When I watched the trailer for this film, I honestly didn't find
the story-line appealing, a true story about 2 gun runners??? Ummmmmm...ok. I
really can't see why this story needed to be told, but ok. The only thing that
got me into the theater is Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. I enjoy both these
young actors and it's unlikely that I would pass up a film each were featured
in. I was expecting to be entertained, and at the same time angry at the story.
I was correct on both...
I found most of my
entertainment with Jonah Hill's performance. He was definitely outstanding as
Efraim. Had he not been cast in this role I can't say this movie would have
been half as good as it was, and the film wasn't great. Just as I thought, the
story pissed me off. Everything is ALWAYS about money. The things people are
allowed to get away with, such as starting wars, just to make money is
ridiculous...smh. The performances were good, but I honestly didn't find
anything spectacular about these two men to require a movie based on their time
as gun runners ~shrugs. I thought the movie ran way longer than it needed too,
and the girlfriend of Miles Teller's character was so whiny, all her scenes put
me on the verge of a headache...annoying.
There were a
number of things that irritated the mess out of me in this film, but there was
still enough entertainment value in both Hill and Teller to keep me seated and
not running out of the theater. I'm sure this movie will be more entertaining
to most of you than it was for me. The story kind of rubbed me the wrong way,
so I was unable to enjoy it as much as I should have. In my opinion this movie
is decent, nothing spectacular, but decent...B-
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