An interesting drama about an agent who takes some time off to spend with his dying wife, and ends up going on a crime spree. The writer/director/star takes a great approach in telling a good story from an emotional and understated angle, but the execution does not quite work.
Many scenes drip with sentimentality to the point that they become laughable. Most of the lovey-giddy scenes involving his wife come off as snippets from Mentos commercials.
A sub-plot involving a co-worker who gets shot in his place (and paralyzed) then takes up painting peaceful compositions, simply isn't interesting. We are never allowed to connect with his character; and we only know his situation by off-handed inferences of his wife leaving him. The director is quite obsessed with his paintings that grow tiresome all too quickly.
Many scenes drip with sentimentality to the point that they become laughable. Most of the lovey-giddy scenes involving his wife come off as snippets from Mentos commercials.
A sub-plot involving a co-worker who gets shot in his place (and paralyzed) then takes up painting peaceful compositions, simply isn't interesting. We are never allowed to connect with his character; and we only know his situation by off-handed inferences of his wife leaving him. The director is quite obsessed with his paintings that grow tiresome all too quickly.