IMDb plot summary: Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.
Directed by John Lee Hancock. Starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, and Chris Bauer.
This movie wants to be Se7en so badly. And it definitely has a few moments of successfully latching onto those vibes, particularly in the third act. But it also doesn't have Se7en's clarity of purpose or story, so we get a lot of plot twistiness that doesn't go anywhere and some muddled character arcs. It was one of those films where afterward I went and looked up the plot on Wikipedia to explain the pieces I missed, and they didn't have much more information than I did. Both the lead actors pull out all the stops, and Washington is, of course, very good playing this sort of moral ambiguity. If you're a huge fan of the genre, this is a decent addition, but if you're looking for something above and beyond, this falls short.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Little Things > Mudbound
The Little Things < Safe
The Little Things < Poltergeist
The Little Things > Away We Go
The Little Things < Dark Shadows
The Little Things < 7 Plus Seven
The Little Things < Girl Shy
The Little Things > Dakota Skye
The Little Things < 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Little Things < Toy Story 4
The Little Things > Oblivion
The Little Things < How Do You Know
Final spot: #1458 out of 3369, or 57%.
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