jimreilly43
Only the bad guys get killed in this farce Good guys and girls can be shot smashed kicked knifed crushed shot choked and cuffed but they all survive but bad guys bodies are spread everywhere Could have been OK if a little more realism existed C'mon please This is kids stuff
robertfechete-24955
THEY GOT T!!!!!!!
(haven't seen this movie)
this is the first review i've ever written.....good first start
Chipper Xavier
Sleepless (2017).Chipper F. Xavier, Esq.Vincent (Jamie Foxx) is a police officer and father who stands in the shadows while his ex-wife Dena (Gabrielle Union) begins life anew with another man who has more time for her and their son Thomas (Octavius J. Johnson).
When Vincent's police partner Sean (T.I. Harris) sets up a sting operation with a promise of easy money, Vincent suddenly realizes that his life is headed in the wrong direction.Director Baran bo Odar and writer Andrea Berloff deliver a modern remake of the french film Nuit Blanche (2011) with bombastic results. While Sleepless as an American film is easier to follow for speakers of English, the end result of the re-tooling leaves a lot to be desired.The good: Jamie Foxx delivers great action scenes, even though they aren't unique and strain credulity. He is compelling as a rogue cop, and probably the crucial selling point of such a movie. The bad: Even though the movie is set in Las Vegas, the neon colors, bright lights and extra-loud sound effects fail to distract from the basic lack of direction. Action scenes are piled atop one another like flanks of beef at a butcher's shop, and there is more than enough blood here to fill a few swimming pools. Nearly everyone in the movie is mercilessly shot, pummeled or gonad-squeezed, sometimes more than once. All this violence could be entertaining if shaped and contextualized a bit more, but alas - we're treated to a smorgasbord of it as though we couldn't possibly want for more.Violence has its place at the movies, and can sometimes be entertaining in a cathartic way. The director's job is to give us a reason for the violence, rather than shocking us into submission. Sadly, Sleepless would rather beat us bloody than tickle our fancy - which is a real shame, because this movie could have much more going for it. If you're bored, be sure to check it out - but this movie would probably work better as big-screen-background-noise to a really bitchin' Saturday night
party, where viewers just glance over every fifteen minutes and chuckle.
SnoopyStyle
In Las Vegas, Vincent Downs (Jamie Foxx) and partner Sean Cass (T.I.) steal a shipment of cocaine. They turn out to be police detectives and Vincent volunteers to investigate the battle in the street. Jennifer Bryant (Michelle Monaghan) and Doug Dennison (David Harbour) from Internal Affairs are brought in on the case. Vincent is estranged from his son and his ex Dena Smith (Gabrielle Union) is newly engaged. He is surprised to find out that Stanley Rubino (Dermot Mulroney) and mob-related Rob Novak (Scoot McNairy) are the owners of the drug shipment. Then his son is kidnapped by them.This is a crime action thriller in the vein of a Michael Mann movie. There are some good action with one particularly fun fight scene. The cast is good enough and it has the potential to be a solid crime thriller. The problem is that the movie never makes me care about Vincent and I never do. There are also some logic problems although logic may not be a big sticking point. This has all the parts but fails to put them together.
AD
