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CRIMINAL (2016, 113 minutes, R)
The
Quick of It -
The
choices this week were tough on a minor level, but CRIMINAL won out. And it was a decent choice...
Growing
up through the years Kevin Costner built and stumbled in his career, I have a
place in my movie-critic-heart knowing he can be great. In this film, he plays as Jericho Stewart, a
man who suffered major brain damage and sitting on death-row, and is the
solution to a CIA botched operation.
They crack open Bill Pope's (Ryan Reynolds) brain to transfer memories,
and things only get botchier from there.
With
supporting roles handled by an aged Tommy Lee Jones, the ever-powerful Gary
Oldman, the titillating Gal Gabot, and the serial villain Jordi Molla, CRIMINAL
played out as a very different spy story.
This is all thanks to the writing team of Douglas Cook and David
Weisberg, with Costner's performance strengthening the depth of the troubled
antihero. Director Ariel Vromen (also
known for THE ICEMAN... of little note) must have considered this a dream
project.
This
is a great film for spy action that has a very different and brutal spin. Costner plays that meanest non-spy guy you
will ever watch in action, making you want to see what he will do next... and
next...
Grade:
B+
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