personality mime their way through a by-the-numbers plane heist / hijacking which culminates in one of the least engaging finales you will ever see.
- mrjosiahmuskrat
- Jan 30, 2024