Paydirt

I put this on not expecting an Oscar winner but just an easy 90 mins watch. It was not. Scenes dragged on and I lost interest.

I did not enjoy Val Kilmers 'performance' if that's what you can call it.

The writing is a little cheesy and cringe. I think everyone involved knows this and it's why they try to be so tongue and cheek.

I was originally drawn to this film because of Luke Goss and he does have some screen presence to be fair.

There were a couple of positives for example I like how they introduce each person - very Quentin Tarantino esque- however the names where a little cringe which went along nicely with the writing I've already mentioned.

I liked the cutaways, which reminded me of family guy.

Some nice visuals and musical background.

A film which has all the elements and the potential to be good which doesn't really achieve it as best it could which is a shame.

This is a dreadful piece of schlock, and you should skip it. The fact that they could dub a voice in for Kilmer does not justify subjecting him to material this badly inspired, poorly written, or abysmally directed. The story is stupid. The characters are caricatures of bad cliches, and the voice they dubbed in for Kilmer is dreadful.

I stayed with it out of respect for Kilmer, but this movie is hideous, and it should never be aired again. If you can see it for free, skip it. If someone offers to pay you to sit through it, know that no amount of cash is worth the damage it will do to your psyche to be subjected to filmmaking this hideous. They should use forced watching of this movie as punishment for shoplifting.

It was good to see my hero Val Kilmer up and acting again, even if this project should be buried in the desert, so I gave it three stars. Dreadful.

It is at least that bad, and I'm probably being generous.

In a word, awful. Amateurish and 100% not worth your time.

Well, this 2020 crime thriller from writer and director Christian Sesma was a pretty straight forward movie experience. Maybe to the point where it became overly generic.

The storyline was adequate, although it didn't really offer anything new or overly innovative to the genre. In fact, there was nothing much here in "Paydirt" that haven't been seen in previous similar movies. That sort of kept the movie back a bit.

The characters in the movie were adequate, but it just felt a bit underplayed. I feel that most characters could have been much more interesting if they were given more in-depth personalities and stories.

They did, however, have an adequate assembly of casted actors and actresses. Normally, I am not much of a fan of Luke Goss, but he actually carried "Paydirt" quite well. And I was expecting Val Kilmer to have more of a bigger role, as he was listed on the front cover/poster of the movie. And truth be told, the movie's cover/poster was actually interesting, and it was the reason why I ended up sitting down to watch it.

There was an okay amount of action in the movie, which definitely helped to make the movie watchable and keep the otherwise generic and mundane storyline afloat.

All in all, this is just another run-of-the-mill crime thriller. So if you enjoy that genre, then chances are that you will find enjoyment in "Paydirt". I found the movie to be mediocre entertainment actually. As such, my rating of the movie lands on a five out of ten stars.

This movie dragged n it was so bad I dozed off twice.