I missed this movie when it first came out and just now caught it at D+.
The setup is great! The whole Carnival Noir style along with excellent cast, captures you instantly. Yet somehow the second part of the story feels empty. The story itself is written by the book. The main hero is actually a villain. There is a moral lesson to all. A dark secret in everybody's life and a final punchline. Yet it still feels empty.
Perhaps what was needed are supernatural elements. Maybe some additional parties should have been involved. It just wasn't enough.
During that last part of the movie, I was hoping for something far fetched like integration into a Stephan King's universe. To see the clown from "It" or Crimson King. That would have been something.
But it ended expectedly and a bit boring.
I gave it 7 but it's more like 6.5 for me.
The setup is great! The whole Carnival Noir style along with excellent cast, captures you instantly. Yet somehow the second part of the story feels empty. The story itself is written by the book. The main hero is actually a villain. There is a moral lesson to all. A dark secret in everybody's life and a final punchline. Yet it still feels empty.
Perhaps what was needed are supernatural elements. Maybe some additional parties should have been involved. It just wasn't enough.
During that last part of the movie, I was hoping for something far fetched like integration into a Stephan King's universe. To see the clown from "It" or Crimson King. That would have been something.
But it ended expectedly and a bit boring.
I gave it 7 but it's more like 6.5 for me.