The Counsellor

I've never really been a fan of Ridley Scott and his attempt at a cool/stylish/thriller is a dreadful failure in my opinion.

The plot is weighed down by pointless and confusing long-winded dialogue that doesn't seem to mean anything and for a thriller there is very little that is actually thrilling.

Plot threads are left dangling, Michael Fassbender's character (known only as the Counsellor) is a wishy-washy fellow who cries at the drop of the hat, and the film just plays way too long.

All the actors do the best they can and some of the (very brief) action scenes are done well, but overall this is a movie that really needed to be taken back to the shop, reworked and repaired and then given to a Director who could actually make something of it.

Avoid!

* out of *****