It's 1984. American petty criminal Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel) gets convicted in Detroit. He escapes minimum security prison and heads as far north as he can, Ottawa. He buys the identity of Robert Whiteman. He tries to go straight with Andrea (Elisha Cuthbert). After she gets pregnant, he goes back to his criminal ways. He would become one of Canada's most prolific bank robbers. Tommy Kay (Mel Gibson) is the local Ottawa crime boss and police detective John Snydes (Nestor Carbonell) means to take him down.
This is a crime comedy drama. They could probably do more with the comedy. Josh Duhamel is somewhat capable, but he's not enough to make this a fully comedic film. It's also over two hours long. The sporadic comedic moments get washed away with the long running time. The weirdest aspect is all the wrong names for everything. I get the legal niceties with the banks but there's no reason to name the provincial police as OPD. It makes this feel like an alternate universe movie. It's not surreal enough to be fun. It's caught somewhere in the middle. The filmmaking isn't great, but it's not actually bad. There is some fun in this.
This is a crime comedy drama. They could probably do more with the comedy. Josh Duhamel is somewhat capable, but he's not enough to make this a fully comedic film. It's also over two hours long. The sporadic comedic moments get washed away with the long running time. The weirdest aspect is all the wrong names for everything. I get the legal niceties with the banks but there's no reason to name the provincial police as OPD. It makes this feel like an alternate universe movie. It's not surreal enough to be fun. It's caught somewhere in the middle. The filmmaking isn't great, but it's not actually bad. There is some fun in this.