Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor, Kyle Chandler
Running Time: 113 minutes
Synopsis: In Miami, the leader of a drug enforcement unit is murdered, casting suspicion on her team members. Lieutenant Dane Dumars (Matt Damon) is her second-in-command, and he receives a tip about cartel money stashed in a safe house. He leads the unit on a raid, and after getting past the home occupant Desi (Sasha Calle), they discover $20 million stashed in the attic. Dane and Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne (Ben Affleck) have to help the team resist temptation while improvising a plan to protect and transport the money, guarding against each other, and preparing for an incoming attack.
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor, Kyle Chandler
Running Time: 113 minutes
Synopsis: In Miami, the leader of a drug enforcement unit is murdered, casting suspicion on her team members. Lieutenant Dane Dumars (Matt Damon) is her second-in-command, and he receives a tip about cartel money stashed in a safe house. He leads the unit on a raid, and after getting past the home occupant Desi (Sasha Calle), they discover $20 million stashed in the attic. Dane and Detective Sergeant J.D. Byrne (Ben Affleck) have to help the team resist temptation while improvising a plan to protect and transport the money, guarding against each other, and preparing for an incoming attack.
What Works Well: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck bring a weighty combination of star presence and world weariness to their roles, and almost save a few scenes. The plot borrows from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Sabotage, and does raise sharp questions about the limits of human capacity to push back against greed.
What Does Not Work As Well: The attempts at character building (Dane lost a son to cancer, J.D. was passed over for a promotion) are skimpy enough to be useless. The plot aims for twists and turns, but the predictable revelations are poorly paced and quickly descend into a muddle. The action scenes are badly staged, bathed in murky darkness, and edited into visual morsels of incomprehension. In the quieter moments between shootouts, the script replaces wit with an overload of profanity.
Key Quote:
Dane: C'mon, Desi. You got a Colombian flag hanging over the fireplace downstairs. We're cops, so it kinda takes the mystery outta who the money might belong to.
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