The Little Things (HBO Max)
If you have three academy award winning actors in the same crime
thriller and two of them are cops, who do you think is the bad guy? So much for
tension. The best I can say about the movie is I found it disappointing. There
was not enough meat on the bone for these stars and a poor script.
This is about unsolved murders of a serial killer in the Los
Angeles area. I think they wanted to recreate the mood of the Zodiac and Night
Stacker killers. One cop is a demoted detective, who teams up with cocky young detective. They
work together to solve what they think is the same case. The story could have
been more developed with greater interaction with the killer and the killers
motivation. Too much was left to the end of the film where there were some important
reveals. One ending scene was just not credible.
Denzel Washington has bulked up. He plays his usual cool self with a
crocked smile. This is a cake walk for him. Rami Malik was miscast for the role as a tough L.A. detective.
With those big dewy eyes he resembles Bambi more than a L.A. cop. His toughness
is dubious. He plays the role too hard and was not convincing. Jared Lato wears
his creepy Jesus face on a caffeine high. Of all of them Lato plays a good role.
I think this was a well intended effort that missed the mark.
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