The story tells about Louis and Ordell, two experienced cons, who sets an extortion on Frank Dawson, a real estate man, by kidnapping his wife Mickey. They did their homework, gaining info on Frank's secret bank account of $1 million and his affair with Melanie. Together with Richard, they grab Mickey out her house as Frank is on a 'business trip' to the Bahamas with Melanie. Little that they know, Frank had already filed for divorce. So, with Melanie encouraging him, Frank eludes paying ransom. Ordell goes and meets Melanie in the Bahamas while Frank is away. Melanie lets Ordell in on the divorce update and suggests that they can get more if Mickey dies.
Knowing Louis' different way in looking at Mickey, Ordell asks Richard to kill her without Louis knowing, after the two of them bring Mickey back to her house. A mishap happens though, so Louis escapes with Mickey while Richard gets arrested. Back at her house, Mickey then confronts Frank about the ransom, the divorce, the $1 million, and Melanie. Frank denies all her accusations. Fed up with all the lies, Mickey goes back to Louis. When they meet with Ordell, it turns out that he already bring Melanie with him. When Melanie is away from their room, Mickey, Louis and Ordell then decides to demand Melanie's ransom from Frank.
Telling a lighter version of a blackmail job gone wrong, I sense that Fargo (1996) and the similar stories as the main inspiration for the base novel. Yet the lighter version of a crime story is quite a nice change of mood. Well, the movie's story rolls out quite slow for me. It even feels so as the main conflict and finale come. With the story flow doing the ordinary straightforward linear style, it's a pretty boring movie for me.
I do like the twists presented in this movie, despite their great predictability. The last and final twists feels so very light. And despite it's quite predictable right near its appearance, this final twist can bring at least a smile on my part. The comedy feels lame. The jokes don't even once crack any laugh from me. The comedic moments build up took too long in time and they do so very predictably. Oe thing that's nice is that at least the producers and director didn't force the movie to have more than normal run time duration.
The acting is just another okay overall performance with nothing special from any of the actors. Jennifer Aniston just got the role enough to enact a wife being kidnapped. She didn't quite get the real side when it comes to the later revelations of the what Frank was doing. Despite his more senior name, Mos Def wasn't really the focus on the criminal team, and he didn't quite let his accent and voice play come out. Having big names such as Isla Fisher and even Tim Robbins didn't help either, despite their convincing performances.
One final say for Life of Crime (2013) from me is that this was one of the movie that was quite disappointing for me. The title, movie trailer, and short plot intro on IMDb feels like a lie, that the movie itself didn't deliver well. A recommendation is a no from me, don't waste your time and money for this one. A score of 4/10 is my verdict.
Knowing Louis' different way in looking at Mickey, Ordell asks Richard to kill her without Louis knowing, after the two of them bring Mickey back to her house. A mishap happens though, so Louis escapes with Mickey while Richard gets arrested. Back at her house, Mickey then confronts Frank about the ransom, the divorce, the $1 million, and Melanie. Frank denies all her accusations. Fed up with all the lies, Mickey goes back to Louis. When they meet with Ordell, it turns out that he already bring Melanie with him. When Melanie is away from their room, Mickey, Louis and Ordell then decides to demand Melanie's ransom from Frank.
Telling a lighter version of a blackmail job gone wrong, I sense that Fargo (1996) and the similar stories as the main inspiration for the base novel. Yet the lighter version of a crime story is quite a nice change of mood. Well, the movie's story rolls out quite slow for me. It even feels so as the main conflict and finale come. With the story flow doing the ordinary straightforward linear style, it's a pretty boring movie for me.
I do like the twists presented in this movie, despite their great predictability. The last and final twists feels so very light. And despite it's quite predictable right near its appearance, this final twist can bring at least a smile on my part. The comedy feels lame. The jokes don't even once crack any laugh from me. The comedic moments build up took too long in time and they do so very predictably. Oe thing that's nice is that at least the producers and director didn't force the movie to have more than normal run time duration.
The acting is just another okay overall performance with nothing special from any of the actors. Jennifer Aniston just got the role enough to enact a wife being kidnapped. She didn't quite get the real side when it comes to the later revelations of the what Frank was doing. Despite his more senior name, Mos Def wasn't really the focus on the criminal team, and he didn't quite let his accent and voice play come out. Having big names such as Isla Fisher and even Tim Robbins didn't help either, despite their convincing performances.
One final say for Life of Crime (2013) from me is that this was one of the movie that was quite disappointing for me. The title, movie trailer, and short plot intro on IMDb feels like a lie, that the movie itself didn't deliver well. A recommendation is a no from me, don't waste your time and money for this one. A score of 4/10 is my verdict.