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Ridiculously CHOPPY plot

posted 19 years ago by mdidesidero
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This wasnt a bad flick, but it wasn't directed well in that it was hard to piece together what the hell was going on until the movie was about 75% over. It wasnt because they were trying to mislead you, it was that it just wasn't guided along well at all. There were too many different people in different places involved at once, between Sancho and Adel, and the girl who wanted to kill Adel, and the young kid informant, and Wood Harris' posse, and the kids who stole the rat-poison drugs, and the corrupt Capt and Lieutenant (Keith David, Cole Hauser), and Wyclef Jean's (Baine) corrupt intentions, and the head Mexicans corrupt intentions.

The movie needed more plot building in the first 20 minutes or so.

[–] Dalby_ 19 years ago

too difficult to follow? :p you need to think more :)

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] kamikaze148 19 years ago

nah i had trouble following it...it had promise but i was left expecting a little bit more. and its funnt because as i watched this i was thinking...hey this is alot like training day...well the basic concepts anyway. also i feel that sancho and adels roles should have been switched...with sancho playing the more corrupt officer. i just had difficulty believing his intentions were pure

[–] Reaganator 19 years ago

I didn't think there was anything wrong with the plot. Yeah, it's not a 10, but it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

[–] trentj101 19 years ago

If there was no Training Day, would this film be as summarily dismissed as it has been? Don't get me wrong, this was not a great film, but this film is sooo similar to the former that it comparison's cannot be helped. Not to mention the beginning of this film, substitute Ethan Hawke's wife for Sancho's mother and it is almost a duplicate! Films about dirty cops in L.A is now cliche', even Training Day was predictable. Cuba will not restart his career w/ this kinda fare, he is either the worst decison maker or he has the worst agent in Hollywood because CG's career is now officially garbage. Maybe an Indie film, a Tarantino film, or a horror film in which he plays the villain, but no more films about dirty cops. Please!

[–] robnrenee 16 years ago

I totally agree there was way too much going on at once. The movie did not stop and breathe so people could catch up to what was going on. Messy, to fast, and too overactive with camera shots and angles.