Terrible, ridiculous movie with great performances
Great performances with horrible direction and a decent story. First off, when Andrew Garfield's character is smoking a cigarette with his son in the car sitting next to him it completely ruined any sympathy I might have had for him. Then the Bollywood (the director is Indian) party scenes went on way to long and did nothing for the story development. A big point was made that the main characters had concealed weapons they never used WTF? This is not a 'well made' movie on that point alone. The MacGuffin of the real estate deal that was central to the plot was impossible to understand. Garfield had a stand off with a homeowner who threatened him with a gun and that was never played out. At the climax, a homeowner was shooting a gun out the window, shot the gun in the house at his family and was standing in in front of a window surrounded by cops who had a clear shot at him and the director expects us to believe that the cops wouldn't shoot him, they would let him make a speech (the actor was good). Ridiculous. Just a self indulgent director who doesn't understand how to tell what could have been a really compelling story. Maybe it's cultural. IDK. Garfield and especially Mike Shannon gave great performances in this Holly Bollywood hybrid movie. The director ruined this movie.
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