Misconduct Review

Misconduct

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Staring josh duhamell, malinackerman, Alice Eve, byunghun lee and also heavy weights like Al pacino, Anthony Hopkins, and it is directed by ShintaroShimosawa who was the co producer of grudge and grudge 2.

It is a story of “ben” a lawyer who wants get ahead in life so he goes after a rich and powerful businessman Arthur denning. He builds a case solely based on the evidence provided by Arthur’s unstable girlfriend Emily. The story takes a turn for the worst when Emily is killed and ben is framed for her murder. Back at ben’s home, he and his wife Charlotte are also dealing with the tragic death of his newborn baby. Now Ben has to clear his name and it seems like Arthur denning is willing to do anything to get back the stolen evidence. Oh yeaa……. Al pacino is playing a lawyer again

Judging by the trailer of the film it reminded me of another trailer, tom cruise’s the firm. Even though the movies are different they both gave me the same vibes. Alright so the reason why I watched this movie is because both Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins where in the movie together. To my knowledge this is the first time they have worked together. This movie was slow throughout its running time. Usually One scene would unlock another and that scene would unlock the next one, there was no fancy camera work or great action scenes. But the slow pace creates a good amount of intensity in the movie. 

Unfortunately I think the acting in the movie could have been better. there were couple of actors who I think were miscast for the roles. Josh duhmall wasn’t the right choice for this role because there are scenes where he needed to be vulnerable and he just wasn’t convincing enough. The sense of urgency and frustration that was required for the scene was lacking. Another actor who I felt was wrong for the role was “Alice Eve” three reasons

1.      She is British, so her accent seamed to leak out in certain scenes,

2.      She seamed spaced out in most of her scenes, I understand that she was going for the mysterious vibe but it completely failed. 

3.      I just did not care about her character

Hopkins and pacino are good in their characters but their roles are very cliché

It is a little underwhelming to see that happen. But one of the strong points of the movie is byunghunlee, he provides the most entertainment in the movie. I think he is one of the underrated actors in Hollywood. The movie does have some un expected twists and turns, which are enjoyable.  

This movie was going for the “gone girl” kind of a vibe but it did not fully succeed The movie is filled with intense scenes and exciting plot lines. It is interesting to a point but then it gets predictable real fast.

I give this movie  4/10,

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