The Capitalist

Really enjoyed the film, it was very, very dark, which I'm not sure most audiences can handle. A couple of things going on here that I especially enjoyed, number one is what I took away as the message of the film, which is about corruption -- but the message is delivered in a very un- politically correct, incredibly ruthless, unapologetic way. Kind of reminds me of the whole, power does not corrupt absolutely, power simply gives people the opportunity to show how corrupt they've always been type of thing. A lot of subtext, a lot going on in between the lines here, some great writing. I get the feeling this will go over most people's heads. But very funny and very poignant.

I had some issues with timing and pacing in regards to this film. I feel like I would've liked to see more of certain things and that some things dragged on for a little. It had some funny moments and there were a lot of interesting illusions made to other films and certain aspects of our society I feel like which I liked. It felt like a combination of Tarantino and Kubrick's styles -- kind of the dry dialogue heavy, edgy thing going on and then the psychological, social commentary on human nature that Kubrick was so good at. I liked the characters a lot. I thought James Stein was ridiculous. I also liked Hamasham and Boldman, they were psychos. A lot of nutty characters involved here, they're real merciless and fun to watch. If there was a little more action and the scenes were a bit shorter I think it'd be perfect, but worth watching nonetheless.