What a disappointing movie. Jared Leto was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes for this movie and for what? It was not an awards worthy performance. I don't know why Denzel Washington was upset that this movie came out for free on HBO MAX and at the cinema. No one should pay to see this movie because nothing happens in this movie. It's just boring.
The cast is superb. Denzel Washington plays Joe "Deke" Deacon, a County Deputy Sheriff. Rami Malek plays LASD Detective Jim Baxter. Jared Leto plays himself, I mean he plays Albert Sparma who is suspected to be a serial killer, but he is just mostly Jared Leto level of weird. Washington and Malek are great actors and it shows here as well, but they don't have much to do in this movie. I mean, I can't believe that they accepted parts in this movie.
The plot of the movie is simple. Baxter is a detective in LA. And the city is plagued by a serial killer. Deacon notices the case and goes to L.A. to help. Sparma catches both of their eyes as a prime suspect, but they can't find any evidence so they can't charge him with anything. But still, he taunts the police and they think it is evidence of his guilt. As they feel that they can't do anything legal to stop him things get out of hand in the most predictable way possible. I mean, the trailer is a lot more interesting than this movie. I love crime movies and shows, but in the end I didn't even care who the killer was.
I think the movie really wanted to be clever. The way it arranged the evidence. The way it tried to be ambiguous. But, in the end it was just really not interesting. There are interesting ways to be ambiguous and this movie is definitely doesn't qualify. It had a promising start but the ending was boring and unsatisfying. There are so many good crime movies and TV shows out there that you can watch instead. Don't waste your time with this one.
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