Brick Rian Johnson 2005 US (1st time; big screen) A teenager in a world full of hardboiled slang infiltrates a drug ring to find out who killed his ex-girlfriend. Is this as original as has been suggested? Perhaps, but it has all the markings of a directorial debut even so: energetic, confident, ambitious, and full of wasted potential. Its rejuvination of noir in a fresh mise-en-scene makes for an erratically thrilling film, full of interesting names but ultimately cardboard characters; it is as stylish as it is emotionally empty--a success, perhaps, were it not for its attempt at some deeper core, wrapped too heavily in its own street jargon to be appreciated.
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