Set in 1950’s Detroit, no time is wasted plunging into a broken capitalist society

The subjects in question are multifarious troubadours who invested their souls into their respective trades and maybe even sacrificed their lives in the process

The killer wears a perpetual smirk, as if he’s hiding the secret to the grail

McCarthy is as fascinated by human behavior as he is with plot

This is the movie we’d be forced to watch if the robots in 'The Terminator' won the war against humanity

You’d expect more from this dull attempt to reignite the potboiler

This is Jolie’s movie – she brings benevolence and compassion to the role of a tough, independent woman who suddenly finds herself not only protecting a child but coming to terms with her suppressed guilt

This time around, the director loses the British snark, but still favors convoluted storylines over human complexity

The characters are mere signifiers and skeletons in a universe that should be bursting with guile and passion