New Film Review Triple 9

TRIPLE 9

Directed by John Hillcoat
Screenplay by Matt Cook
Starring: Casey Affleck; Chiwetel Ejiofor; Anthony Mackie; Aaron Paul; Woody Harrelson; and Kate Winslet



A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

It is no secret the cast is amazing. Big time actors are everywhere.

It is an odd film. It is so dirty you feel like you have to take a bath afterwards.
You have police who are greedy. Police who are blackmailed. Police have drinking and drug problems. Russian mob hiding kids and killing people. Gang member who are up to no good.
Now as a movie goer the stars can suck you in to the theater to watch this. It is not a bad movie, however not great either, which you would expect with the star power. There is a confusing beginning and once you get by that the movie has a nice slow burn leading up to the main "Triple 9" part of film. Now the Triple 9 part seems to go to fast and it ends up being kind of flat. All leading up to a really bad ending.
As for the stars. Another problem. There are so many stars to fit into this film you really do not have much development which means you do not really get to know the characters. 
Well if I had to choose highlights I will go with Casey Affleck for the second time this year (The Finest Hour) he shines. He plays the part of Chris Allen here so soft as every one around here is just extremely wired. You can almost see his thoughts. I know his brother will get a lot of attention for Batman/Superman this year but so far Casey is killing it on the big screen this year. Also it was kind of fun to Kate Winslet in this evil role with the Russian accent. She almost felt like a Bond villain.
Well back to the film...Yes it has a nice slow burn, and you cheer on Woody Harrelson as an investigator as he slowly fights through his drunken haze to figure the mess out, but as noted before the ending is just awful....it leaves just to many open story lines, so I am giving it 3 1/2 stars out of 5. Maybe wait to watch this one at home.

From the shadows as always thanks for your time.