writers too lazy to go the distance

j6054

All star cast and great plot possibilities are wasted on this movie. First of all, the love triangle turns out to be unsatisfying because nothing really comes of the "triangle", so why bother. The "crime" itself is given no more than a few minutes and produces little drama. The promised double and triple-cross and changeable loyalties that ensue after the theft in fighting over the booty play out like an episode of "Nash Bridges". Now that I think about it, this whole movie reminds me of an episode of some similar TV crime drama and could be played out easily in an hour or less with better writing and be much more entertaining.

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j6054 5 January 2002

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0379243/