This might have made a pretty decent short movie. The dialogue dragged on and on and on. And I love dialogue. I love whole movies where nothing happens but people talk. But there was just too much talking in this movie. Maybe the problem wasn’t too much dialogue, just the whole self-satisfied nature of it. Too much of it felt like it was trying to be another “royal with cheese.” Trying, and failing miserably. Also annoying—way too many homages…to his own films. Not even subtle ones at that. How much of an ego maniac do you have to be to reference your own movies?

It did come together nicely at the end though. Which, sadly, seems to be a rare thing lately. The car chases were fun and I really liked “Zoe the cat” and the fact that she’s actually a stuntwoman who does her own stunts makes it all the better.