Thursday 13 August 2009

44: STATE OF PLAY

Three more movies (excluding this one) and I will be up to date. Saw this a while back at Haymarket - the cinema with the pillar in line of sight of the screen.


This movie had potential to be a thought provoking political thriller but turned out to be a by-the-numbers "so what" type of movie with a flimsy ending. Russell Crowe is always good but the rest, excluding Jason Bateman, are mediocre. Even the ever reliable Helen Mirren doesn't rate - forced to utter cockney rhyming slang and other wince inducing lines to remind the audience she's English. TV series is supposed to be better, so I'd stick with that.

5 out of 10

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