A daring, intriguing production design is not enough to distract from the essential dullness of this genre picture. The imitation of American baseball should not necessitate a concomitant imitation of the American gangster yarn. "The Killing" and "White Heat" had this stuff right; it's derivatives here don't have the mythological backbone to make this work. Moreover, the physical violence and the caper itself strain credulity.
Review of Cruel Gun Story
