Die in a Gunfight

IN A NUTSHELL: In New York City, a young guy falls for the daughter of his father's nemesis. Mary and Ben are the star-crossed black sheep of two powerful families engaged in a centuries-long feud. When the pair reignites a romance after many years apart, their forbidden love draws a motley assortment of schemers and killers into their orbit, and as fists and bullets fly, it becomes clear that violent delights will have violent ends. The quirky romance is directed by Collin Schiffli. While critics are hating this movie, audiences really like it.

THINGS I LIKED: It's a modern romance inspired by Romeo and Juliet.

I've always enjoyed Alexandra Daddario in movies and so I'm happy to see her in another one.

Diego Boneta did a great job as an extremely flawed, annoying protagonist.

The standout characters that were the most entertaining were those played by Travis Fimmel and Justin Chatwin. They were both hilarious, offering the comic relief for the film. Justin Chatwin actually performed his own stunts. He's an extreme sports fan and motorcycle enthusiast in real life!

I liked the musical score.

Snarky humor.

Fun fact: There were only 23 days of filming.

Billy Crudup's name is included in the cast, but he only provides the voice-over narration.

If you like Guy Ritchie's take on movie-making, you might get a kick out of this film, full of unique style and violence.

There's a creative animation element to the movie that makes it fun and whimsical.

THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE: It's hard to feel sorry for self-absorbed, rich people.

The protagonist is a real jerk.

All of the characters feel poorly developed.

So much exposition.

The script is badly written with super cheesy dialogue and plot.

SUPER lazy ending.

A lot of the humor doesn't land.

The film starts strong and with great promise but then quickly starts taking a nosedive.

I quickly became bored.

TIPS FOR PARENTS: Tons of bloody violence Disgusting sound effects when some people were killed Various weapons used Crude language, profanity, and F-bombs Pre-marital "relations"

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Diego Boneta gives the worst performance in a film in many a long year.

Some movies are cool. Some movies are quirky. The biggest problem with this movie is that it tries too hard to be both of those things. The story is a modern day Romeo and Juliet, not done nearly as well as Baz Luhrmann's amazing rendition. The attempt to frame shots and scenes in a way that shares the hipness with the audience just falls flat here. Alexandra Daddario is always good and this one is no exception; however, her performance is not enough to save this one. There are some fun scenes. The movie is disappointing but not the worst. I think the failure is not in the script and performances, but in the Direction and Cinematography.

Looks to be a modern take on Romeo and Juliet? With a typical "hello fellow teens" cool guy main character that is essentially what a 15 year old would imagine a 27 year old bad boy to be. He smokes cigarettes and gets his ass beat for fun woah bro he doesn't even give a crap! Ok... Every time I thought a scene would actually flip into an action sequence with some actual fighting, guns, etc, It didn't. It was pretty much just a corny edgy drama the first 45 minutes or so with an unoriginal story.

They should have included a booklet about the movie and bonus lsd tabs in the physical case. That could have been a good Special Edition!