"The Bag Man" had all the makings of a potentially great movie. Instead, it turned out well short. The cast is terrific and the story is also potentially terrific. Instead of what could have been a film noir-styled classic, it turned out to be some odd mix of a bad Tarantino-esque body-count farce. As I watched the movie, about 1/2 way through I started to think that the actors seemed to have mailed it in, and worse, the directors must have been bored or stoned too. The silly errors of where the motel setting actually is was just stupid -- sorry, but it's either close to Pittsburgh, Memphis, or New Orleans... but it can't be all three. I started to think that it was supposed to be a comedy of errors, or was it? Maybe just bad editing? The worst part was that Deniro could have been terrific, but instead he just seemed idiotic. A real shame, as it could have been a nice film. (Plus, IF they wanted it to be a comedy, then perhaps the bag should have contained dinner instead of an obvious part from Jack's dead girlfriend. I mean, we have ALL seen "Seven" already, right?)
Review of The Bag Man
The Bag Man
(I) (2014)
Could have been great, but instead it falls well short
16 March 2014
Warning: Spoilers