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Red Herring: The Movie. This is pretty much dog's crap
A scummy dude gets killed; his equally scummy brother - but with pathological violence issues, instead of being a crack-head wife-beater - sets out to find the killer and hand out a miscarriage of justice.
I'm all for revenge flicks, vigilante flicks, thrillers... I don't like violence, but it can fun when it's unrealistic, and conveys the sense of urgency when it's done right. Here, the violence is because all the main characters are scum of the Earth and don't know how to do - and probably aren't even much good at - anything else.
Obviously then, we don't have a good motive to cheer for the lead in his quest, nor can we support him, since he's an epic arse-hole.
The plot is an absolute mess too!
The first 6 minutes were mindless flashes and people not even introduced properly, in a student-like montage. It was a very bad sign and, unfortunately, the rest of the story barely progressed.
We had a writer character in the film just to prove am insipid, stupid distraction, a missing woman we never got to know or really care about, some fight scenes which were not fun, but, where not overly brutal (thankfully), did a good job in turning me off of the main character, and dull dialogues, as everyone walked around not much giving a toss, and being too secretive or thinking they're too cool to have any real conversations.
Honestly: there's nothing to recommend and I'm gutted that I wasted an hour and 40 minutes watching this, instead of something else.
Don't make the same mistake.
I'm all for revenge flicks, vigilante flicks, thrillers... I don't like violence, but it can fun when it's unrealistic, and conveys the sense of urgency when it's done right. Here, the violence is because all the main characters are scum of the Earth and don't know how to do - and probably aren't even much good at - anything else.
Obviously then, we don't have a good motive to cheer for the lead in his quest, nor can we support him, since he's an epic arse-hole.
The plot is an absolute mess too!
The first 6 minutes were mindless flashes and people not even introduced properly, in a student-like montage. It was a very bad sign and, unfortunately, the rest of the story barely progressed.
We had a writer character in the film just to prove am insipid, stupid distraction, a missing woman we never got to know or really care about, some fight scenes which were not fun, but, where not overly brutal (thankfully), did a good job in turning me off of the main character, and dull dialogues, as everyone walked around not much giving a toss, and being too secretive or thinking they're too cool to have any real conversations.
Honestly: there's nothing to recommend and I'm gutted that I wasted an hour and 40 minutes watching this, instead of something else.
Don't make the same mistake.
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