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Four graphic sex scenes isn't noir, it's porno
This movie doesn't have a plot so much as it has a cover for a soft-core porno. After the 3rd graphic sex scene my wife asked me to turn it off and I was happy to oblige. It isn't like the plot was actually moving along anyway. There is a paper-thin veneer of suspense but the focus is mainly on Keanu Reeves and a Russian woman and their sordid and shallow sexual affair.
The characters aren't particularly likable or relatable. Their decisions are inscrutable. The acting is flat, though that isn't out of the ordinary for Keanu Reeves.
The only positive thing I can say about it is that the actual story-telling part of the movie (which was less than 20% of the whole) was interesting enough that I came back to finish it on my own. So my wife didn't find out that there was a 4th graphic sex scene as well as one strongly implied by offensively lewd contrivance.
The movie was a lot better once I started skipping past the sex and sexual innuendo to get to the actual story. Still, I wish I hadn't wasted the time on it.
If I had it to do again, I wouldn't have ever turned it on.
November 2018 · Movies and TV · verified purchase