Review of Allied (2016) by Ginak — 27 Nov 2016

Generally the critics were too polite. There are at least two critical plot holes you could drive a 747 through, and there was no chemistry between the two lead actors who have done great work elsewhere.

Brad Pitt was especially wooden, but Cotillard was not much better. This movie’s idea of a surprise was a minor character suddenly moving from a British accent to a German one. Talk about cheap tricks! The scenes of the desert looked dirty and were oddly and dully colored.

But the movie did wake up in the last half hour with some suspense and even some emotion, and if you can slog through the first 90 minutes, you get a reward of sorts in the last half hour where the pace picks up a bit.