I have really liked John David Washington in a number of recent things he has done such as BlackKklansman, HBO’s Ballers and even Sam Levinson’s self-indulgent two-hander Malcolm & …
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gets cover from his mentor in this feature directorial debut that is just too derivative to be taken seriously in the company of films it counts as direct influences. Washington, almost never off screen, just isn’t quite able to engage us as Beckett, an average Greek tourist on vacation with his girlfriend April when tragedy intervenes and he falls asleep at the wheel. His van rolls over and eventually crashes into a remote cabin, where a couple of people briefly appear in the faded background before mysteriously disappearing. He awakens in a hospital room, where he is confronted by local authorities with some serious questions for him .
There isn’t much plot in this thing as Beckett spends most of the time being clueless and just trying to survive, and that includes in the midst of political demonstrations. Washington does his best here, changing his expression from perplexed to freaked-out as he gives the stuntmen stuff to do as well . It is clearly his film, but it sadly doesn’t move his promising career forward much.
Check out my video review with scenes from the film at the link above. It begins streaming August 13 on Netflix after debuting today at the Locarno Film Festival.
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