Une affaire de détails

2021 • 127 minutes

À propos de ce film

Dans le comté de Kern, le shérif adjoint Joe Deacon (Washington), surnommé Deke, est envoyé à Los Angeles pour ce qui n'aurait dû être qu'une simple recherche de pièces à conviction. Au lieu de cela, il est entraîné au milieu d'une enquête pour retrouver un tueur en série qui sème la terreur dans la ville. Le chef de cette chasse à l'homme, Jim Baxter (Malek), sergent du shérif de Los Angeles, est impressionné par les talents de détective de Deke et demande officieusement son aide dans cette affaire. Mais sur la piste du tueur, Baxter ne se doute pas que l'enquête est en train de déterrer des fantômes du passé de Deke, révélant des secrets inavouables qui pourraient menacer bien plus que sa mission.

Notes et avis

Considering the awesome cast that this film has, I was hoping for something spectacular....nope....sadly it did not deliver. This was honestly the first movie I was excited to see for a good while considering COVID pretty much killed Hollywood (and I hope they stay dead). But this had all the look of something akin to the next Seven. But sadly it was a dud...great actors wasted their talent on this turd. Of course Leto (who was completely underused imo) will still probably win an Oscar.

The plot developed slowly then never went as far is it could before the climax had been reached. The film's genre is one of my least favorite but I wanted to like it. The trio of star actors could have been written to create a great story but it left we seeking something more. Annoying recurring sound which was way too loud but a few nice sound tracks helped in certain places.

You would think with 3 Academy Award winning actors this movie would be a slam-dunk, but alas it was mediocre & boring overall and ending that would tie "The Devil Inside" for least satisfying ending. Denzel Washington looks bored. Remi Malik character is uninteresting. Literally the only reason I gave this movie 2 stars is Jared Leto's performance. Unfortunately he's barely in the movie.