I
have way too much time on my hands. I
should probably acknowledge that now.
When you ask why I would watch a movie I knew I wouldn’t like, you at
least have some insight. Netflix has a
lot of movies and TV shows to offer, but I picked the one that I knew was going
to be some sort of exposition followed by a shoot out.
The
movie starts with four guys stealing drugs from a police station. Some are killed, but one manages to make it
out with the drugs. He exchanges cars
with his half-brother, Yanis. Yanis is
to hide the drugs from the cartel that wanted the drugs stolen in the first
place.
So,
Yanis drives his half-brother’s car, drugs and all, to the lumber mill where he
works. It doesn’t take long for Saïd,
the owner of the lumber mill, to notice.
Saïd has a lot going on. He’s
dying and looking to sell the lumber mill.
He has a deaf-mute daughter to worry about and there’s no one in his
family to take over the business.
Enter
Adama, the local drug lord who runs the cartel.
He wants his stuff back and tracks it down to the lumber mill. What follows is your typical shootout where
Adama and Saïd are the last ones standing.
Fortunately,
Saïd got his employees out before Adama arrived, but he does manage to take out
most of the henchmen. He also trusts
Yanis to take his daughter somewhere safe.
This gives us a few scenes of the two of them dodging bullets.
Netflix
has had a few good movies. Tigertail
comes to mind, as does The Platform.
It’s also had a few misses, like Coffee and Kareem. This one falls into the miss category. For a movie that could be billed as an action
thriller, there’s not a lot of action, nor is there a lot of suspense. I would say that the 80-minute run time is
merciful, but it still feels like a two-hour movie.
The
problem is that the antagonist is one-dimensional. He’s a tough guy with guns out to get his
drugs back. Saïd is also somewhat of a
weak character. He’s got nothing to
lose. I had to wonder how the
destruction to the property would affect the sale value. I’m sure he has insurance and all, but we’re
left to assume everything works out.
You
look at the movie and wonder why? Why
didn’t Saïd sell the place sooner? How
is it that the bad guys come for him just after he makes the decision to sell? Why would Yanis be dumb enough to bring the
drugs to his place of employment? (For
that matter, why agree to switch cars rather than simply move the drugs? Did he not think his boss would notice the
new vehicle?)
There
are so many reasons to skip this movie.
It’s not worth the 80 minutes.
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