Welcome to the Punch (2013)
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Torrent Details: DVD Rip, Dual Audio, English sub
Year: 2013
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Eran Creevy
Starring: Andrea Riseborough, James McAvoy, Mark Strong
Description:
Ex-offender Stern Wood Jacob is forced to return to London when his son is involved in the robbery gone wrong. It gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to catch the man he has always been after.
Review:
Welcome to blow ... I think ... So, I actually managed to get to the advanced screening of Welcome to the punch this evening. Unfortunately, none of my 150ish London Facebook friends can accompany me to a free advanced screening of the film and, at first, I must admit that I was very disappointed. But now, I wonder if they knew something I did not! Eran Creevy, writer and director is preparing the ground well with an opening sequence ¢ singularity which plays in London's glossy, glass and steel, covered with Canary Wharf. It draws us in right away. We find ourselves almost immediately invested in both the main character (James McAvoy as Max Lewinsky, a police detective at the head of which were rooting for) and antagonist (Mark Strong plays the stern naughty bad boy, Jacob Sternwood), are ready to tell us more about these two characters and the motives of their actions.Borrowing heavily from audiovisual flash bat Nolans films, including The Dark Knight, were lead to believe that a stylish cat-and-mouse thriller / crime caper in the style of warmth awaits us. I honestly found myself asking whether this can actually be a British heat after the first 10 minutes or so. Unfortunately, about 15 minutes in, my first claim hit me in the face (from McAvoys performance no less!) This was followed by a second and a third, and continued to do so until the end, finally, do not come with a twist, which is visible a mile and a convoluted plot, which was to be attributed to exposure of about 10 minutes before the movie is over! The relationship between the characters felt shallow and under developed, which makes sympathy nigh on impossible, and in the end, leaving me a little sad it all. None of the issues that the film raises in our mind as we move through the narration did not answer, and I was left feeling cheated every time. The audience needs to know why certain things happen, of course;? Sternwoods treatment Lewinsky and vice versa, for one. So why not just tell us? Cast deliver strong performances from what material they have a bar McAvoy, surprisingly, that gave too many clichés D reactions, caricature, our hero and made us less sympathetic to his plight.For all the films she has good points and its bad in the end, bad simply overpowered well. Little niggles (in the form of a convenient location tools, poor aim, etc.) and a wannabe Bourne-esque plot, along with a serious shortage of fun to be trumped-up bad guy (because, technically, was not a bad guy) made the film much poorer than it rightly deserves. Because from a technical stand point, the film looks and sounds great. And the story still feels fun and I want to know more. However, the serious lack of character development and exploration of their (mean) back story, the film was lying on his gun penetrated so after 99 minutes of his runtime.Sadly another missed opportunity for British cinema.Unless of course, it was developed as a style of film Infernal Affairs and the prequel / sequel fills all the gaps? Welcome to blow open a nationwide 27th March.Rutvig Vaid
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