You ask me, the blame for. The failure of this film is on Rodriguez as director. As writer, he did ok, but he seems to ruin his own script creating this nori atmosphere that really fails. Film noir is my favorite genre, it rarely messes up, but when it is done wrong the lines all sound fake, the music does not work and the atmosphere falls short. Hypnotic does not work.
It is a good story, and I like the cast overall, though none of them are doing their finest work.
Rodriguez has proven for years that he is no Tarantino. Now he proves that he is no Hitchcock.
This could have been a pretty solid film with a better director, so it is disappointing to see Rodriguez mess up his own script.
It is a good story, and I like the cast overall, though none of them are doing their finest work.
Rodriguez has proven for years that he is no Tarantino. Now he proves that he is no Hitchcock.
This could have been a pretty solid film with a better director, so it is disappointing to see Rodriguez mess up his own script.