Review of The Counselor (2013) by Brutus54 — 28 Oct 2013

Lots of brilliant bits, fabulous cast, nicely directed, but ultimately, just nasty people being nasty to each other. No Country for Old Men, but with even less humour and warmth, if that is possible. Just another Cormac McCarthy monotone.

And why are drug dealers and sophisticated criminals now automatically all-seeing, all-knowing, and somehow seamlessly on top of every technical system in existence? The awesomeness and awfulness of the revenge exacted (sort of the point of this movie) is a little bit muted when you realise that no matter what you do, you cannot hide.

The resolution gets a bit boring, in fact. Great performance by Javier Bardem. Fassbender and Diaz overact a bit. The movie gets an extra point for snappy dialogue, but loses it again for Fassbender's excessive trauma over how awful his lot is.

But overall, adult entertainment.