Triple 9 Review

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><b><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0384825&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">John Hillcoat<&sol;a> <&sol;b>is a great director without a truly great film&period; <i>Lawless<&sol;i> and <i>The Road<&sol;i> are really well done visual poems that aren&&num;8217&semi;t all that well written&period; Most of Hillcoat&&num;8217&semi;s fans would point to <i>The Proposition<&sol;i> and call that a truly great film&comma; I would call it beautiful and well acted&comma; but once again&comma; not all that well written&period; <i>Triple 9 <&sol;i>doesn&&num;8217&semi;t change that narrative and might be Hillcoat&&num;8217&semi;s worst film yet&period; We need to find him a great screenwriter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>Triple 9 <&sol;i>revolves around a group of ex-military&sol;ex-cop&sol;bank robbers&sol;bros&comma; looking to pick up the cash for their recent score involving a safety deposit box and a mildly well choreographed car chase centered around an exploded paint bag&period; This group of bros led by <b><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0252230&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Chiwetel Ejiofor<&sol;a>&comma;<&sol;b> the who&&num;8217&semi;s who of character actors&comma; now have to attempt another near impossible heist after the death of one of their members and the threat of having Ejiofor&&num;8217&semi;s son taken away from him by the hokey <b><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0000701&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Kate Winslet<&sol;a><&sol;b>&period; In order to pull off the heist&comma; they must commit a Triple 9&semi; killing a police officer will bring in all the emergency authorities to that one location leaving the robbers enough time to get in and out without being noticed&period; And that&&num;8217&semi;s why this movie has been made&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;100849" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-100849" style&equals;"width&colon; 2000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-100849" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;o-KATE-WINSLET-TRIPLE-9-facebook&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Triple 9&comma; Elevation Pictures&sol;Open Road Films&rpar;" width&equals;"2000" height&equals;"1000" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-100849" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Triple 9&comma; Elevation Pictures&sol;Open Road Films&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The premise to <i>Triple 9<&sol;i> is so damn interesting and ingenious&semi; it&&num;8217&semi;s hard to see why someone hadn&&num;8217&semi;t made a movie about this&period; With such a simple concept&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s even more disappointing to see it wasted with all the talent involved&period; With actors like <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0000729&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Casey Affleck<&sol;a><&sol;strong><i>&comma; <&sol;i><strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0000437&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Woody Harrelson<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0004286&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Clifton Collins Jr<&sol;a>&comma;<&sol;strong><i> <&sol;i>it really stings to see it all go to waste&period; The acting&comma; for the most part&comma; is very well done and every actor is really giving it their best in a by-the-books heist thriller&period; The cast and crew really bring their all to this standard movie that with the right script&comma; <em>Triple 9<&sol;em> could have evolved into a great version of a classic movie trope&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But that&&num;8217&semi;s all <em>Triple 9 <&sol;em>is&period; Trope after trope&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm3208946&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Matt Cook<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s script really stops this film before it even starts&period; No character is given enough room to become likable or different enough to be interesting&period; <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0043742&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">David Ayer <&sol;a><&sol;strong>could probably fart something out on the page better than this&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re talking about the writer&sol;director credited to the abysmal <em>Sabotage<&sol;em>&period; Any character motivation is thrown to the side for a cliché that just happens to work for the plot at that particular moment&period; <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0666739&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Aaron Paul<&sol;a><em> <&sol;em><&sol;strong>has a role here that is right in his wheel house of a moping&comma; substance abused person with corrupt morals and even he can&&num;8217&semi;t get enough room to make it entertaining or interesting&period; The arcs of certain characters only depend on how much you care about certain actors than you would about the character and it really hurts the film&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;100847" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-100847" style&equals;"width&colon; 655px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-100847" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;triple-9-mackie-165621&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Triple 9&comma; Open Road Films&sol;Elevation Pictures&rpar;" width&equals;"655" height&equals;"380" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-100847" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Triple 9&comma; Open Road Films&sol;Elevation Pictures&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>John Hillcoat&&num;8217&semi;s direction even feels muddled at times&period; Between trying to make a realistic film and working hard to elevate the material that would be perfect for some of that ridiculous B-movie fun&comma; his sensibility has a hard time fitting into the rather silly material&period; Known for melancholic looks at brotherhood and family&comma; Hillcoat attempts to try for it again to almost no consequence and success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All that being said&comma; there are some good action sequences&period; The apartment sequence in particular is a sight to behold in how to shoot an economic and thrilling sequence&period; Mostly from a single viewpoint and with little dialogue&comma; the tension ratchets up despite the screenplay trying to add in more clichés&period; &lpar;look out for the golden pistol held by a Mexican gang member and I can&&num;8217&semi;t forget the screaming baby surrounded by bags of drugs&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Triple 9<&sol;em> is so painfully obvious in what it wants to do and with the movies it wants to try and be&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s no room for originality&period; Not even <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;imdb&period;com&sol;name&sol;nm0931324&sol;&quest;ref&lowbar;&equals;fn&lowbar;al&lowbar;nm&lowbar;1" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Michael K&period; Williams<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi; spirited performance as the transgendered&comma; Sweet Pea&comma; can brighten the dark reds and banality of such a film and it&&num;8217&semi;s screenplay&period; When can we put out an open call for a better writer suited to Hillcoat&&num;8217&semi;s talents&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;