A third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. From: IMDb.com

Directed by: Jonathan Sobol

Starring: Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick, Kurt Russell and others

Current release date: 2013

It's true this is the sort of movie that works better with a more smooth style and a bigger director and actors involved but the movie is what is it and it really isn't being anything too bad at all!

Well, it's also definitely true the movie thinks its being something more clever and important than it in fact truly is but as far as these movies go, this is not a bad attempt. Of course especially when considering this is not a big movie with a not so high budget or big studio behind it involved.

It's the sort of political thriller, in which a man gets himself involved to bring down a big company. But don't worry, that doesn't mean this movie consists out of just talking and people sitting behind desks but it really in fact is an action loaded movie as well, which sort of goes at the expense of its credibility but it at the same time also helps to make this a more pleasant movie to watch.

The story itself didn't seem solid enough anyway to carry this movie over. Like I said, it's not as clever or heavy as it pretends to be and besides never gets all too involving to follow but at least it never gets poor or ridicules. Maybe it all would had been more interesting if the story in fact got based on a true story. That way it wouldn't had only been more interesting but also would had a certain amount of gravity and importance to it, which is something this movie desperately was searching for throughout.

It also has a bit too many distractions in it as well. It features some formulaic movie stuff, all put in there to strengthen the movie its drama and gravity but it actually works against the movie, since it doesn't feel very organic to its story.

You could say this movie is a bit of a weird blend between realistic and formulaic- and forced movie elements but it still for most part works out. Not that this movie shall win any big awards or is one that stays on your mind for long but it's still a movie to have a decent 106 minutes with, when you have absolutely nothing better to do or watch.

The movie does have some big and well known names in it, such as Andy Garcia, Forest Whitaker and Eva Longoria but it's still truly lacking a solid A-list actor as the movie its main character, that could had pushed this movie up a notch. Nothing against Andy Garcia but he has always been an actor who is better playing supporting roles and it's also true that his age is really starting to show by now. I didn't even recognize him at first!

It's a good enough movie, as long as your expectations for it aren't too high!

6/10

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A friendly warning before starting things off; be aware of the fact that this really isn't being a serious zombie/demon movie but more one that is directed toward young teenagers. It does not only have the visual look of a kids movie but it's also being a childish one with comedy, characters, dialog and all of its situations.

It's a very infantile movie, in which there is never a sense of any danger or tension, also since its main characters are extremely busy with a whole bunch of stuff, such as getting the boy/girl and not necessarily with trying to survive or lifting the curse, even while clearly their lives are in danger and they have already lost some loved ones.

The good news is though that it's not being an horrible movie to watch. The movie does very little with its story, so it's also can't do an awful lot wrong. You could say that its simplicity saved this movie and still makes this a somewhat enjoyable flick, if you're in the mood for it.

It's definitely being a weird thing that this movie looks and feels like a children's movie, considering its premise and also its blood and gore. But this in every way looks and feels like a Nickelodeon movie, directed toward young teenagers. And it's not done in a satirically kind of way! It's just the movie its style, which for sure shall throw off a bunch of people already.

There is nothing wrong with a movie taking a more simplistic and comedy approach to things, after all, basically 90% of all zombie flicks are being extremely simplistic and straightforward ones but this movie just never gets clever or truly creative with anything, which causes most of its humor and situations to fall flat. Well, perhaps the movie is being creative at times, however mostly in a silly and just not all too effective way.

This movie is just being too simplistic and infantile to consider this a truly good or enjoyable genre flick but thrust me, there are far more worse genre movies to watch out there!

5/10

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