This story about a story is unique, daring, and little bit too involved in itself.
The concept is beautiful and the setup is fast paced and holds the attention very well. However in the second part of act 2, the movie starts to unravel a bit. The motivations become unclear. There are few actions which move the story forward. To compensate for the lack of story, the writers fallback on the uniqueness of the concept, trying to hold the film together by the meta-ness of it all. But it doesn't really work.
Watch the film if you love screenplay writing and movie making. Watch the first half of the movie if you like fast paced crime stories. Watch it for Collin Farrell.
The concept is beautiful and the setup is fast paced and holds the attention very well. However in the second part of act 2, the movie starts to unravel a bit. The motivations become unclear. There are few actions which move the story forward. To compensate for the lack of story, the writers fallback on the uniqueness of the concept, trying to hold the film together by the meta-ness of it all. But it doesn't really work.
Watch the film if you love screenplay writing and movie making. Watch the first half of the movie if you like fast paced crime stories. Watch it for Collin Farrell.