Very confusing film, casually acted.
The problem here is that there is no moral or ethical center to this film, and what pretends to be ironic humor falls completely flat. It is this irony that should fill the space where the absent ethos is; but since the actors clearly don't care about their characters, why should we.
Of course all this would be easier to tolerate if we had a snappy story well-directed - but the fact is, after a half-hour, I realized I didn't know what was going on, and that I really couldn't care less.
I remember Van Peebles from New Jack City, how brilliant he was - what happened to him?
The problem here is that there is no moral or ethical center to this film, and what pretends to be ironic humor falls completely flat. It is this irony that should fill the space where the absent ethos is; but since the actors clearly don't care about their characters, why should we.
Of course all this would be easier to tolerate if we had a snappy story well-directed - but the fact is, after a half-hour, I realized I didn't know what was going on, and that I really couldn't care less.
I remember Van Peebles from New Jack City, how brilliant he was - what happened to him?