This is not a bad film. Fassbender and the rest of the cast, the production is all good, but ultimately it's just a bit disappointing.
So much so that I kept assuming that some shocking twist was about to happen, and that some of the frankly bizarre background details are some kind of hint of what's about to come. Like that plane taking off which just levitates up at a weird angle, what could it mean! Nothing apparently. Then the interior of the bad guys place in Florida which is completely out of character for the scene and location, not to mention that an episode of Antiques Roadshow is playing the background. What a strange detail, this plot twist is going to be a shocker isn't it? What could this mean!? Nope. Maybe they just used a lot of green screen and out-sourced the backgrounds to a third party who didn't read the notes.
As I said, it's just a bit of a let down. The plot is a well used one, and when I saw the director, the cast, the production, I just didn't expect it to be so paint-by-numbers.
So much so that I kept assuming that some shocking twist was about to happen, and that some of the frankly bizarre background details are some kind of hint of what's about to come. Like that plane taking off which just levitates up at a weird angle, what could it mean! Nothing apparently. Then the interior of the bad guys place in Florida which is completely out of character for the scene and location, not to mention that an episode of Antiques Roadshow is playing the background. What a strange detail, this plot twist is going to be a shocker isn't it? What could this mean!? Nope. Maybe they just used a lot of green screen and out-sourced the backgrounds to a third party who didn't read the notes.
As I said, it's just a bit of a let down. The plot is a well used one, and when I saw the director, the cast, the production, I just didn't expect it to be so paint-by-numbers.