30/10
Appeared on The Graham Norton Show: Cher/Keira Knightley/Michael Fassbender/Josh Brolin/Jalen Ngonda (2024)
Narrative
Helen embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is. Caught in the crosshairs when her lover falls victim to London’s dangerous underworld, Helen’s employer calls in Sam to protect her. Bingo, the owner of the guitar shop where Sam buys his guns, is played by Rat Scabies, a member of the band The Damned.
That’s another story
Fairytale of New York Written by Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan Starring The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl. It’s a strange mix of qualities. I don’t need a genre to stick to one thing, so the tonal variety doesn’t bother me, but the execution?
Not so much
The camerawork and acting? Top notch. The production design and writing?
Okay, maybe not *terrible*, but definitely lame
The feeling I got was, “People are stupid; they’ll never question themselves.” They’ll involve a bomb with some visual cliche or stage a huge public murder and, surprise!, no cops will show up. Just our crafty detective protagonist rummaging around for clues like it’s brunch with a murder mystery. It’s the kind of lazy stuff that makes a pedant want to cry.
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That said, if you can silence the little voice in your head that whispers, “That’s not how the world works,” you might actually have a good time.