Review of Across the Pacific (1942) by Willie J — 05 Jun 2014
It's plot is uninvolving, uninteresting, and lacks suspense. That is this films downfall...the writing. The first fault of the film was trying to recreate the magic of the classic predecessor, "The Maltese Falcon".
It cast the central three actors "Maltese" had (Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet) and attached the same director (John Huston), to the project. Unfortunately, the writers of "Across the Pacific" aren't nearly as skillful as John Huston was (he also wrote "The Maltese Falcon".
The actors give fine performances, as was to be expected, but the film still cannot hold one's attention since the action I so uneventful. The film doesn't string us along like "The Maltese Falcon" did, instead it goes event to event, with boring characters and bland situations.
It also doesn't help that these writers attempted to write in a sub-plot love story, which is usually a bad idea. Overall, this movie actually had potential, but the writing is so boring, and the visuals of the film are so bland, that suspense and thrills are never built, ultimately creating nothing interesting.
This review of Across the Pacific (1942) was written by Willie J on 05 Jun 2014.
Across the Pacific has generally received positive reviews.
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