This is one of Collin Farrell's better movies, I would say. He actually plays a man with a complex personality and large emotional range. Unfortunately the plot of the film is somewhat thin. You have this London underground which immediately attacks freshly freed from jail Mitchel. He has it so tough to stay straight, with offers for more or less disreputable jobs and a lot of "gangsta" shenanigans that don't really make any sense if you look at it from afar. The obsession of the gangster boss with Mitchel is as difficult to explain as is Mitchell's inability to use his God given skills to get out of a sticky situation.
It's not that the movie is bad, it's that the story is pretty obvious and teaches nothing. There is no humor, Knightley as a love interest was never my cup of tea and by now it's gotten really old, and the London gangsters and their propensity for showing off is not the crowd pleaser that it used to be.
So, sorry, an average film with pretty good actors is still an average film.
It's not that the movie is bad, it's that the story is pretty obvious and teaches nothing. There is no humor, Knightley as a love interest was never my cup of tea and by now it's gotten really old, and the London gangsters and their propensity for showing off is not the crowd pleaser that it used to be.
So, sorry, an average film with pretty good actors is still an average film.