…and The Oscar for best trailer editing goes to…HEADHUNTERS!
I’d been looking forward to the release of this on DVD for a couple of months now after reading so much good about it and seeing the trailer. After viewing it, I have to say I’m pretty let down. What was billed as a smart, sexy, thriller came up decidedly short on both the smart and sexy fronts…though there’s no shortage of thrills. The plot had a lot promise: big time corporate headhunter leads incredibly lavish lifestyle and steals his clients’ high end art on the side to finance his hefty spending. Said headhunter’s art gallery owner wife introduces him to an out of work CEO who just so happens to have a believed-to-be-lost Rubens painting lying around. Needless to say, he plans to steal it (oh and his wife is ignorant of his moonlighting as a thief.) Turns out that said out of work CEO is a former paramilitary with a short fuse. The thief becomes the hunted. Sure, it’s far fetched, but it sounds fun on paper at least (kind of Bond-esque.) I can suspend disbelief to a point, but this one kind of goes beyond what I can ignore. A small in stature businessman who dislikes guns is all of a sudden a crack shot when called upon to use a gun? He’s virtually indestructible and survives multiple vehicle crashes, being attacked by a pitbull the size of a small horse and other over the top stuff. The trailer is incredibly well edited and it looks like a lot of fun, but unfortunately is has plot holes big enough to drive a truck through. I’ve certainly seen worse movies and this one isn’t unwatchable or anything, I just don’t feel like it’s lived up to the hype it’s gotten.
TRAILER:
Cinema of the World 