Not what I typically expected, I was worried I’d be bored watching it but once the action picked up, it actually picked up. Problem was I never really both that Rhys-Meyers guy, he wasn’t as aggressive as say when I saw him in MI3. I don’t think he’s suited for lead type roles something about him seemed not manly enough? Does that make sense, maybe too pretty boy? I mean are these even legitimate comments? I don’t know if it was bad casting or just a poor script. The story was ok actually but maybe the selling point was it could’ve been stronger and then I would’ve liked Rhys-Meyers character more. I don’t mind the dude, just something about the character he was playing, it definitely felt disconnected. No clue if that made sense to you or not.
John Travolta was the best part of this movie, something about him playing Castor Troy type characters is always great, a little bit maniacal but his head is on just straight enough that you gotta trust that this guy knows what he’s doing. In this movie, he’s much less crazy but it’s still very enjoyable watching him do his thing on screen and it was enough to carry the central part of the movie. If anything the pacing is off for me based on we follow Rhys-Meyers at the beginning and at the end and that’s where the movie is at it’s weakest. It’s only when Travolta and him are interacting that its cool to see them playing off one another that I believe it. The buddy cop aspect plays out for a good 3/5 of the movie and its primarily action paced, so it’s fun enough. So really it’s the first 1/5 and then the final 5/5, and the ending I didn’t really buy but it just had to end I guess. There is enough to warrant a sequel actually based on just furthering the characters and not the actual storyline, I read the wiki after and I think the director stated as such as well, he’d like to do a sequel. Would I watch more of it? Yeah I guess on disc.
