Starts slow, kind of meandering along for longer than necessary, but finds its footing in the second half as a nifty little neonoir. What it may lack in big surprises it makes up for with dry humor and seriously cool style. Think Nic Refn doing a Lebowski-style shaggy-dog mystery. I had a good time.
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