Rating of
2/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 05/25/19
Joe Carnahan's frenetic action-crime thriller pits assassins vs bounty hunters vs the FBI vs the mafia. All are aiming to protect or murder a highly valuable witness (Piven).
It starts out promisingly with a huge cast of strange or dangerous characters setting up a climactic showdown. The flashy camerawork and direction make the Nevada setting colorful. But there's too many characters, too many subplots, and a lot of aggressive editing with the action scenes. So you wind up not telling much apart.
Still, some cast members work. Jeremy Piven is appropriately unlikable as the stage magician turned snitch. Alicia Keys is coolheaded and sexy as a hitwoman. Chris Pine is startlingly creepy as a psycho skinhead hitman.
