Crescent City

Awful, awful movie. Direction was stiff, scrip was stupid, acting was...awful, except Terrence Howard, he managed to just be semi ok. Alex Baldwin wasn't in it enough to be awful and the other star, who is normally a good actor just chewed up scenery like he was doing impressions George C. Scott. The female lead was adequate and basically just blabbed and showed cleavage. How they got stars of that quality to be in this piece of junk is a question that needs an answer! I loved the end credits there were enough producers and executive producer to do 13 movies much less this sad excuse and waste of human endeavor. Listen to the reviews that give this a 1, they are right. I gave it a 2 only because Terrance Howard is in it and that is worth a 2 even on a bad day.

I knew it was just a bit part for Alec Baldwin, so i wasn't expecting anything special from him. I've never really seen anything amazing from terrence Howard, but I'm a fan of Esai Morales... especially later in his career.

That said, this was truly one of the least enjoyable films I've ever seen. I've seen worse acting, worse editing, worse writing, and worse cinematography, but in those cases it was obvious going in what you were getting.

It was just mediocre all the way around, the plot was paper thin, and I didn't buy anything that was going on with Morales, Howard or the Aussie cop... absolutely no chemistry between the actors.

I really try not to give below a 5 star rating, but for some reason 2 stars felt right after watching this.

This is a horribly written film that is not even campy worth watching and wastes a mostly decent cast. The plot, if we can call it that, is better understood as a drunken improve of frat brothers who think they are improving Silence of the Lambs.

Rather than actually develop a story line, the movie meanders from one pathetically obvious misdirection to the next, until the musical chairs of potential suspects haphazardly lands on one character. They film the pathetically tries to backfill the character's story to cobble together an underwhelming explanation of the why the killer would engage in series of crimes.

The best part of the film is that it ended and that I didn't buy it.

Shame on everyone involved.

I started watching this for the presence of the ever great actor Terrence Howard and Alec Baldwin. Terrence Howard still oozes cool, but Alec Baldwin is phoning his performance in.

This is not a B-movie, but it is cop movie without cojones, without soul. It's just going through the motions of a below average predictable, boring cop story we have already seen a kazillion times before.

NOT thrilling. NOT suspenseful. NOT original. It's a total nothing burger, that is incredibly tedious to watch.

These actors deserve a better script and a much better direction and production. Definitely to be avoided.

It's not an Oscar movie but it has an interesting intriguing side. I like movies that make us think without ever knowing who the killer is. The casting is interesting. Terrence Howard is excellent and I like Esai Morales, we never know if he's the good guy or the bad guy.

The direction is adequate.

On the other hand, the story is a little predictable even if the movie always makes us think to find out who the culprit is. The religious context is original. I don't understand why some people rate it so badly. There are much worse movies than this one. Maybe the expectation is too great.

And stop blaming Balwin because of the tragic incident in his last movie, it could happen to anyone. This movie passes the time on a boring and rainy day.