Setup 2011 by AverageMansReviews

Setup 2011 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/decapitation/disposing of a body/choking/drugs/man on woman violence/torture/drowning/comedy of a dark nature

Storyline: it is generic; it is one of those films that begins very near to the end and goes back with the words " Two days earlier" on screen and on top of that without giving too much away the ending is needed some work as we never find out what happens to two characters individually and I will leave it there because as I have already said I don't want to give too much away. The pacing also feels never feels like it gets going; it just feels like it is drifting from beginning to end with no get up and go whatsoever to it.

Action/Comedy: there are some occasions where these two components go hand-in-hand; warning this comedy is of a dark nature. For one example which has be somewhat censored by me; we meet Sonny's/Jackson, dealer Money/Dorsey [drugs and arms] and whilst they are sorting out the purchase of some marijuana Petey/Couture has a mishap with a loaded gun which he may have thought it wasn't loaded, because they are just lying about in fact Sunny/Jackson brings this up with Money/Dorsey; there is adult language in this dialogue exchange whilst they are in and dealing with this situation.

Art: there are some good looking skies at different points during the day and night, with night scenes with many lights and so on; likewise we have sometimes these momentarily freeze frame black-and-white with cut out of the character type/character/performer real-life colour so for another example we have this; these red rectangles with white capital text with the words " The Muscle" on the left hand side with this black-and-white field with this fence and these trees going alongside this fence and backwards with possibly this hedge in the background on introducing a character/performer in this case Petey/Couture in real life colour on the right-hand side.

Characters/Performances: these characters [character developments] are following their character types and consequently performances and on-screen  chemistry; even though this is the case roughly around the closing stages of this project and onwards; there is some real substance and on-screen chemistry/connection  in two different conversations involving Biggs/Willis and Sunny/Jackson and or Sunny/Jackson and Vincent Long/Phillippe.

This film receives: 3/10, this film is poor; this film would have got higher on my marking system if it had a get up and go nature to it or at minimum anything like this; would have been good, because other than that it knows what it is and it sticks to it.