Review of Free Fire (2017) by Compi24 — 01 May 2017

Director and co-writer Ben Wheatley tackles a pretty lofty premise with "Free Fire," a crime film revolving around one, single realistic shootout that ensues after an arms deal goes awry in an abandoned factory.

And, aside from encountering a few of the pitfalls I ultimately expected to find in a movie with a premise as bold as this one's (some pacing issues and plot ambiguities being the most significant of note), things go fairly smooth on the whole.

The vast array of characters are all well-defined and quite easy to differentiate from one another. The dialogue is infectiously funny and adds to the movie's overall air of irreverent cheekiness. And the film offers up *just* enough variance in action to get you through to the end.

Props also go to Sharlto Copley and Armie Hammer for stealing far too many moments for me to count. Definitely worth a looksee.