I'm a sucker for the 'reverse conspiracy' narrative: the one where it is not (or not only) the heroes who get caught in a complex and far-reaching plot, but where they themselves manipulate, plan and fake things. I like it because, like a whodunnit, it invites us to measure our wits to those of the characters and the author. This is precisely what Rabbit Hole sets out to provide: but while this 'reverse' aspect is used for a few decent twists, it is mared by the lazy (but today, unfortunately, customary) flash-back based narration, which 'dumbs down' both the writing and the watching. In addition the writing itself is frankly mediocre, full of idiotic decisions, blatant infodumps and melodramatic dialogues.
John Weir is not a memorable character but he is competently acted and written. The real problem is his gallery of insufferable side-kicks: the genial abducted accountant doubling as a scoobydoo-grade comedy routine; The accidentally tangled-in girl-next-door (a girly trope to broaden the target audience of big-bucks action-thriller like The Old Man and The Night Agent); and Ben Wilson, whose inane scheming serves no purpose whatsoever, other than delaying resolution and building cheap tension; The inevitable sympathetic/hostile cop with her inevitable sulky teenage;
It's unfortunate that the script indulge in such basic clichés and lacks the discipline to stick with its plot, because there are some good ideas in there too.
John Weir is not a memorable character but he is competently acted and written. The real problem is his gallery of insufferable side-kicks: the genial abducted accountant doubling as a scoobydoo-grade comedy routine; The accidentally tangled-in girl-next-door (a girly trope to broaden the target audience of big-bucks action-thriller like The Old Man and The Night Agent); and Ben Wilson, whose inane scheming serves no purpose whatsoever, other than delaying resolution and building cheap tension; The inevitable sympathetic/hostile cop with her inevitable sulky teenage;
It's unfortunate that the script indulge in such basic clichés and lacks the discipline to stick with its plot, because there are some good ideas in there too.