Typical of a Shane Black's action-mystery movie writing, this movie puts two men in a situation where they have to work together for the greater good, resulting in plenty of wise cracks, one-liners and general stupidity that's a product of one of the leads being drunk half the time. Russell Crowe reminds me a bit of that Bud White cop he played way back in 1997's L.A. Confidential, before he first rose to fame: he is tough, capable of brutality, but deep down, he's a swell dude. Ryan Gosling is the opposite of his quintessential, nameless Mr. Cool guy he played in Drive: a dumb and fly-by-the-seat-his-pants single dad, who's actually a better father than he is a private eye, but hey... nobody's perfect. The script is clever most of the time, and the chemistry between the two leads works well enough to make this worthwhile; however, if given a choice, I'd catch this on DVD/Blu Ray instead of the theaters. It's a good movie, but nothing you'll remember more than a month from now. You've been warned.
B
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