Plot
Professional hit-man Charlie Wolfe finds himself in three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge after a botched contract assignment.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.1/10 (2,624 voted)
Critic's Score: 33/100
Director: Kriv Stenders
Stars: Simon Pegg, Teresa Palmer, Alice Braga
Storyline
Professional hit-man Charlie Wolfe finds himself in three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge after a botched contract assignment.
Cast: Teresa Palmer -
Lucy Webb
Simon Pegg -
Charlie Wolfe
Alice Braga -
Alice Taylor
Luke Hemsworth -
Dylan Smith
Sullivan Stapleton -
Nathan Webb
Callan Mulvey -
Jack Taylor
Bryan Brown -
Bruce Jones
Anna Philp -
Party Patron
Steve Le Marquand -
Sam
Daniel Berenger -
Bar Patron
Tony Spencer -
Party Patron
Greg Miles -
Race Caller
Filming Locations: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Rating: 4/10
Sorry for the pun in the header, could not resist.
Will make this review short and sweet.
Yes, indeed, it is possible to do a "film noire" in color with a modern
theme. Look at BLUE RUIN (also reviewed by your humble scribe.) No
seriously, go watch it, I will wait here patiently for you to come
back. A truly great film, that one.
That said, this is not a successful attempt on par with Blue Ruin. This
is not a successful attempt at all.
I have nothing against Pegg in a heavy dramatic role (other than the
fact that viewers and reviewers seem to "assume" that if Pegg is in the
film, this must be a comedy or a drama-comedy. I don't think so.) What
I am against is any film that tries so hard to succeed it gives the
viewer a giant headache. In fact the non-stop "caper film" sound track
could give you a headache all by itself, assuming it was sold
separately, which I hope never happens.
Three stories, three takes of the same story, an ending where the
beginning should be -- heady stuff even if you actually ARE Quentin
Tarantino.
Not for amateurs.
Loved the Toronado. Great car. The actors were all interesting and
tried to do the best they could with the script. Wasn't enough.
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