Disturbing the Peace

I think, without Guy Pearce, it would have been a lot worse... I just feel like there was wasted potential in this film.

A dull-as-dishwater, paint-by-numbers cinematic hiccup with no discernible reason for being.

Alas, one cool horse does not a movie make.

The only thing disturbing is how dull it is.

By the time Pearce gallops down the high street on horseback firing at the bad guys, it feels less like homage and more like horrifically misguided.

Even Guy Pearce can’t make us buy some of his lines and his MacGyver-styled action is an even harder sell. He seems utterly bored throughout the entire proceedings which is completely understandable.

It fails to deliver on anything more than the rugged veneer of its leading man.

Disturbing the Peace is a decent film that does its job as a bank heist film, the two leads do good work with Pierce being the standout, the rest of the cast is good, the film has a few issues here and there.

The movie tries to explain the discrepancy but gets bogged down in reverence and flashbacks to the same battle, shown ad nauseum.

Fast, pacey and fun ride. The kind of rare, popcorn-munching offering you don't see often these days - films that aren't so much concerned with appeasing critics, as they are giving their target market a good time.