I read in some reviews done by professional press that this movie was one describing the life of several generations affected by one event, one crime. I missed that one. We have 3 stories, which could have been 3 movies, linked by a family threat which is not necessary. It seems the director has put this link in the movie just to go from one to another story, but there is no reason to be there. The why of the link in each part and why the family ties develop like this is independent of the origin. The first part of the movie is very good, action part, good plot, emotional situation, etc ... all played excellent by Ryan Gosling (Luke) and Eva Mendes (Romina). The start promises a fantastic movie, one of the better ones. The next part, the police part and corruption, we saw so many times in other TV series and movies. This part does not get any chance to develop itself, there is no time to do so. Bradley Cooper does really his best to accomplish, but fails due to the poor script. Then the latter part is again another movie about the problems of children ( drugs, divorced parents ) and there so busy parents. There is a link between the 3 stories, which is obvious. I felt as I didn't saw any movie, no subject, missing some depth in any story.
The movie takes over 2 hours ( and it could be 3 ) and ends up by a stop sign given to the director some 5 minutes before the end.
Rated a 5 due to the fantastic roles of Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes in the first 30 minutes ( first part ).
The movie takes over 2 hours ( and it could be 3 ) and ends up by a stop sign given to the director some 5 minutes before the end.
Rated a 5 due to the fantastic roles of Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes in the first 30 minutes ( first part ).