Dean McKenna (deano)

This is the most interesting story of the issue of immigration in Los Angeles, that great American melting pot. Classy and intelligent, this mostly avoids the next conveniences and didacticism of Crash. The performances are all good, too, from a stoic Harrison Ford down to the sensational Summer Bishil. Newcomer Aussie actress Alice Eve looks hot in her nudity/sex scences with Ray Liotta.

Guy Ritchie's film reunited with Jason Statham has populated with the same breed of fast-talking, sharp-suited criminal that entertained so many of us in Lock, Stock and Snatch, the story hinges on gambles and cons, and the violence is strong and stylish. Plus, Statham is back, too, albeit with the kind of hair/'tache combo that makes him look like an extra in a Spaghetti Western.
Problems is, Ritchie spectacularly fails to communicate exactly what those ideas are. It's got something to do with con as a game - one that also follows the rules of business - and the importance of knowing who your worst opponent/enemy is. Or understanding that your worst enemy is actually you. And convincing them/you that they're/you're not. Or really are. Or something.
It kicks off intriguingly enough with no doubt deliberate echoes of The Usual Suspects (via repeated references to a Keyser Soze-esque underworld phantom), introducing us to some fun, skewed characters, like Andre Benjamin's chess-dabbing loan shark and Mark Strong's sluttering balding hitman.

I love that movie as Harrison Ford is fantastic as his character on the run. I watched that movie more than 50 times.

I am a very fan of Marvel's superhero and loved that movie better than late 1970's TV series.