This movie has been pushed back a few times. I don’t think it was wise to put it out to die against Star Trek, Angels and Demons, and Terminator as it’ll probably get lost in the shuffle of summer films which is a shame as it’s a great second movie from the director of one of my favorite all time indi movies Brick, Rian Johnson. It’s about two brothers who grow up to be con artists. The older brother Stephen, played by Mark Ruffalo is the brains of the operation and writes the story of the con while his younger brother Bloom, Adrien Brody, plays the main character in the cons. Bloom gets angry with his brother always writing him as the troubled hero type character and finally leaves. Years later he is tracked down by Stephen and convinced to perform one last con to swindle a wealthy New Jersey shut in, Rachel Wiesz out of a few million.
It roped me in and kept me guessing until the end and managed to shock me. It was very well acted. This is probably my favorite Rachel Weisz role ever - she's just so damned cute as the character she was playing, and Rinko Kikuchi was the definition of sexy in this movie. Brody and Ruffalo sold their roles well and all the parts of this movie were working together nicely. This movie like the first Soderbergh Oceans 11 is one where everyone in the cast appears to be having fun which I believe is because the actors know who they are portraying and it doesn’t come off as acting. As with any con the mark is always willing to part with their money and I was certainly willing to part with the price of admission. I hope to see more from Johnson as his style is something the industry needs more of. B+/87/8.5
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment