I watched this film yesterday as I have admired a lot of Johnny Depp's acting performances over the years, this film is no exception. Depp turned in another great performance as Mort Rainey, a writer whose life seems to be in a bit of a downturn. His wife has left him and now lives with another man with whom Depp does not get on at all (who does get on with their ex's new partner anyhow). He lives a reclusive lifestyle in a cabin by a lake with his dog and basically just drinks sleeps & writes (although not too much of the latter at this stage).
Then things go from bad to worse when a man calling himself John Shooter turns up (played well by John Turturro). The man is extremely upset that Mort has plagiarised one of his own pieces of writing. Up to now this is a decent thriller indeed but then something happens and things start to get a bit implausible. I won't spoil the details of the remainder of the story for you (although many other reviewers probably already have by now). But to me I just found nothing new in the second half of the film and the ending seemed utterly ridiculous and disappointing.
Still I would not say this remains a very watchable film due to Depp's turn. John Turturro was not bad either, but the rest of the cast could have been played by any other actors and been just as good or better.
I have to say I expected more from this film but it was still an entertaining enough thriller and worth watching. 5/10
Then things go from bad to worse when a man calling himself John Shooter turns up (played well by John Turturro). The man is extremely upset that Mort has plagiarised one of his own pieces of writing. Up to now this is a decent thriller indeed but then something happens and things start to get a bit implausible. I won't spoil the details of the remainder of the story for you (although many other reviewers probably already have by now). But to me I just found nothing new in the second half of the film and the ending seemed utterly ridiculous and disappointing.
Still I would not say this remains a very watchable film due to Depp's turn. John Turturro was not bad either, but the rest of the cast could have been played by any other actors and been just as good or better.
I have to say I expected more from this film but it was still an entertaining enough thriller and worth watching. 5/10