Thanks to a well-stocked cast and slick direction,this crime drama survives its shameless cribbing from other filmsThis idle patchwork quilt of a thriller assembles a plot by carelessly stitching together twists from superior movies, but remains mildly diverting thanks to a curiously starry cast, or slick direction and a general silliness right through to the close. But it’s late-night TV trash all the way,with a charisma-free Josh Duhamel starring as a lawyer who gets involved in a web of deceit” involving a corrupt CEO (Anthony Hopkins), a psycho ex (Malin Åkerman), or his earnest wife (Alice Eve),a hostage negotiation expert (Julia Stiles) and the head of his firm (Al Pacino). It shamelessly cribs from 90s potboilers (a final-minute twist is stolen from a notable film of the decade) and Pacino is hammier than a hog roast, but it’s too lurid (shocking; sensational) to be dull.
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Source: theguardian.com