Sunday, 15 February 2015

More crosses than a naughts and crosses convention

All things to All Men (2013)

Written and directed by George Isaac this film stars Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, Toby Stephens and Elsa Pataky. A bent policeman bribes a mob boss to organise a robbery so as to ensnare a master thief.

For the 84 minute run time there is far too much plot going on and we never get enough time to understand the characters before the plot twists and turns out of control. I am not even sure that the plot makes sense or is realistic but it does seem like there is something workable here if there had been another half hour or so in the script. Disappointingly the direction is pretty good and really moody at times but sadly it ends up going to waste really.


2/5

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