Slow Burn (2007) Critic Reviews
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A strange, sprained, but sprightly fusion of "The Usual Suspects" and the "Tragic Mulatto," Slow Burn wants badly to turn its standard neo-noir into a nuanced racial chiaroscuro.Read the full review
What results are surprises without sustenance.Read the full review
The sort of cheesy thriller that would prove mildly diverting on late-night cable, Slow Burn at least features a terrific cast to enliven its familiar elements.Read the full review
What begins as a moderately interesting set of interconnected mysteries involving race and identity soon grows eye-rollingly laborious, not to mention increasingly derivative of Christopher McQuarrie's "Usual Suspects" script.Read the full review
A veritable rip-off of 1995's "The Usual Suspects," Beach's crime caper not-so-subtly apes Bryan Singer's use of multiple red herrings and flashback-heavy interrogation scenes, but lacks the stylistic flair and sophisticated narrative skills to pull off a similar feat of cinematic intrigue.Read the full review
Beach's storytelling tactics, much like the film as a whole, would simply be annoying if they weren't also borderline insulting.Read the full review
For all it does right, there's something seriously wrong.Read the full review
A wooden police thriller that is as dull as it is impenetrable and ultimately beyond ludicrous.Read the full review
