Bruce Willis plays “Mel”, who is a crime boss; while Forest
Whitaker plays a hit man in his employ, who is masquerading as a police officer
named Ronny. The 3 women; Tes, played by
Malin Akerman, and her two cohorts Kara , played by Nikki Reed, and
Dawn played by Deborah Ann Woll, are also
involved someway with Mel; just as Forest Whitaker is. The connection is vague;
but clearly there. When Mel has the women go on an “assignment” 40 miles out of
New Orleans to intercept a drug shipment and the money, something is clearly
not adding up. Is it retribution for something they did wrong? Or, is it just
an easy score to help them get back in the swing of things?
The film is dealt out in sequences, which all return to the
fateful moment at the beginning of the film, keeping you guessing at what the
real story is. Violence and “adult” language are dealt out appropriately;
though gratuitously; in this film. This movie does not come near the level of
violence of Quentin Tarentino’s “Kill Bill” series, which were way beyond
belief to me. It also rises to the level of the Guy Ritchie film in that it
challenges the viewer to think outside of the box in order to understand the
plot. This is not an Agatha Christie “whodunit” by any means.
Bit by bit it becomes apparent that things have been pre-ordained.
But for what purpose? And by whom? Can anyone trust the affable Ronny, or is he
just another “shil” for the mysterious Mel? And why is Tes the only one spared
from the initial carnage? Does Mel have special plans for her?
A fantastic musical score rounds out this colorful and
exciting send up of today’s action films a la “Pulp Fiction”, while doing
nothing to detract from that movie. Rather, this film may be the most coherent
of the genre to date.
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