Criminal [2016]

Can a film feature an all star cast and still fail miserably? yes it can. Exhibit A: “Criminal”, a criminally bad action thriller that flatters itself by claiming to be original. It wishes. Ryan Reynolds plays a Central Intelligence Agency agent who gets killed off ten minutes into the film whereas on a mission to trace down a hacker referred to as “The Dutchman” (Michael Pitt, in a very weird accent). so as to finish the mission, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memory into a dangerous ex convict (that would be Kevin Costner, in career suicide mode). What follows is a unsuccessful attempt to rip off the 90’s classic “Face/Off” starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. this can be perpetuated by an array of unappealing and annoying characters; by the end, I didn’t even feel comfy rooting for the so referred to as “hero”. All the actors, from Gary Oldman to Tommy Lee Jones, go down with the ship, helpless to rise on top of a preposterous script. Damn shame. “Criminal” is a waste of your time and talent.
Rating: 1.5/4