WARNING: SPOILERS (THOUGH I SAW THE MOVIE AND STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED)
They had all the ingredients for a good film, they just didn't cook it long enough. Acting was so-so, though James Spader was good imitating Dustin Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy". The dialog itself was good, but the overall story was incomprehensible. Some additional plot holes that need to be mentioned: Frank must have known where the diamonds were if he buried Catalina, so why the heck would he let Trina spend her entire life in a vain search for the diamonds? If Trina saw the diamonds in her Mom's backpack, why would she spend her life in a vain search for the diamonds? Do we seriously believe a 12 year old would shoot her mother because she saw someone fondler her breasts? Why did Trina put the diamonds back in the box? Other than McGuyver, who the heck has all the materials for a forge in the back of their vehicle? Why did Marcus chain himself to Duster (to give him privacy to finish the key?) Why did Trina chain herself to Frank? What happened to Trina at the end (are we to believe that she wasn't able to shoot the chain with the gun to free herself)? Why did Duster just turn around after finding the bird?
Seriously, it's as if three different people wrote this movie and none of them talked to each other after reading the outline. The only redeeming feature of this film is that the plot holes were so annoying that you spend a good deal of time after the moving just trying to figure out what you just saw.
They had all the ingredients for a good film, they just didn't cook it long enough. Acting was so-so, though James Spader was good imitating Dustin Hoffman in "Midnight Cowboy". The dialog itself was good, but the overall story was incomprehensible. Some additional plot holes that need to be mentioned: Frank must have known where the diamonds were if he buried Catalina, so why the heck would he let Trina spend her entire life in a vain search for the diamonds? If Trina saw the diamonds in her Mom's backpack, why would she spend her life in a vain search for the diamonds? Do we seriously believe a 12 year old would shoot her mother because she saw someone fondler her breasts? Why did Trina put the diamonds back in the box? Other than McGuyver, who the heck has all the materials for a forge in the back of their vehicle? Why did Marcus chain himself to Duster (to give him privacy to finish the key?) Why did Trina chain herself to Frank? What happened to Trina at the end (are we to believe that she wasn't able to shoot the chain with the gun to free herself)? Why did Duster just turn around after finding the bird?
Seriously, it's as if three different people wrote this movie and none of them talked to each other after reading the outline. The only redeeming feature of this film is that the plot holes were so annoying that you spend a good deal of time after the moving just trying to figure out what you just saw.