The slow pacing wasn't so much the problem with "The Last Lullaby." Rather, it was the implausibility on multiple levels that left this viewer scratching his head.
There was some good chemistry between the two principal characters, the hit man named Price and Sarah, whom he has been hired to kill for a cool $1 million. But it turns out that Price has a soft spot in his heart, takes pity on Sarah, and then begins to grow attached to her emotionally.
Sarah was a mild-mannered librarian who apparently led a tormented life following the murder of her mother by her father. Now, two decades later, Sarah is planning to testify and present evidence against her father.
It was a big stretch that the father, Mr. Lennox, would spend a million to murder his daughter when the money would have bought him a dream team of attorneys. And it was beyond the pale that he would order the execution of his second daughter as well.
The film was well-photographed with interesting locations and atmosphere. But it never fully gelled in the character interactions and the plausibility of such a far-fetched last lullaby.
There was some good chemistry between the two principal characters, the hit man named Price and Sarah, whom he has been hired to kill for a cool $1 million. But it turns out that Price has a soft spot in his heart, takes pity on Sarah, and then begins to grow attached to her emotionally.
Sarah was a mild-mannered librarian who apparently led a tormented life following the murder of her mother by her father. Now, two decades later, Sarah is planning to testify and present evidence against her father.
It was a big stretch that the father, Mr. Lennox, would spend a million to murder his daughter when the money would have bought him a dream team of attorneys. And it was beyond the pale that he would order the execution of his second daughter as well.
The film was well-photographed with interesting locations and atmosphere. But it never fully gelled in the character interactions and the plausibility of such a far-fetched last lullaby.