No doubt there's a whole lot more wrong with this film, but what stood out to me was:
Why, oh why does Standard Issue Hot Girl Mary (Ellie Bamber) fall for Loner Geek Weirdo Boy Reagan, Colin Ford??? It's true, she's steadfast in her yearning for him, and from the beginning, too. But why would she want him? There's a lack of BFF for Mary, to whom she could have told exactly WHY she falls for the Phoneless Weirdo. What doubled down on the lack of credibility was his displayed UNinterestedness in her. Yes, yes, sure, he plays hard to get, perhaps to keep her interested. But that crap just doesn't fly.
I get it, this is a movie predominantly about a Lone Wolf Hero Entrepeneur who is outsmarting the Dumbo Cop Who Peaked In High School.... eeer ""the Adderall Case" than about the believability of the background romance, but since she is kind of essential to the plot, it would have been wise to make her role credible.
The óther thing which wasn't credible: How quickly the detective suspected Colin Ford. There was no clever detecting, no sudden insight, nothing.
You almost hope that this used to be a 110 minute movie, which was horrendously butchered because of "speed" or whatever. If the writer was forced to downsize the script, Woe unto them. If they did that themselves: Lousy writing!
I liked the police commissioner/chief, good strong role. Thát was about the only thing truly credible about this movie.
Ford isn't a bad actor, if his role had been like the one in Daybreak, it would've improved the movie. I'm not sure if "Detached Emotionless Genius" is totally his thing.
By the way: "Reagan" is a dumb name for a "hero". It's the 3rd reason to think this might've been written by a right-winger, the other 2 being the Lone Wolf glorification and the absence of morals: is it okay to kill people for being basically unkind awholes? Movie says yes.
5,5 oth 10, rounded off 5 (2,5 of those points go to the hawtness of Ellie Bamber, who should get commended, always, since she showed her 18 year old b---tock in Nocturnal Animals.... Those British lassies!!!)
The Melancholic Alcoholic.
