The first fifteen minutes of this were terrific - plunging into a mystery, two deaths, both murder, our heroes framed, massive stakes with the accused being a black man in 1934 - and I thought "why the dislike?" But then it goes into flashback and wobbles. All the repetitive dialogue - repetitive everything really. The heroes get off the hook too quickly, too early, the film lacks tension (the heroes have so much help - like why not use Mike Myers and Michael Shannon more), it's really about Robert de Niro's character. It goes on too long.
The stuff about fascism in America is pertinent and good on Russell for giving us a lesson, it just feels like they filmed the first draft.
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