Review of The Big Bang (2011) by The D — 24 May 2011
Great mix of film noir & dark humour give this film a fine sense of indivuality.
Told from a battered Ned Cruz's(Banderas) retrospective, seemingly being interrogated by the police it details how Cruz's PI takes on the case of a missing girl at the bequest of the man mountain ex con Russian boxer Anton(Maillet, stealing most every scene he's in).
The search takes him down many roads from LA to the desert were your science lesson begins with the egotistical Kestral(Elliot) & his attempts to recreate the the big bang.
It has a great cast, Fichtner, Lindo & Kretschman as the cops although the latter is a little wooden. Snoop makes his usual stereotypical appearance as a porn director. And Elliot lends his usual eccentric touch to his role.
Not for the easilt distracted you do have to listen carefully to each turn & twist but it's worth it.
On top of all this it's soundtrack is provided by Johnny Marr with echoes of his The The days.
All in all a win win situation.
This review of The Big Bang (2011) was written by The D on 24 May 2011.
The Big Bang has generally received mixed reviews.
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