Spenser Confidential is a very good *Action thriller*.
Spenser Confidential is about an ex police officer that gets released from prison prior to the assault of captain Boylan, and decides to team up with his room mate to discover who killed him the same day he was released. In my opinion, it is a very good plot. A very original plot. I find this movie to be heavily underrated. One of the main issues I have with it though is that.... I believe that it should not be labelled as a comedy. Sure, there are a few comedic scenes in it. But Spenser Confidential tries to be more funny than it is suspenseful. And I only chuckled at the jokes. There are no real laugh out loud moments. But that is ok with me because it is very suspenseful. Wahlberg's performance was incredible, and overall the acting in the movie is very good. I have no complaints about it. But it was nothing impeccable (except Wahlberg's). The cinematography is good, the graphics are good, the camera is ok, but when it comes to sound, this movie gets some points removed. The audio was low, I was watching at 100% volume, and it felt like it was at 70% volume. But then the music comes, and the music is so much louder, and it is not balanced. Also, the soundtrack was awful, so that did not make things any better. The ending was great. And most of the characters seemed necessary and well developed. The only ones I deemed unnecessary were the Terrance family. Don't get me wrong, they were not bad by any means, but the movie could have gone without the whole Terrance sub-plot. It felt kind of forced, and out of place. There are a few implausible moments that makes no sense (example, Hawk pushes someone into a brick wall, and that brick wall somehow falls apart, or when Spenser and Cissy are....having fun in the bathroom, she somehow breaks the mirror with her head and feels no pain or does not bleed whatsoever, and so on), but it is not an extremely low realism level. But it is a very entertaining movie. I felt more suspense than laughter, but it is ok. It entertained me a hell of a lot. And the whole Terrance sub-plot was not bad, in fact it was rather emotional, but it just was not exactly super necessary. There are a few plot-holes (for example, who is Hawk? And who exactly is Henry to Spenser), but it is ok. I really enjoyed the movie.
In conclusion: Plot: 9.3/10, great and original plot that I loved.
Acting: 8.5/10, good performances from all actors.
Pacing: 8.7/10.
Realism: 7.4/10, not highly unrealistic, but there are obvious faults, plot holes, and implausible moments.
Cinematography: 6.9/10, I found everything with the sound to be terrible, but everything visual to be good.
Entertainment level: 9.5/10, very, very entertaining.
Emotional impact: 8.4/10, the whole Terrance sub-plot gained most of the points here.
Characters: 8.0/10, the Terrance sub-plot was great, but unnecessary, and no one really wanted it. It may or may not have been better off without it.
Ending: 9.1/10, I loved the ending.
Final rating: 84.2.%
Spenser Confidential is about an ex police officer that gets released from prison prior to the assault of captain Boylan, and decides to team up with his room mate to discover who killed him the same day he was released. In my opinion, it is a very good plot. A very original plot. I find this movie to be heavily underrated. One of the main issues I have with it though is that.... I believe that it should not be labelled as a comedy. Sure, there are a few comedic scenes in it. But Spenser Confidential tries to be more funny than it is suspenseful. And I only chuckled at the jokes. There are no real laugh out loud moments. But that is ok with me because it is very suspenseful. Wahlberg's performance was incredible, and overall the acting in the movie is very good. I have no complaints about it. But it was nothing impeccable (except Wahlberg's). The cinematography is good, the graphics are good, the camera is ok, but when it comes to sound, this movie gets some points removed. The audio was low, I was watching at 100% volume, and it felt like it was at 70% volume. But then the music comes, and the music is so much louder, and it is not balanced. Also, the soundtrack was awful, so that did not make things any better. The ending was great. And most of the characters seemed necessary and well developed. The only ones I deemed unnecessary were the Terrance family. Don't get me wrong, they were not bad by any means, but the movie could have gone without the whole Terrance sub-plot. It felt kind of forced, and out of place. There are a few implausible moments that makes no sense (example, Hawk pushes someone into a brick wall, and that brick wall somehow falls apart, or when Spenser and Cissy are....having fun in the bathroom, she somehow breaks the mirror with her head and feels no pain or does not bleed whatsoever, and so on), but it is not an extremely low realism level. But it is a very entertaining movie. I felt more suspense than laughter, but it is ok. It entertained me a hell of a lot. And the whole Terrance sub-plot was not bad, in fact it was rather emotional, but it just was not exactly super necessary. There are a few plot-holes (for example, who is Hawk? And who exactly is Henry to Spenser), but it is ok. I really enjoyed the movie.
In conclusion: Plot: 9.3/10, great and original plot that I loved.
Acting: 8.5/10, good performances from all actors.
Pacing: 8.7/10.
Realism: 7.4/10, not highly unrealistic, but there are obvious faults, plot holes, and implausible moments.
Cinematography: 6.9/10, I found everything with the sound to be terrible, but everything visual to be good.
Entertainment level: 9.5/10, very, very entertaining.
Emotional impact: 8.4/10, the whole Terrance sub-plot gained most of the points here.
Characters: 8.0/10, the Terrance sub-plot was great, but unnecessary, and no one really wanted it. It may or may not have been better off without it.
Ending: 9.1/10, I loved the ending.
Final rating: 84.2.%