SoftInloveRox
Horrible, fascist and poorly acted
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Adam Gill
OK - I'm British, so I was bound to cringe at Margot's "London-ish" accent which was - at best, twisted - at worst, strangled. I picked the title because - well, the cast of Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg intrigued me. I also saw Mike Myers on the cast list and sucked my teeth a little but, still - in for a penny... in for a pound!With Sin City-esque (2005) film noir undertones, the story line focuses - in the main - on one night in very close quarters around a (London?) city train station. The attention to some detail was novel - the old money and dress styles placed the film somewhere between 1974 and 1990 - my guess is early 80's from the location shots other scenes - but that is purely incidentals, and I digress...As the movie progresses, sufficient back story fills in some of the gaps - but you can't help yourself from trying to guess the plot as it unfolds. And that plot stutters at first, as you try to orientate yourself to the presentation style - which is very much comic-book. You can almost imagine moving from pane to pane across a page. The shadowy, nighttime contrasting darks and lights drew me to compare the cinematography to Dick Tracy (1990) - which is not a bad thing.The story line itself is clever, if not a little strained. You'll need to suspend disbelief that all of the "required" characters can be brought together for a climactic period which has been allegedly plotted and schemed out over a protracted period of time. The weaving back and forth gets dizzying as the plot progresses into the final quarter, making you wish you'd paid more attention throughout!The acting was - again, for the most part - very good. Notably bad was the dumbing-down of what I assume was intended to be an "East End" gangland script, ably supplemented and portrayed by Dexter Fletcher - sadly destroyed (ironically, since he is actually Camden-born) by the wooden-ness of Max Iron's delivery. To be fair to Max - he clearly spoke the script as provided - so I'll have to put the blame on the screen writer. Margot Robbie's part to play gets a 6 out of 10 (sorry - the accent wobbling all over the place was way too distracing!), Simon Pegg gets an 8 for a solid performance, with Mike Myers coming in around an 8, too (bearing in mind we know Mike has roots in the UK, so it's all good!)I enjoyed this film as a quirky piece which has some stand out moments. The all-too-sudden lapse into gore was a little disappointing and, as others have commented, that finale tied all of the lose ends together but, ultimately, lacked "closure". I gave it a 7 - it could've been an 8 if I wasn't so distracted by Margot's accent which, if you're not British, won't bother you in the slightest!
jcsheffieldlv
Nothing like a movie that gives you no reason to care about any of its characters until the very end-simply because it has to protect the big reveal (which half of said reveal was a given)...
thekingsdom
I liked this film. (Just seen it on DVD). It's a tad low budget, it's kind of been done before (although, I can't say too much or I'll ruin the film) but it was good. It's kind of hard to explain without giving away the plot; however, it was well acted and well scripted. It kept me guessing until the end, and there was some good British actors in it. Overall, a thumbs up from me.
SnoopyStyle
In a grim neon-filled dark cityscape, Bill (Simon Pegg) is terminally ill and looking for a train at an empty terminal. The janitor (Mike Myers) informs him that no train is coming that night. Annie (Margot Robbie) is a waitress leading a double life as stripper/assassin Bunny. She gives thugs Vince (Dexter Fletcher) and Alfred (Max Irons) a suitcase which leads to a devastating contract killing. This is a live action Sin City trying to be Tarantino. It's style over substance. It needs a good scriptwriter to clean it up. I'd rather have the movie split into two movies. I really like Bill and Annie. His journey could be a dark surreal Kafkaesque affair. Annie's reveal could have been shocking but the audience already knows that she's a crazed killer. I wished that she's actually two characters that are good twin and bad twin. Also a heavily made-up Mike Myers always reminds me of Austin Powers which doesn't fit this movie. Sure, this has some comedic elements but it can't be a spoof. On the other side, Vince and Alfred have their moments but I'm not invested in their character unlike Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. This movie keeps trying to be that without the skills necessary to pull it off. The final twists don't inspire me with anything. Again the heavy makeup with Mike Myers is problematic in its suggesting and Annie is fine without the twist. She might be better off without the doubling. The reveals don't stop and I stop caring.
