There's simply too much going on to establish characters.
Narcopolis
United Kingdom · 2015
1h 36m
Director Justin Trefgarne
Starring Elliot Cowan, Élodie Yung, Jonathan Pryce, Robert Bathurst
Genre Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction
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In the near future, Frank, a police officer, discovers that the legalization of all recreational drugs comes with a price.
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Despite the surface sheen, and some enterprising plot twists, it doesn’t entirely convince.
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Boasting the canny use of suitably atmospheric, futuristic-looking locations, Narcopolis is far more impressive visually than narratively, with its tangled film noir plot making Raymond Chandler seem straightforward by comparison.
Its aspirations to high-end production values and the inventive use of urban cityscapes filmed from carefully selected futuristic angles are all very well, but it could have done with something a little looser, more punk, more grimy, more stoned.
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
Narcopolis starts off intriguingly and ends solidly. It's everything else in between that isn't particularly compelling.
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