18. "^^^My initial reaction as well" In response to In response to 16
I kept waiting for it to pop but it never did. The political stuff was heavy handed w/o sayin much. Had no problem with any of the acting performances & yeah McNairy was great once again as was Ben Mendelsohn.
But this was a step back to something more along the lines of Chopper (which I only really liked for Bana's performance) Pitt's performance here is fine but not Oscar worthy like I hearing in the ads. I didn't think he was all that great last year in Moneyball either but I'll digress.
For me this was similar to Drive. I liked all the noirish elements but it just wasn't enough overall. Style over substance. Kinda reminded me of Killer Joe at times as well.
Would've liked to have a seen a scene between Tony Soprano & Johnny Sack too.