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Domino
the one line review:
nothing to do with an old man's game
the overview
Keira Knightley would gettttttt itttttttttt... obviously. Therefore, any film with her in is worth watching. In theory. Except that I find her voice a little irritating. She has the prim and proper well-spoken English public school accent which, when she's playing a psycho bounty hunter with guns, doesn't quite go.
the plot:
The true story of Domino Harvey, catwalk model turned bounty hunter. When she makes acquaintances with some established bounty hunters, she's get sucked into a plan to recover some stolen money.
the verdict:
The story is told in a 1st person perspective as Domino (Knightley) is being interviewed by an FBI criminal psychologist (Lucy Liu). The film is good enough, it's enjoyable, fast-paced enough, and Keira does a great job as the tough-as-nails chick who wants to be a bounty hunter. Aside from when she speaks. Somehow she doesn't have the inflection for "put the fucking weapon down".
The downfall of this film is that the story is just a bit too hard to follow. There are several storylines running at once, and how they interlink is not explained well enough. Which ultimately means it's a bit of let down. And the ending is pretty odd too.
But nonetheless it's good fun and worth a go.
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