Summary: Charlie Wright (Aidan Quin), a banker, is on the run and is being pursued by mercenaries hired by Russian mobsters, a Mexican underworld figure (Andy Garcia), and the FBI. For some mysterious reason, Wright chooses to go to Tijuana, Mexico despite pulling a Ponzi Scheme that likely has netted him a large amount of money into the billion dollar range that is hidden. Gina Gershon also has a role in playing the wife of Andy Garcia.
Review: The movie held much promise, but it didn't pan out. It had a few scenes that were decent action scenes, but the majority of the movie was a bore. The somber mood that was created gave the movie an elusive mood, but it never produced the result I thought it should have. It was also a plot that didn't seem well thought out and didn't expound on decisions and redemption. It left a lot of gaps in between, but I thought it could have lengthened the movie if it produced more of a story. There were plenty of ironies and twist in the end of the story, but I just wasn't emotionally attached to appreciate any of it.
Further Question/Philosophy/Theme: There are some fleeting moments in life that decide everything that happens. Redemption
Power Rating (Out of 5):2 It drew me initially because of the seduction of the themes of a banker on the run with elements of the underworld, but the movie didn't turn out to have a cohesive plot at all.
Favorite Quotes:
Wright: "My dear Isabel, When a man finds himself at the end of his days He has to take an account of his life He has to be able to live with what he has done If he can find the goodness somewhere If there is a chance to find some kind of redemption Before we leave this earth Then life's moments will have mattered This is the story of failure Of my failure For all of the failures of this life Of my life Fade to nothing Just fleeting moments And as I find my way My exodus from this place I can know that this life was not so bad And like the cleansing sun and the beautiful sounds that lie just beneath the words All that is good in me lives on in you."
Wright: "They say that in the end life all comes down to a few fleeting moments. And when we draw our last breath, only a few things will have really mattered."
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