For those who liked that Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz flick "Knight & Day" this may be up your alley.
For the rest of us, ugh.
The story is of a adventure writer who gets swept into espionage. It's not that, as the trailer would suggest, another "Romancing The Stone" rip, there is a spin. And it's not as cool as you want it to be.
For one thing, painfully mis-casted Bryce Dallas Howard has the sweet nebbish writer down, but as an action heroine? Not even close. Let's address the elephant in the room. She is post-baby. And it shows in every facet of her moves. She is suppose to be sleek like a razor. Instead, she is lumbering and...well...pregnant-ish. So that made it awkward.
The 2nd thing is casting Sam Rockwell as an action hero.
No. Just no. His line deliveries seem to spill out better, say, through someone like Tom Cruise, but somehow his readings seem forced. Their chemistry is painful to watch. It was almost like watching a man at a wedding who when you find out who his wife is, you are confused as they seem to not have any...air of closeness. They are clearly going through motions.
Lastly, the concept. On paper it sounds like it should work. Twists and turns and who can you trust and amnesia and on and on... I can tell the execs were probably salivating that it is too "unique" of a story not to commit to screen. In this case, it just didn't have the right tone. It felt sad.
And yet, the talent involved says it should work. But it doesn't. And it's frustrating to try to piece together what went wrong.
In truth, the misstep was probably going in with heart and leaving with logistical problems.
Stay tuned for a pre-credit sequence to a moment no one can understand. It ties in with "The Kingsman" series. For some reason. Eye roll.
For the rest of us, ugh.
The story is of a adventure writer who gets swept into espionage. It's not that, as the trailer would suggest, another "Romancing The Stone" rip, there is a spin. And it's not as cool as you want it to be.
For one thing, painfully mis-casted Bryce Dallas Howard has the sweet nebbish writer down, but as an action heroine? Not even close. Let's address the elephant in the room. She is post-baby. And it shows in every facet of her moves. She is suppose to be sleek like a razor. Instead, she is lumbering and...well...pregnant-ish. So that made it awkward.
The 2nd thing is casting Sam Rockwell as an action hero.
No. Just no. His line deliveries seem to spill out better, say, through someone like Tom Cruise, but somehow his readings seem forced. Their chemistry is painful to watch. It was almost like watching a man at a wedding who when you find out who his wife is, you are confused as they seem to not have any...air of closeness. They are clearly going through motions.
Lastly, the concept. On paper it sounds like it should work. Twists and turns and who can you trust and amnesia and on and on... I can tell the execs were probably salivating that it is too "unique" of a story not to commit to screen. In this case, it just didn't have the right tone. It felt sad.
And yet, the talent involved says it should work. But it doesn't. And it's frustrating to try to piece together what went wrong.
In truth, the misstep was probably going in with heart and leaving with logistical problems.
Stay tuned for a pre-credit sequence to a moment no one can understand. It ties in with "The Kingsman" series. For some reason. Eye roll.